We found out the favourite 2025 books of 35 expert readers – and the Books & Ideas team shares our own picks, too.
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University
We’ve invited writers, from fields as diverse as wildlife ecology, politics and literature, to nominate their best books of 2024. And this year, the Books & Ideas team share their own picks, too.
We were dismayed to see no Australians on the New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century – so, with the help of 50 experts, we created our own, all-Australian list. You can have your say, too!
With the Israel-Palestine conflict continuing, we asked a range of academics to nominate works that can help explain things.
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