11 must-read family books like Cop and Robber by Tristan Bancks

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Cop and Robber

By: Tristan Bancks

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

If your mum was a cop and your dad was a crim who needed your help to commit a crime, would you do …

If you liked the family plot in Cop and Robber by Tristan Bancks , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Blueback

By: Tim Winton

3.56

Format: 304 pages,

From the author of the bestselling novel "The Riders" comes a bewitching fable sure to delight read… read more

Similar categories in Tim Winton's Blueback book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • young adult
  • school

2. The Road to Winter (Winter, #1)

By: Mark Smith

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition for  Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his par… read more

Similar categories in Mark Smith's The Road to Winter (Winter, #1) book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

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3. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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4. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • thriller
  • crime
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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5. Cop and Robber

By: Tristan Bancks

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

If your mum was a cop and your dad was a crim who needed your help to commit a crime, would you do … read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • thriller
  • school
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • family
  • action
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Sick Bay

By: Nova Weetman

4.28

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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7. Completely Normal (and other lies)

By: Biffy James

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more

Similar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • family
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

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8. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • family
  • young adult
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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9. Inkflower

By: Suzy Zail

4.32

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story. Lisa’s father has… read more

Similar categories in Suzy Zail's Inkflower book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • young adult
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10. Hamlet is Not OK

By: R.A. Spratt

3.40

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of … read more

Similar categories in R.A. Spratt's Hamlet is Not OK book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • audiobook
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11. The Dinner Party

By: Rebecca Heath

3.60

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Four Couples. It's Summer 1979 in the idyllic suburban neighbourhood of Ridgefield, during a scorc… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Heath's The Dinner Party book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. Two Can Play That Game

By: Leanne Yong

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Funny and romantic, an upbeat YA novel about gaming, goals and getting even from a fresh new voice … read more

Similar categories in Leanne Yong's Two Can Play That Game book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • young adult
"You go on being wrong about everything, Jaybird. I’ll be there to say “I told you so"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Why can’t I simply be friends – or frenemies – with him? Is that so strange to both of you?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"Because the only way you can change the world is by being a winner. Otherwise, the world at best ignores you, or at worst destroys you."

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

"I only wish I could fix things for everyone that easily in real life. I mean, isn’t that why you play games, so you can pretend it’s possible?"

-Leanne Yong, Two Can Play That Game

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13. Exit Through the Gift Shop

By: Maryam Master

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's Exit Through the Gift Shop book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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14. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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15. No Words

By: Maryam Master

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Hero doesn't feel like a hero, but sometimes she feels as if the universe is asking her to be one. … read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's No Words book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Killing Code

By: Ellie Marney

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for f… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Marney's The Killing Code book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • thriller
  • crime
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"I am the code you never broke, and I don't play by the rules."

-Ellie Marney, The Killing Code

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17. August and Jones

By: Pip Harry

4.33

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's August and Jones book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • middle grade
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18. The Way of Dog

By: Zana Fraillon

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A fiercely original verse novel from the ABIA and CBCA award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Way of Dog book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • middle grade
  • family
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "

-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog

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19. The Raven's Song

By: Zana Fraillon

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A wonderful children's novel by two stellar writers featuring Shelby and Phoenix, living 100 years … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Raven's Song book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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20. The Goodbye Year

By: Emily Gale

4.36

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It’s the start of 2020 and Harper is filled with anticipation about being in the final year of Rive… read more

Similar categories in Emily Gale's The Goodbye Year book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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21. The Jammer

By: Nova Weetman

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Fred has moved around her whole life, one small town after another, and never minded starting over.… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Jammer book and Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult

9 best-selling audiobook books like Cop and Robber by Tristan Bancks

Transform Your Habits

Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Cop and Robber

Tristan Bancks

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Completely Normal (and other lies)

Biffy James

4.14

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24 Best middle grade books like The Goodbye Year by Emily Gale

Transform Your Habits

Sister Heart

Sally Morgan

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Secrets We Keep (The Secrets We Keep #1)

Nova Weetman

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Scar Town

Tristan Bancks

4.04

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