CBCA Older Readers Notables 2024

We Didn’t Think It Through

Gary Lonesborough

The justice system characterises Jamie Langton as a 'danger to society', but he's just an Aboriginal kid, trying to find his way through adolescence.

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We Could Be Something

Will Kostakis

Part coming-out story. Part falling-in-love story. Part falling-apart story.

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Two Can Play That Game

Leanne Yong

This CBCA short-listed YA novel about gaming, goals and getting even is a funny and romantic debut from a fresh new voice in contemporary fiction.

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This Time It’s Real

Ann Liang

Get Ready to fall in LOVE in this hilarious rom-com! When 16-year-old Eliza Lin’s personal essay about meeting the love of her life goes viral, she gets everything she’s ever…

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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath

Garth Nix

Return to the enchanting world of ABIA winner The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, as a team of booksellers must fight to keep dangerous magic under cover before the stuff of…

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The Quiet and the Loud

Helena Fox

A novel about the contours of friendship, family, forgiveness, trauma and love that explores the stories we suppress and the stories we speak.

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The Isles of the Gods

Amie Kaufman

Magic, romance, and slumbering gods clash in the start of a riveting fantasy series spanning gangsters' dens, forgotten temples, and the high seas.

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Stuck Up & Stupid

Angourie Rice, Kate Rice

The only thing worse than cleaning up after celebrities was having to watch her own family trying to impress them.

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Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth

Anna Fienberg

A sweetly moving story about friendship and finding happiness, for readers who loved Wonder and Lenny's Book of Everything.

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One Song

A. J. Betts

Aspiring singer-songwriter Eva has one last chance to enter Triple J Unearthed High and break into the music industry.

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Nightbirds

Kate J. Armstrong

Magic may be illegal in Simta, but you can find it if you know which whispers to heed. None as tantalising as the ones about the Nightbirds.

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Let’s Never Speak of This Again

Megan Williams

Winner of the 2022 Text Prize, Let's Never Speak of This Again is the big-hearted YA debut of the year, celebrating the depths and strengths of friendship through all of…

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Inkflower

Suzy Zail

A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story.

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If You Tell Anyone, You’re Next

Jack Heath

A rollercoaster of suspense and twists from the author of the Liars series.

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I Am the Mau and Other Stories

Chemutai Glasheen

Two worlds collide in Chemutai Glasheen's debut short story collection, I Am the Mau and Other Stories.

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Grace Notes

Karen Comer

A debut YA verse novel about what happens when the paths of a young busking violinist and an aspiring street artist collide during a pandemic. Set in one of the…

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Eta Draconis

Brendan Ritchie

Elora is leaving her hometown for university. Leaving behind friends, family, and safety to follow her dream of studying theatre while she still has the chance.

Together, Elora and her…

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Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

Karen McManus and Holly Jackson meets Fleur Ferris in this fast-paced YA murder mystery.

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Borderland

Graham Akhurst

Borderland is a heart-pounding horror gothic that follows Jono on an epic quest to find himself in the face of unbelievable challenges.

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Blind Spot

Robyn Dennison

An engaging and unflinching depiction of teenage life, exploring the complexity of relationships and the responsibility that arises from being a witness.

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A Hunger of Thorns

Lili Wilkinson

Be swept up in this brilliant witchy tale about forbidden magic and missing girls who don't need handsome princes to rescue them.

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CBCA Older Readers Notables 2024

We Didn’t Think It Through

We Could Be Something

Two Can Play That Game

This Time It’s Real

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath

The Quiet and the Loud

The Isles of the Gods

Stuck Up & Stupid

Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth

One Song

Nightbirds

Let’s Never Speak of This Again

Inkflower

If You Tell Anyone, You’re Next

I Am the Mau and Other Stories

Grace Notes

Eta Draconis

Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer

Borderland

Blind Spot

A Hunger of Thorns