Down Under – Bill Bryson (Australia)
Tracks – Robyn Davidson (the Australian outback)
The Songlines – Bruce Chatwin (Australia)
A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute (Australia and Malaysia)
Picnic at Hanging Rock – Joan Lindsay (Victoria, Australia)
The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton (New Zealand’s South Island)
The Whale Rider – Witi Ihimaera (New Zealand)
A Land of Two Halves – Joe Bennett (New Zealand)
The Bone People – Keri Hulme (New Zealand’s South Island)
Once Were Warriors – Alan Duff (New Zealand)