Claire Nicholls

Sarah and I make this show on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Whadjuk Noongar people.

Now, make sure you are following the book show on ABC Listen because the big names just keep on coming.

Next time, a wonderful conversation with Life of Pi author Jan Martell.

We will talk about myths and faith and animals.

It's going to be great.

See you.

I am keeping an eye on the room, Kate and Cassie.

So we have people in the audience who are already sending in their suggestions of their favourite Australian books ever.

I'm seeing fiction and non-fiction coming in already.

I'm also going to pick out a couple of people to tell me about some favourites.

So...

I'll keep you posted.

They are coming in thick and fast.

And this is a room of people with very good taste, Kate.

We're seeing lots of awesome books come through.

So keep those votes coming.

A cool thing about this little voting system we have in the room is you can upvote and downvote certain titles.

So we're seeing a real appetite for coming-of-age books.

A lot of votes for Looking for Alabrandi by Melina Marchetta.

What a wonderful novel for so many people.