Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief secures second place, while Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe rounds out podium dominated by men Cloudstreet, Tim Winton’s sprawling Australian family epic, has been voted Australia’s favourite book in a poll run by ABC Radio National.

Also read‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

The broadcaster announced over the weekend the results of a nationwide poll to determine a list of readers’ top 100 Australian books. Continue reading...

Also readViolent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as more than 1,200 arrested after protests