# Women's Weekly cake recipe makes Top 100 Australian Books

> ABC Radio National's countdown of Australia's favourite books includes a beloved recipe from the magazine, with Pip Williams' dictionary novel at number seven.
- Title: Women's Weekly cake recipe makes Top 100 Australian Books
- Summary: ABC Radio National's countdown of Australia's favourite books includes a beloved recipe from the magazine, with Pip Williams' dictionary novel at number…
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- Source: Abc — https://abc.net.au/news/2026-10-18/top-100-books-australian-books-live-blog-2026-radio-national/107276838
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## Top 100 countdown underway
ABC Radio National is revealing Australia's favourite books in a live countdown. Paul Jennings, David Malouf and Helen Garner have already made the list, with the top twenty five still to come.
## Women's Weekly recipe voted in
A birthday cake recipe from Women's Weekly magazine has been voted into the Top 100 Australian Books countdown, joining literary works by established authors.
## Pip Williams ranks at number seven
Adelaide writer Pip Williams' novel ranks at number seven. Reading Simon Winchester's The Surgeon of Crowthorne inspired her to explore how dictionaries exclude women's words and meanings from the historical record.

> They're not the arbiters of truth. They're missing fifty per cent of the population in terms of input.
## Key takeaway

ABC Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books countdown includes a Women's Weekly birthday cake recipe, while Pip Williams' novel ranks at number seven.