Books that were co-written

Another category I had a separate list for  2023 was books that were co-written – usually books written by two authors, but I have included one anthology as it had two editors, and I feel that it counts towards this, and Murder You Wrote, as each chapter had a different author. I also included these in my anthology post, as some of these lists do have a lot of cross over at times. Most of these books were by Australian authors, apart from The Night in Question and some of the short stories in anthologies.

Each of these had something different – though I did enjoy the Pride and Prejudice retelling, Stuck Up and Stupid, which had many delightful nods to the original text, and I think this is what can make a retelling effective – more of that in my full review which is linked below. Co-authored books can be interesting, as the story needs to take two or more unique voices and create something that is readable, and where the different voices don’t stand out too much, but enough if they need to for the reader to see where the points of difference are. Looking forward to seeing if any interesting ones come out in 2024.

Co-written

1.     Zoo Crew: Sickest Camp Ever by Guy Edwards and Matt Zeremes

2.     The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson

3.     The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need to Know by Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien

4.     Bush Turkey by Kate and Jol Temple

5.     Stuck up and Stupid by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice

6.     Hunter on Holiday by Jessica and Stephen Parry-Valentine, illustrated by Ashlee Spink

7.     Murder You Wrote: An Interactive Murder Mystery by L.J.M. Owen (editor)

8.     This Fresh Hell by Katya de Becerra and Narelle M Harris