1. Patrick White – Voss

2. Gillian Mears – The mint lawn

3. Patrick White – The tree of man  

4. Tim Winton – The turning

5. Morgan Yasbincek – liv

6. Tim Winton – Cloudstreet

7. Greg Egan – Axiomatic

8. Peter Carey – Illywhacker

9. Simone Lazaroo – The world waiting to be made

10. Peter Goldsworthy – Maestro