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2002


January Dirt Music by Tim Winton Winner of the 2002 Miles Franklin Award Rating 8.5	February Drylands by Thea Astley Winner of the 2000 Miles Franklin Award Rating 8.5

March I For Isobel by Amy Witting Short-listed for the 1990 Miles Franklin Award Rating 7	April My Place by Sally Morgan Winner of the 1990 Order of Australia Book Prize Rating 7

May The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Winner of the 2000 Booker Rating 8.5	June The Conversations at Curlow Creek by David Malouf Short-listed for the 1997 Miles Franklin Award Rating 7

July The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham Rating 8	August Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan Winner of the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize Rating 8

September The Drowner by Robert Drewe Winner of the 1997 Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction Rating 8	October The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan Winner of the 1997 Australian Booksellers Book of the Year Rating 7

November Shiver by Nikki Gemmell Holds the dubious honour of being the worst book ANZLL read in 2002! Rating 5.5	December The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey Rating 7.5 Winner of the 2001 Booker Prize