2014 Indie Awards Shortlist

The Indie Awards are awarded by the Australian Independent Booksellers and sees independent booksellers take their rightful place in the spotlight as key supporters of Australian authors. The incredible passion and knowledge of independent booksellers makes them uniquely placed to judge and recommend the best Australian books of the past year to their customers and the general reading public.

- Fiction -
         
Eyrie by Tim Winton (Penguin)
Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas (Allen & Unwin)
Coal Creek by Alex Miller (Allen & Unwin)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (Random House)

- Non-Fiction -
         
Girt by David Hunt (Black Inc)
Murder in Mississippi by John Safran (Penguin)
The Stalking of Julia Gillard by Kerry-Anne Walsh (Allen & Unwin)
The Good Life by Hugh Mackay (Macmillan)

- Debut Fiction -
         
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Macmillan)
Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson (Hachette Hodder)
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (Text)
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane (Penguin)

- Children's -
         
Alphabetical Sydney by Hilary Bell and Antonia Pesenti (NewSouth Books)
Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester (Penguin)
The 39-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton (Macmillan)
Weirdo by Anh Do (Scholastic)

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The category winners and the overall ‘Book of the Year’ winner will be announced on Wednesday, 26 March 2014