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ABC Radio National's Top 100 Books - The Ones That Didn't Quite Make It - Page 2

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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Any Ordinary Day (Leigh Sales)
Any Ordinary Day
41
Leigh Sales
Eggshell Skull: A Memoir About Standing Up, Speaking Out and Fighting Back (Bri Lee)
Eggshell Skull: A Memoir About Standing Up, Speaking Out and Fighting Back
42
Bri Lee
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
43
Hilary Mantel
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
Night Watch
44
Terry Pratchett
Throne of Glass (Sarah J. Maas)
Throne of Glass
45
Sarah J. Maas
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
46
Eleanor Catton
Rivers of London (Ben Aaronovitch)
Rivers of London
47
Ben Aaronovitch
Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music (Archie Roach)
Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music
48
Archie Roach
The Signature of All Things (Elizabeth Gilbert)
The Signature of All Things
49
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Dressmaker (Rosalie Ham)
The Dressmaker
50
Rosalie Ham
The Broken Shore (Peter Temple)
The Broken Shore
51
Peter Temple
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
52
Colson Whitehead
The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (Bill Gammage)
The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia
53
Bill Gammage
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
54
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
55
Joan Didion
Sorrow and Bliss (Meg Mason)
Sorrow and Bliss
56
Meg Mason
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind
57
Patrick Rothfuss
There Are Rivers in the Sky (Elif Shafak)
There Are Rivers in the Sky
58
Elif Shafak
Bruny (Heather Rose)
Bruny
59
Heather Rose
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
60
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
61
Anthony Doerr
The Ministry of Time (Kaliane Bradley)
The Ministry of Time
62
Kaliane Bradley
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
63
Patti Smith
Heartstopper (Alice Oseman)
Heartstopper
64
Alice Oseman
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
65
Jonathan Franzen
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
66
Patrick Radden Keefe
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Shelby Van Pelt)
Remarkably Bright Creatures
67
Shelby Van Pelt
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
68
Haruki Murakami
My Name Is Lucy Barton (Elizabeth Strout)
My Name Is Lucy Barton
69
Elizabeth Strout
The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD)
The Body Keeps the Score
70
Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD
The Good People (Hannah Kent)
The Good People
71
Hannah Kent
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
72
Anthony Bourdain
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
73
Stephenie Meyer
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
74
Margaret Atwood
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
75
Zadie Smith
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (Anita Heiss)
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
76
Anita Heiss
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Tj Klune)
The House in the Cerulean Sea
77
Tj Klune
The Island of Sea Women (Lisa See)
The Island of Sea Women
78
Lisa See
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
79
Marilynne Robinson
Journey to the Stone Country (Alex Miller)
Journey to the Stone Country
80
Alex Miller
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