15 best-selling crime books like The Nowhere Child by Christian White

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The Nowhere Child

By: Christian White

3.99

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, The Nowhere Child is screenwriter Christian White…

If you liked the crime plot in The Nowhere Child by Christian White , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper

1. The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)

By: Jane Harper

4.32

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for t… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harper's The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2)

By: Jane Harper

3.24

Format: 0 pages, Hardcover

Five women go on a hike. Only four return. Jane Harper, the New York Times bestselling author of Th… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harper's Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2) book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

By: Holly Ringland

4.75

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The most enchanting debut novel of 2018, this is an irresistible, deeply moving and romantic story … read more

Similar categories in Holly Ringland's The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook

4. Jasper Jones

By: Craig Silvey

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Late on a hot summer night in 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is s… read more

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5. 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 Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1) by Chris Hammer

6. Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1)

By: Chris Hammer

3.96

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

In an isolated country town brought to its knees by endless drought, a charismatic and dedicated yo… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1) book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Honeybee

By: Craig Silvey

4.40

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail a… read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Honeybee book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • audiobook
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything."

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"When we don’t think we’re worth much, we find ways to make our world small. We don’t allow ourselves to hope because we’ve already excepted failure. And this pattern of thinking often determines the …"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

Cover of Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

8. Boy Swallows Universe

By: Trent Dalton

4.34

Format: 474 pages, Paperback

A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class subu… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Don't fuckin' swear."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"Stay sweet, Eli Bell."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"Most things people say don't need to be said."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"To burn this house down or set the world on fire. Up to you, Eli."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

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9. Before You Knew My Name

By: Jacqueline Bublitz

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This is not just another novel about a dead girl. Two women—one alive, one dead—are brought togethe… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Bublitz's Before You Knew My Name book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I know what it's like for the horror to follow you home."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"What happened to her makes me so mad. The entitlement of these fucking men who destroy lives, just because they can."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"The thing is. When the dead speak back, we are seldom loud enough to be heard over the clamour of all that living going on."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"For the first time, I understand it's not only the dead who have lives they don't get to live out. The people left behind have as many versions of themselves unexplored, as many possible paths that c…"

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

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10. Dirt Creek

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Austral… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Dirt Creek book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Darling Girls

By: Sally Hepworth

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they… read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's Darling Girls book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She didn’t do well out of her routine."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

Cover of What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

12. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's What Happened to Nina? book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3) by Jane Harper

13. Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3)

By: Jane Harper

4.05

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harper's Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3) book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Survivors

By: Jane Harper

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets... Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harper's The Survivors book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Nowhere Child by Christian  White

15. The Nowhere Child

By: Christian White

3.99

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, The Nowhere Child is screenwriter Christian White… read more

Similar categories in Christian White's The Nowhere Child book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Strangers We Know by Pip Drysdale

16. The Strangers We Know

By: Pip Drysdale

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine seeing your loving husband on a dating app. Now imagine that’s the best thing to happen to … read more

Similar categories in Pip Drysdale's The Strangers We Know book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Green Dot by Madeleine Gray

17. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Gray's Green Dot book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

18. The Soulmate

By: Sally Hepworth

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge... … read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's The Soulmate book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • australia
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon

19. The House of Now and Then

By: Jo Dixon

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

You should leave the past in the past ... or should you? A vividly told, jaw-droppingly twisty and … read more

Similar categories in Jo Dixon's The House of Now and Then book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • australia
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost Man by Jane Harper

20. The Lost Man

By: Jane Harper

4.16

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Two brothers meet at the border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of outbac… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harper's The Lost Man book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • australia
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I've given you a power over me that you do not deserve."

-Jane Harper, The Lost Man

"Life out here is hard. We all try to get through the best way we can. But trust me, there's not a single person here who isn't lying to themselves about something."

-Jane Harper, The Lost Man

"Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage."

-Jane Harper, The Lost Man

Cover of Something Bad is Going to Happen by Jessie Stephens

21. Something Bad is Going to Happen

By: Jessie Stephens

3.86

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Adella is facing the dawn of a new year and the end of her twenties - and she's in a psychiatric un… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Stephens's Something Bad is Going to Happen book and Christian White's The Nowhere Child

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook

20 Top fiction books like The Nowhere Child by Christian White

Transform Your Habits

The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)

Jane Harper

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2)

Jane Harper

3.24

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

Holly Ringland

4.75

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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21 Best fiction books like What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Darling Girls

Sally Hepworth

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Sanctuary

Garry Disher

3.99

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