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The 25 best Australian books of 2022: Chloe Hooper, Alex Miller, Jessica Au and more

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A composite graphic of book covers: This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham; An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life by Paul Dalla Rosa; Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au; We Come With This Place by Debra Dank; Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper; A Brief Affair by Alex Miller; and Harold Holt by Ross Walker
Australian writers Sophie Cunningham, Paul Dalla Rosa, Debra Dank and Ross Walker all make the list for the best books of 2022. Composite: Composite

Bedtime Story, by Chloe Hooper

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