‘Many family stories’: Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet takes out ABC radio poll of top 100 Australian books

Key points

• Tim Winton's novel Cloudstreet has been voted Australia's favourite book in a poll run by ABC Radio National. Markus Zusak's The Book Thief placed second, and Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe placed third.
• Set in postwar Perth, Cloudstreet follows two working-class families who share an old house over 20 years. The novel has won awards and topped earlier polls.
• Host Kate Evans said the list spans literary fiction, history, children's books and family stories.