18 Top fiction books like A Country of Eternal Light by Paul Dalgarno

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A Country of Eternal Light

By: Paul Dalgarno

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An astonishingly inventive, playful, funny, poignant and deeply moving novel from one of Australia'…

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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 Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • 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 Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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3. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • fiction
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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

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5. 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 Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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6. 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 Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • 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

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7. 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 Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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8. Women & Children

By: Tony Birch

4.22

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby,… read more

Similar categories in Tony Birch's Women & Children book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • fiction
  • australia
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9. Return to Valetto

By: Dominic Smith

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A captivating and moving new novel from the international bestselling author of The Last Painting o… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Smith's Return to Valetto book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Susan is the opposite,"

-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto

"The bell ringer’s green walnut liqueur was famous in Valetto for its ability to strip paint and dignity."

-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto

"I read aloud from my phone. “‘A cappuccino with low-quality milk … the only good things is the kindness of the bartenders…’"

-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto

"Was this where my fascination for documented history came from? From a family so afraid of earthly erasure that they couldn’t discard the transcript of ordering two pounds of prosciutto on June 15, 1…"

-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto

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10. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Safe Haven book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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11. The Conversion

By: Amanda Lohrey

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lohrey's The Conversion book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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12. 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 Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • 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

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13. The Hummingbird Effect

By: Kate Mildenhall

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more

Similar categories in Kate Mildenhall's The Hummingbird Effect book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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14. Clarke

By: Holly Throsby

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Goodwood and Cedar Valley. 'Clarke is illu… read more

Similar categories in Holly Throsby's Clarke book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
"He was so stocky. He was like a wheelie bin."

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

"Leelee?’ ‘Yes, Joe?’ ‘Would you still love me if I was a donkey?’ Leonie said, ‘Sweetheart, I’d love you no matter what you were. If you turned into a donkey, I’d just find us a house with a big barn…"

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

Cover of Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2) by Dinuka McKenzie

15. Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

4.00

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

'Dinuka McKenzie has talent to burn' Dervla McTiernan A parent's worst nightmare. A case that's … read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2) book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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16. A Country of Eternal Light

By: Paul Dalgarno

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An astonishingly inventive, playful, funny, poignant and deeply moving novel from one of Australia'… read more

Similar categories in Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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17. One Illumined Thread

By: Sally Colin-James

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A beautiful, enthralling and powerful story of three women separated by centuries, yet connected by… read more

Similar categories in Sally Colin-James's One Illumined Thread book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • fiction
  • australia
"As she leaves, I wonder if I said goodbye. If she did. So many of these unfinished and fleeting moments pinned, stitched, patched together in a never-whole recollection."

-Sally Colin-James, One Illumined Thread

"After rain, when the cloud is still low, the hard edges of Florence are softened like Leonardo's sfumato. Smoky lines transforming from shadow to a light that appears as if cast through white silk, s…"

-Sally Colin-James, One Illumined Thread

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18. The Heart Is a Star

By: Megan Rogers

3.64

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Absorbing, lyrical, vivid and compulsively readable - The Heart is a Star is beautiful storytelling… read more

Similar categories in Megan Rogers's The Heart Is a Star book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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19. The Albatross

By: Nina Wan

3.48

Format: None pages, ebook

'The albatross is just about the rarest thing in golf - two shots on a par 5. A hole-in-one, anywhe… read more

Similar categories in Nina Wan's The Albatross book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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20. We Come With This Place

By: Debra Dank

4.27

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

We Come with This Place is a remarkable book, as rich, varied and surprising as the vast landscape … read more

Similar categories in Debra Dank's We Come With This Place book and Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light

  • australia

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