The Top 100 Books of the 21st Century was a countdown by Australian radio station ABC Radio National over 18 and 19 October 2025. It was the first annual countdown by the nationwide public service radio network. Australian author Trent Dalton's semi-autobiographical novel Boy Swallows Universe was voted into number one, while Australian authors Anna Funder and Geraldine Brooks scored the most entries, with three.[1]
Background
In May 2025, Radio National announced a new annual countdown called the Top 100 Books, inspired by Triple J's Hottest 100 music countdown. Each year will feature a different theme, with the inaugural edition focusing on the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.[2] All books published between 1 January 2000 and 31 August 2025 were eligible for voting, regardless of genre.
Full list
Statistics
Authors with multiple entries
| #
|
Artist
|
Tracks
|
| 3
|
Geraldine Brooks
|
15, 46, 89
|
| Anna Funder
|
17, 30, 43
|
| 2
|
Trent Dalton
|
1, 29
|
| Pip Williams
|
7, 91
|
| Richard Flanagan
|
13, 65
|
| Khaled Hosseini
|
22, 49
|
| Craig Silvey
|
24, 25
|
| Tim Winton
|
38, 40
|
| Madeline Miller
|
60, 67
|
| Helen Garner
|
61, 88
|
| Ann Patchett
|
64, 96
|
Countries represented
| Country
|
#
|
| United States
|
38
|
| Australia
|
36
|
| United Kingdom
|
18
|
| Ireland
|
6
|
| Afghanistan
|
2
|
| Canada
|
2
|
| Sweden
|
2
|
| Ethiopia
|
1
|
| Germany
|
1
|
| Israel
|
1
|
| Italy
|
1
|
| Japan
|
1
|
| New Zealand
|
1
|
| South Korea
|
1
|
| Zimbabwe
|
1
|
References