Salonika Burning
By: Gail Jones
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Greece, 1917. The great city of Salonika is engulfed by fire as all of Europe is ravaged by war. …
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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
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- literary fiction
- historical
- australia
- fiction
- historical fiction
2. 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
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- world war i
- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical 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
3. 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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- historical
4. Iris
By: Fiona Kelly McGregor
3.53
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Who is Iris Webber? A thief, a fighter, a wife, a lover. A scammer, a schemer, a friend. A… read more
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- historical
- australia
- fiction
- 21st century
- historical fiction
- novels
"Thought doesn't necessarily calm a person, nor does confinement calm thought."-Fiona Kelly McGregor, Iris
5. Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here
By: Heather Rose
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A deeply personal collection filled with reflections on love, death, creativity and healing, from t… read more
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- australia
6. 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
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- literary fiction
- australia
- fiction
- novels
7. 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
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- literary fiction
- historical
- australia
- fiction
- historical fiction
"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
8. A Brief Affair
By: Alex Miller
3.59
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
A moving novel about storytelling, about truths, and love, from twice Miles Franklin Award winner A… read more
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- literary fiction
- australia
- fiction
- novels
9. 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
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- literary fiction
- historical
- australia
- fiction
- historical fiction
10. 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
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- historical
- australia
- fiction
- 21st century
- historical fiction
- novels
11. 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
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- historical
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"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
12. 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
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- fiction
- australia
13. 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
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- literary fiction
- australia
- fiction
14. Sanctuary
By: Garry Disher
3.99
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more
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- australia
- fiction
15. 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
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- historical
- australia
- fiction
- historical fiction
16. 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
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- australia
- fiction
"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
17. Restless Dolly Maunder
By: Kate Grenville
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- australia
- fiction
- historical fiction
18. The Sun Walks Down
By: Fiona McFarlane
3.74
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-ye… read more
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- historical
- australia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
19. This Devastating Fever
By: Sophie Cunningham
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Alice had not expected to spend the first twenty years of the twenty-first century writing about Le… read more
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- historical
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20. Salonika Burning
By: Gail Jones
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Greece, 1917. The great city of Salonika is engulfed by fire as all of Europe is ravaged by war. … read more
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- world war i
- literary fiction
- historical
- war
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- historical fiction
- 21st century
- australia
- novels
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