Six books Prime Minister Albanese should read this summer

The Grattan Institute's recommended summer reads are aimed at inspiring better decision-making at a governmental level.
Albanese. Image is a range of book covers

Australia’s leading public policy think tank, the Grattan Institute, today announced its ‘Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List’ for 2023.

​Each year the independent think tank selects its best books of the past 12 months and offers its recommendations not just for the reading pile of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, but for all Australians to put on their to-read list.

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Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian. She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025). Threads: @thuy_on123 Instagram: poemsbythuy