VCAA Literature List 2026
Upcoming titles for the VCAA Literature List 2026
March 31, 2025 | 2-3 minute read
The VCAA has approved the Literature list for 2026. We have summarised the available titles below and included links to accompanying study resources, where available.
It is important to keep in mind the themes that you are looking to explore in these units to see if they suit the school and most importantly your students.
When choosing your texts, remember to follow the selection guidelines as outlined by the VCAA. If you want to explore your options, replace a title or are simply curious to see what titles will be listed in 2026, please see the entire list below.
VCAA LITERATURE LIST 2026
NOVELS
Astley, Thea, Drylands
Atwood, Margaret, Alias Grace
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth, Lady Audley's Secret (NEW FOR 2026)
Drewe, Robert, Our Sunshine
Mieville, China, The City and The City (NEW FOR 2026)
Murnane, Gerald, The Plains
Waugh, Evelyn, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (NEW FOR 2026)
Wharton, Edith, The Age of Innocence
Winch, Tara June, The Yield
PLAYS
Aeschylus, The Persians
Hansberry, Lorraine, A Raisin in the Sun (NEW FOR 2026)
Harmon, Joshua, Admissions
Kirkwood, Lucy, Chimerica
Murray-Smith, Joanna, Berlin
Rostand, Edmond, Cyrano de Bergerac
Shakespeare, William, As You Like It
Shakespeare, William, The Tragedy of King Lear (NEW FOR 2026)
Shaw, George Bernard, Mrs Warren’s Profession (via Project Gutenberg) (NEW FOR 2026)
SHORT STORIES
Chiang, Ted, Stories of Your Life and Others
Strout, Elizabeth, Olive Kitteridge
Tan, Elizabeth, Smart Ovens for Lonely People
OTHER LITERATURE
Holden, Kate, The Winter Road
Orwell, George, Shooting an Elephant and other essays (NEW FOR 2026)
Seacole, Mary, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
POETRY
Bishop, Elizabeth, Poems
Duffy, Carol Ann, The World’s Wife
Goa, Gavin Yuan, At the Alter of Touch
Holland-Batt, Sarah, The Hazards
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (via Project Gutenberg) (NEW FOR 2026)
van Neerven, Ellen, Throat
The following titles have been removed from the VCAA Literature List for 2026:
Faulkner, William, As I Lay Dying
Ishiguro, Kazuo, The Remains of the Day
Stoker, Bram, Dracula
Chekhov, Anton, Uncle Vanya
Parks, Suzan-Lori, Father Comes Home from the Wars: Parts 1, 2 and 3
Shakespeare, William, The Winter’s Tale
Baldwin, James, The Fire Next Time
Yeats, William Butler, Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney
Available ATAR Notes Text Guides for the following VCAA Literature titles:
Atar Notes Text Guide: The Yield
Atar Notes Text Guide: As You Like It
Insight Text Guides available for the following titles:
At this point in time the following information is provided to the best of our knowledge. This article will be updated as new information arises.
Get in touch!
If your school would like more information on these titles or would like any of the above mentioned titles invoiced or on approval please send an email to info@lilydalebooks.com.au.
To view what is on the VCAA English & EAL Text List for 2026, click here.
The information in this article is cited from the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority.
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