14 Best history books like The Golden Maze by Richard Fidler

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The Golden Maze

By: Richard Fidler

4.21

Format: 580 pages, Hardcover

Beloved ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is bac…

If you liked the history plot in The Golden Maze by Richard Fidler , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. An Infamous Army (Alastair, #4)

By: Georgette Heyer

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR Brussels is a lively place to be in 1815, and red-haired widow Lady Bar… read more

Similar categories in Georgette Heyer's An Infamous Army (Alastair, #4) book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • historical
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2. The Cloudspotter's Guide

By: Gavin Pretor-Pinney , None

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

A quirky, clever guide for everyone who loves to look up. Where do clouds come from? Why do they lo… read more

Similar categories in Gavin Pretor-Pinney's The Cloudspotter's Guide book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • nonfiction
  • history

3. Without Warning (The Disappearance, #1)

By: John Birmingham

4.30

Format: 503 pages, Hardcover

In Kuwait, American forces are stacked up, locked and loaded for the invasion of Iraq. In Paris, a … read more

Similar categories in John Birmingham's Without Warning (The Disappearance, #1) book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

4. Dark Emu

By: Bruce Pascoe

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial … read more

Similar categories in Bruce Pascoe's Dark Emu book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

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5. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

By: Anna Funder

4.20

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more

Similar categories in Anna Funder's Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • history
  • biography
  • travel
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"People were crazy with pain and secrets."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

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6. 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 Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • historical
  • australia
  • audiobook
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7. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

By: William Egginton

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more

Similar categories in William Egginton's The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Consent Laid Bare: Sex, Entitlement & the Distortion of Desire

By: Chanel Contos

4.56

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

The game-changing book about sex and consent that every woman - and man - should read In 2021, Chan… read more

Similar categories in Chanel Contos's Consent Laid Bare: Sex, Entitlement & the Distortion of Desire book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • australia
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • 21st century
  • historical
  • australia
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12. Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything

By: Julia Baird

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Phosphorescence comes a beautiful and timely exploration of that mos… read more

Similar categories in Julia Baird's Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
"our bodies, our misshapen, lumpy, wobbly, birth-marked, uneven, scarred, imperfect bodies are our vessels. If only we were more gracious towards them. They won't last forever, they will eventually gr…"

-Julia Baird, Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything

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13. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921

By: Antony Beevor

3.90

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more

Similar categories in Antony Beevor's Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
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14. Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award

By: David Marr

4.39

Format: 596 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars David Marr was shocked… read more

Similar categories in David Marr's Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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15. Love Stories

By: Trent Dalton

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct ques… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Love Stories book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • australia
  • audiobook
"True love is exposing all the pieces."

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

"Love is knowing when you've come home."

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

"You ever felt that kinda low? The kind you want to stay in?"

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

"She realises now that grief is the price she will willingly pay to have loved someone so deeply."

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

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16. Mr Einstein's Secretary

By: Matthew Reilly

4.22

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A SECRETARY LIKE NO OTHERIN AN EPIC SPANNING 40 YEARSAll Hanna Fischer ever wanted to do was to stu… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Reilly's Mr Einstein's Secretary book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • historical
  • audiobook
"But to hate is cheap. One does not need any money to hate."

-Matthew Reilly, Mr Einstein's Secretary

"Every decision comes down to a choice. This is the right choice."

-Matthew Reilly, Mr Einstein's Secretary

"Some readers turn up their noses at such books, considering them to be too lowbrow. But not I. One who reads such a book reads it for pleasure, for joy. pg43"

-Matthew Reilly, Mr Einstein's Secretary

"I am supposed to be this brilliant man. Well, here is the most important thing I know: retain your inner joy. If you do that, you will live a successful and happy life."

-Matthew Reilly, Mr Einstein's Secretary

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17. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

Similar categories in Sam Neill's Did I Ever Tell You This? book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • australia
  • audiobook
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18. How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

By: Frank Dikötter

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Samuel Johnson prize-winning author of Mao's Great Famine, a timely and compelling explora… read more

Similar categories in Frank Dikötter's How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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19. Budapest: Between East and West

By: Victor Sebestyen

4.29

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

Wallis Simpson, Theodore Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, Evelyn Waugh, the great tenor Luciano Pavarot… read more

Similar categories in Victor Sebestyen's Budapest: Between East and West book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • history
  • travel
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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20. The Golden Maze

By: Richard Fidler

4.21

Format: 580 pages, Hardcover

Beloved ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is bac… read more

Similar categories in Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • history
  • biography
  • travel
  • historical
  • czech literature
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • australia
  • 21st century
  • audiobook
Cover of Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire

21. Night Swimmers

By: Roisin Maguire

4.06

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

'Beautifully written, full of wisdom and wonderful secondary characters. I loved it' Daily Mail'A g… read more

Similar categories in Roisin Maguire's Night Swimmers book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

Cover of Bucharest Unbound (Alex Kovacs 12) by Richard Wake

22. Bucharest Unbound (Alex Kovacs 12)

By: Richard Wake

4.28

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

ALEX KOVACS IS BACK, DESPERATELY TRYING NOT TO BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS HIM. Or, rather, the hand … read more

Similar categories in Richard Wake's Bucharest Unbound (Alex Kovacs 12) book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

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23. The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need

By: Thomas Mayo

4.52

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who hav… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mayo's The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of Crossing the Line: The Explosive Inside Story Behind the Headlines by Nick McKenzie

24. Crossing the Line: The Explosive Inside Story Behind the Headlines

By: Nick McKenzie

4.58

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

War is brutal—but some lines should never be crossed. In mid-2017 whispers of executions and cover-… read more

Similar categories in Nick McKenzie's Crossing the Line: The Explosive Inside Story Behind the Headlines book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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25. Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella

By: Jack Charles

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Jack Charles has worn many hats throughout his life: actor, cat burglar, musician, heroin addict, a… read more

Similar categories in Jack Charles's Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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26. Eject! Eject!

By: John Nichol

4.59

Format: None pages, Audiobook

'Eject! Eject!'   When the call is made to abandon an aircraft, it's only the beginning of the stor… read more

Similar categories in John Nichol's Eject! Eject! book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings by Dylan Alcott

27. Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings

By: Dylan Alcott

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The astonishing life of Australia's most inspirational athlete Not long after he was born in 1990, … read more

Similar categories in Dylan Alcott's Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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28. Every Last Suspect

By: Nicola Moriarty

3.95

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Who killed Harriet? Complicated, driven, loving; manipulative, irresistible, monstrous – whether… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Moriarty's Every Last Suspect book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • audiobook
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29. The Invention of China

By: Bill Hayton

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"[A] smart take on modern Chinese nationalism" ( Foreign Policy ). Bill Hayton tells the story of h… read more

Similar categories in Bill Hayton's The Invention of China book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells by Pico Iyer

30. Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells

By: Pico Iyer

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Returning to his longtime home in Japan after his father-in-law’s sudden death, Pico Iyer picks up … read more

Similar categories in Pico Iyer's Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells book and Richard Fidler's The Golden Maze

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Autumn is the season of subtractions, the Japanese art of taking more and more away to charge the few things that remain. At least four times as many classical poems are set in autumn and spring, the…"

-Pico Iyer, Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells

15 Best audiobook books like The Golden Maze by Richard Fidler

Transform Your Habits

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

William Egginton

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Consent Laid Bare: Sex, Entitlement & the Distortion of Desire

Chanel Contos

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

4.13

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

4.13

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Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

3.68

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