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ABC Radio National's Top 100 Books - The Ones That Didn't Quite Make It

The books that almost cracked the Top 100 in the ABC (Australia) Radio National Top 100 books of the 21st Century.
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Juice (Tim Winton)
Juice
1
Tim Winton
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
2
Kazuo Ishiguro
No Friend but the Mountains (Behrouz Boochani)
No Friend but the Mountains
3
Behrouz Boochani
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
4
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
5
Dan Brown
Apeirogon (Colum McCann)
Apeirogon
6
Colum McCann
Orbital (Samantha Harvey)
Orbital
7
Samantha Harvey
The Natural Way of Things (Charlotte Wood)
The Natural Way of Things
8
Charlotte Wood
This Is Happiness (Niall Williams)
This Is Happiness
9
Niall Williams
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
10
Anna Burns
Phosphorescence (Julia Baird)
Phosphorescence
11
Julia Baird
Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
Shantaram
12
Gregory David Roberts
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance (Edmund De Waal)
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
13
Edmund De Waal
The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose)
The Museum of Modern Love
14
Heather Rose
The Yield (Tara June Winch)
The Yield
15
Tara June Winch
The Light Between Oceans (M.L. Stedman)
The Light Between Oceans
16
M.L. Stedman
Foster (Claire Keegan)
Foster
17
Claire Keegan
Daisy Jones and the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones and the Six
18
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Labyrinth (Amanda Lohrey)
The Labyrinth
19
Amanda Lohrey
A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah J. Mass)
A Court of Thorns and Roses
20
Sarah J. Mass
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
21
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Love Stories (Trent Dalton)
Love Stories
22
Trent Dalton
Are We There Yet? (Alison Lester)
Are We There Yet?
23
Alison Lester
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Jennette McCurdy)
I'm Glad My Mom Died
24
Jennette McCurdy
Scrublands (Chris Hammer)
Scrublands
25
Chris Hammer
American Dirt (Jeanine Cummins)
American Dirt
26
Jeanine Cummins
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
27
Alan Hollinghurst
The Trauma Cleaner (Sarah Krosnostein)
The Trauma Cleaner
28
Sarah Krosnostein
Edenglassie (Melissa Lucashenko)
Edenglassie
29
Melissa Lucashenko
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
30
Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
31
Margaret Atwood
The Season (Helen Garner)
The Season
32
Helen Garner
Babel (R. F. Kuang)
Babel
33
R. F. Kuang
Killing for Country (David Marr)
Killing for Country
34
David Marr
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue (V.E. Schwab)
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
35
V.E. Schwab
Yellowface (R.F. Kuang)
Yellowface
36
R.F. Kuang
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (Chloe Hooper)
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
37
Chloe Hooper
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
38
Haruki Murakami
The Lost Man (Jane Harper)
The Lost Man
39
Jane Harper
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
40
Kathryn Stockett
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