The five titles shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award are:
- The Other Half of You by Michael Mohammed Ahmad (Hachette Australia)
- Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin)
- Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down (Text Publishing)
- One Hundred Days by Alice Pung (Black Inc. Books)
- Grimmish by Michael Winkler (Puncher and Wattmann)
Each of the 2022 shortlisted authors will receive $5,000 from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.
The winner is announced on 20 July.