24 best-selling fiction books like The Other Half of You by Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Cover of The Other Half of You by Michael Mohammed Ahmad

The Other Half of You

By: Michael Mohammed Ahmad

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

"I only ever asked you for one thing," my father said, a quiver in his voice. "Just this one thing.…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Other Half of You by Michael Mohammed Ahmad , here is a list of 24 books like this:

Cover of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran

1. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton

2. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey

3. The Labyrinth

By: Amanda Lohrey

3.85

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Erica Marsden’s son, an artist, has been imprisoned for a monstrous act of revenge. Trapped in her … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lohrey's The Labyrinth book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • novels
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
"Exhausted, I go to bed early again and for the first time in a long while sleep an unbroken sleep that lasts until dawn. When I wake my body is soft; it feels as if in my dreamless state I have known…"

-Amanda Lohrey, The Labyrinth

Cover of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

4. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

By: Anna Funder

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more

Similar categories in Anna Funder's Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

Cover of Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

5. Too Much Lip

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.06

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A dark and funny new novel from the multi-award-winning author of Mullumbimby. Wise-cracking Ke… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Lucashenko's Too Much Lip book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien

6. All That's Left Unsaid

By: Tracey Lien

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Everything I Never Told You and The Mothers, a deeply moving and unflinching debut foll… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Lien's All That's Left Unsaid book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
"Wenn sie noch beste Freundinnen gewesen wären, hätte Ky Minnie gestanden, was für sie das Beste an ihrem Job war, nämlich den Leuten sagen zu können, dass sie Journalistin war, aber dass sie die Arbe…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

"Ky laughed, felt the tingling warmth that bloomed within her whenever she talked to someone for whom she didn't need to fill in the blanks - someone who understood that the act of complaining about h…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

"Ky didn't allow her mother to have feelings, because to grant her those would mean acknowledging that she was a person who had desires and dreams beyond what Ky saw. It was easier to imagine her as a…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

"Now that she was twenty-two, the words were there in her head, jumbled. The feeling was still too hot to approach but was slowly beginning to make sense. If she would just give herself the time and s…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

Cover of Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte  Wood

7. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • novels
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down

8. Bodies of Light

By: Jennifer Down

4.29

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

So by the grace of a photograph that had inexplicably gone viral, Tony had found me. Or: he’d found… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Down's Bodies of Light book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
"The Sydney of this time was a different place to the honeymoon city I'd visited with Damien. That one was the crescent of the bridge, the rolling waves beneath the ferry, the shaded streets in The Ro…"

-Jennifer Down, Bodies of Light

Cover of Limberlost by Robbie Arnott

9. Limberlost

By: Robbie Arnott

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Arnott's Limberlost book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

Cover of Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko

10. Edenglassie

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Lucashenko's Edenglassie book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of Love & Virtue by Diana Reid

11. Love & Virtue

By: Diana Reid

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Feminism, power and sex play out through the eyes of young Australian uni students in a contemporar… read more

Similar categories in Diana Reid's Love & Virtue book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
"Its feminism operated on the level of ‘Women in Medicine’ and ‘Women in Finance’ discussion panels, always conducted in a tone of revolutionary awe, as if any combination of women and profession were…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

"I just don't want to mediate my whole identity through social media.' Eve resumed the vigorous hair brushing. 'I think photos should be a stolen moment in time. Not this thing on your phone: this way…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

Cover of One Hundred Days by Alice Pung

12. One Hundred Days

By: Alice Pung

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

One day, a boy in a nice silver car gives sixteen-year-old Karuna a ride. So Karuna returns the fav… read more

Similar categories in Alice Pung's One Hundred Days book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
"They couldn't see that the bigger I got, the smaller I became, and they didn't understand that once the baby came, I would be gone."

-Alice Pung, One Hundred Days

"I'm keeping this record to let you know that it wasn't always that way. That you were once mine, and when I looked in your dark eyes, you made me very happy."

-Alice Pung, One Hundred Days

Cover of The In-Between by Christos Tsiolkas

13. The In-Between

By: Christos Tsiolkas

3.70

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more

Similar categories in Christos Tsiolkas's The In-Between book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."

-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between

Cover of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss

14. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

By: Anita Heiss

4.17

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Gundagai, 1852The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in … read more

Similar categories in Anita Heiss's Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
"Using Wiradjuri language on the cover of my novel makes a strong statement … regarding the reclamation and maintenance of the traditional language of my family."

-Anita Heiss, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

Cover of Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark by Julia Baird

15. Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark

By: Julia Baird

3.78

Format: 320 pages, ebook

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ‘This book is beautiful … Julia Baird has been to the tough edges and … read more

Similar categories in Julia Baird's Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • australia
"McCarthy insists if we delight in nature and find joy there, we will not so carelessly plunder, neglect and destroy it. He calls it 'defence through joy'."

-Julia Baird, Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark

"Seek awe and nature daily... show kindness; practise grace; eschew vanity; be bold; embrace friends, family, faith and doubt, imperfection and mess; and live deliberately."

-Julia Baird, Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark

"Findings revealed Type As focus on how proud they are and [how] impressed others are, but are only moderately to weakly involved in actively seeing positive memories for later recall, or in reminisci…"

-Julia Baird, Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark

"There are few things as startling as encountering an unearthly glow in the wild. Glow-worms. Ghost mushrooms. Fireflies. Flashlight fish. Lantern sharks. Vampire squid. Our forest floors and ceilings…"

-Julia Baird, Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark

Cover of A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu

16. A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

By: Jessie Tu

3.19

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Growing up is always hard, but especially when so many think you're a washed-up has-been at twenty-… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Tu's A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of After Story by Larissa Behrendt

17. After Story

By: Larissa Behrendt

4.07

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered… read more

Similar categories in Larissa Behrendt's After Story book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • novels
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of The Angry Women's Choir by Meg Bignell

18. The Angry Women's Choir

By: Meg Bignell

4.07

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more

Similar categories in Meg Bignell's The Angry Women's Choir book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner by Grace Tame

19. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

Similar categories in Grace Tame's The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

Cover of No Hard Feelings by Genevieve Novak

20. No Hard Feelings

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late … read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Novak's No Hard Feelings book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • novels
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of The Other Half of You by Michael Mohammed Ahmad

21. The Other Half of You

By: Michael Mohammed Ahmad

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

"I only ever asked you for one thing," my father said, a quiver in his voice. "Just this one thing.… read more

Similar categories in Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • novels
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar

22. The Mother Wound

By: Amani Haydar

4.48

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

'A magnificent and devastating work of art. There is a raging anger here, and a deep sorrow, but at… read more

Similar categories in Amani Haydar's The Mother Wound book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • australia
Cover of Dark as Last Night by Tony Birch

23. Dark as Last Night

By: Tony Birch

4.15

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Dark as Last Night confirms, once again, that Tony Birch is a master of the short story. These exce… read more

Similar categories in Tony Birch's Dark as Last Night book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
Cover of Tell Me Again by Amy Thunig

24. Tell Me Again

By: Amy Thunig

4.41

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding … read more

Similar categories in Amy Thunig's Tell Me Again book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • australia
"Chapter 20-Part 2 "The hardest part of childhood with parents with these and are criminalised, isn’t necessarily life inside your home, it's how you are treated and mistreated by those outside your h…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

"I have been reading Amy Thunigs book. And this quote stood out to me. I really think this explains a lot about how AOD stigma and harmful prohibition drug policies that disproportionately criminalize…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

Cover of The Work by Bri Lee

25. The Work

By: Bri Lee

3.43

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's The Work book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser

26. Scary Monsters

By: Michelle de Kretser

3.34

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A profoundly original exploration of racism, misogyny, and ageism—three monsters that plague the wo… read more

Similar categories in Michelle de Kretser's Scary Monsters book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of A Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson

27. A Theatre for Dreamers

By: Polly Samson

3.42

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

1960. The world is dancing on the edge of revolution, and nowhere more so than on the Greek island … read more

Similar categories in Polly Samson's A Theatre for Dreamers book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Marshmallow by Victoria Hannan

28. Marshmallow

By: Victoria Hannan

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Some moments change everything. For five friends, what should have been a birthday to remember will… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Hannan's Marshmallow book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • novels
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
Cover of Muddy People: A Muslim Coming of Age by Sara El Sayed

29. Muddy People: A Muslim Coming of Age

By: Sara El Sayed

3.82

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"By turns heartfelt, bitingly funny, and emotionally devastating, Muddy People is not your average … read more

Similar categories in Sara El Sayed's Muddy People: A Muslim Coming of Age book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

Cover of The Honeyeater by Jessie Tu

30. The Honeyeater

By: Jessie Tu

3.59

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A wildly inventive follow up to the acclaimed bestseller A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, winner… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Tu's The Honeyeater book and Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Other Half of You

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary

22 Best contemporary books like The Other Half of You by Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Transform Your Habits

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

The Labyrinth

Amanda Lohrey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

4.06

View all the books

19 Best fiction books like Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser

Transform Your Habits

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Iris

Fiona Kelly McGregor

3.53

Transform Your Habits

Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

3.68

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.