See the Top 50 books from the 2020 FAB Award!

The time of Booktopia’s second annual Favourite Australian Book Award has come and gone, and if there’s one thing we learnt it’s that Aussie readers REALLY love Aussie books. The 2020 FAB Award saw a record-setting 157,000 people cast their votes for the 127 amazing books that made up our longlist. The winner was announced yesterday (congratulations again to Nat’s What I Reckon!), but if you’re anything like us, you’ll be curious to know who else was in the running for the top spot.

So settle in and scroll down to see all of the books that made it in to the Top 50 for the 2020 FAB Award! The results may surprise you …

50 – 41

50. To Asia, with Love by Hetty McKinnon

49. Eddie Woo’s Magical Maths 2 by Eddie Woo

48. The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals by Sami Bayly

47. Respect by Aunty Fay Muir, Sue Lawson and Lisa Kennedy (Illustrator)

46. To My Country by Ben Lawson

45. Loving Country by Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou

44. Flying the Nest by Rachael Johns

43. Dharma the Llama by Matt Cosgrove

42. In Praise of Veg by Alice Zaslavsky

41. The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester

40 – 31

40. Now for Something Sweet by the Monday Morning Cooking Club

39. Trust by Chris Hammer

38. The Good Teacher by Petronella McGovern

37. Use It All by Alex Elliott-Howery and Jaimee Edwards

36. Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

35. The Champagne War by Fiona McIntosh

34. The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

33. A Gay Guy’s Guide to Life Love Food by Khanh Ong

32. Wolf Girl 4: The Traitor by Anh Do & Lachlan Creagh (Illustrator)

31. The Dressmaker’s Secret by Rosalie Ham

30 – 21

30. A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu

29. Vegan with Bite by Shannon Martinez

28. Pig the Blob by Aaron Blabey

27. My Tidda, My Sister by Marlee Silva and Rachael Sarra (Illustrator)

26. My Shadow is Pink by Scott Stuart

25. A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville

24. When She Was Good by Michael Robotham

23. Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

22. A Year of Simple Family Food by Julia Busuttil Nishimura

21. From Boys to Men by Maggie Dent

20 – 11

20. Women and Leadership by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

19. The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan

18. The 130-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

17. The Godmothers by Monica McInerney

16. I Give My Marriage a Year by Holly Wainwright

15. Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood

14. The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellors

13. Killing Time by Jimmy Barnes

12. Phosphorescence by Julia Baird

11. Honeybee by Craig Silvey

10 – 1

10. All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton

9. Help Self by Tanya Hennessy

8. The Survivors by Jane Harper

7. Our Home Our Heartbeat by Adam Briggs, Kate Moon (Illustrator) and Rachael Sarra (Illustrator)

6. The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku

5. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

4. Bluey: Grannies

3. The Two Lost Mountains by Matthew Reilly

2. The Loudness of Unsaid Things by Hilde Hinton

and lucky number 1 …

1. Un-Cook Yourself: A Ratbag’s Rules for Life

by Nat’s What I Reckon

Nat’s What I Reckon was the tattooed lockdown saviour we didn’t know we needed, rescuing us from packet food, jar sauce and total boredom with his hilarious viral recipe videos that got us cooking at home like champions again.

Now that we’ve cooked our way out of lockdown and are wondering what the hell to do next, our favourite ratbag is back – and he’s ready to teach us more about life in this thoroughly unhelpful (but maybe actually kinda helpful?) self-help guide…

Buy it here

Congratulations to all of the authors nominated for the 2020 FAB Award!

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