19 must-read nonfiction books like Witness by Louise Milligan

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Witness

By: Louise Milligan

4.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the best-selling author of CARDINAL comes a searing examination of the power imbalance in our …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Witness by Louise Milligan , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

By: Sarah Krasnostein

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Krasnostein's The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook

2. The Spare Room

By: Helen Garner

4.24

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, witty, and taut novel about a complex friendship between two women--one dying, the othe… read more

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3. 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 Louise Milligan's Witness

  • australia
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Louise Milligan's Witness

  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Louise Milligan's Witness

  • history
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Prima Facie

By: Suzie Miller

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is not life, this is law… Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her up to being a top cr… read more

Similar categories in Suzie Miller's Prima Facie book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • feminism
  • law
  • audiobook
"All I know is that somewhere. Some time. Somehow. Something has to change."

-Suzie Miller, Prima Facie

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7. Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All

By: Hannah Ferguson

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Founder of Cheek Media Co. delivers the conversations we've been missing on everything from die… read more

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  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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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 Louise Milligan's Witness

  • australia
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9. Love & Virtue

By: Diana Reid

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Feminism, power and sex play out through the eyes of young Australian uni students in a contemporar… read more

Similar categories in Diana Reid's Love & Virtue book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • feminism
  • australia
  • audiobook
"Its feminism operated on the level of ‘Women in Medicine’ and ‘Women in Finance’ discussion panels, always conducted in a tone of revolutionary awe, as if any combination of women and profession were…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

"I just don't want to mediate my whole identity through social media.' Eve resumed the vigorous hair brushing. 'I think photos should be a stolen moment in time. Not this thing on your phone: this way…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

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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 Louise Milligan's Witness

  • australia
  • audiobook
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11. Dropbear

By: Evelyn Araluen

4.13

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

I told you this was a thirst so great it could carve rivers. This fierce debut from award-winnin… read more

Similar categories in Evelyn Araluen's Dropbear book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • australia
  • audiobook
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12. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Gabbie Stroud's The Things That Matter Most book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • australia
  • audiobook
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13. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

Similar categories in Grace Tame's The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

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14. Emotional Female

By: Yumiko Kadota

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Yumiko Kadota was every Asian parent's dream- model student, top of her class in medical school and… read more

Similar categories in Yumiko Kadota's Emotional Female book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Louise Milligan's Witness

  • australia
  • audiobook
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16. The Alternatives

By: Caoilinn Hughes

3.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“A tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for ou… read more

Similar categories in Caoilinn Hughes's The Alternatives book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • audiobook
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17. Any Ordinary Day

By: Leigh Sales

4.13

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

The day that turns a life upside down usually starts like any other, but what happens the day after… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Sales's Any Ordinary Day book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • journalism
  • audiobook
"The question of life being fair or unfair is one of the first things to drop away once you truly understand that you're as vulnerable as the next person to life's vagaries."

-Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

"I felt this lightness settling on me, which was new. It's not closure, because I will live with Matt's death and the pain of it every day and the grief will stay with me. I just felt that I was carry…"

-Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

"Stuart Diver has had years of extensive professional counselling to retrain his brain so that he can replace the thought of how helpless he was when Sally dies with the truth that he tried everything…"

-Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

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18. I Don't: The Case Against Marriage

By: Clementine Ford

4.13

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against mar… read more

Similar categories in Clementine Ford's I Don't: The Case Against Marriage book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • history
  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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19. Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge

By: Bri Lee

3.65

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Bri Lee, best-selling and award-winning author of Eggshell Skull, asks Who gets to be smart? in thi… read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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20. Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech

By: Julia Gillard

4.28

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly an… read more

Similar categories in Julia Gillard's Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • history
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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21. How Many More Women?: Exposing how the law silences women

By: Jennifer Robinson

4.34

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

In this powerful and accessible exploration of our legal systems, two human rights lawyers break op… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Robinson's How Many More Women?: Exposing how the law silences women book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • true crime
  • feminism
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. Tell Me Again

By: Amy Thunig

4.41

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding … read more

Similar categories in Amy Thunig's Tell Me Again book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • australia
  • audiobook
"Chapter 20-Part 2 "The hardest part of childhood with parents with these and are criminalised, isn’t necessarily life inside your home, it's how you are treated and mistreated by those outside your h…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

"I have been reading Amy Thunigs book. And this quote stood out to me. I really think this explains a lot about how AOD stigma and harmful prohibition drug policies that disproportionately criminalize…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

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23. Eggshell Skull

By: Bri Lee

4.36

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they … read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's Eggshell Skull book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
"The ugly parts of my life kept crashing into the beautiful ones."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of fucks to give"

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of ducks to give."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Only skinny enough when starving, only successful enough when exhausted."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

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24. The Glass House

By: Anne Buist

3.89

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Menzies. Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic hi… read more

Similar categories in Anne Buist's The Glass House book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • australia
  • audiobook
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25. The Teacher's Pet

By: Hedley Thomas

4.14

Format: 619 pages, Kindle Edition

If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas take… read more

Similar categories in Hedley Thomas's The Teacher's Pet book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • australia
  • audiobook
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26. Witness

By: Louise Milligan

4.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the best-selling author of CARDINAL comes a searing examination of the power imbalance in our … read more

Similar categories in Louise Milligan's Witness book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • feminism
  • politics
  • law
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • journalism
  • audiobook
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27. The Fall Between

By: Darcy Tindale

3.93

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On a hot November morning, the first body lies in a cattle trough . . . It will be another two hour… read more

Similar categories in Darcy Tindale's The Fall Between book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • australia
  • audiobook
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28. See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

By: Jess Hill

4.66

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria’s dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone … read more

Similar categories in Jess Hill's See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • true crime
  • feminism
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
"I don't bash you with my fists, I bash you with my emotions, to keep you under control."

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

"I explain patriarchy as a dual system of power: men's power over women, and some men's power over other men. - Michael Kimmel"

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

"Mangan is adamant: women's violence may cause distress to men in abusive relationships, but men are almost never in danger of being killed."

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

"Whether perpetrators abuse strategically or on impulse, however, they usually have one thing in common: a supercharged sense of entitlement."

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

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29. The Most Important Job in the World

By: Gina Rushton

4.10

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Should we become parents? It's a question that forces us to reckon with what we love and fear most … read more

Similar categories in Gina Rushton's The Most Important Job in the World book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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30. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience

By: Veronica Gorrie

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within … read more

Similar categories in Veronica Gorrie's Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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31. The One Thing We've Never Spoken About

By: Elfy Scott

4.29

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

An investigation into the failings of Australia’s mental healthcare system, grounded in a personal … read more

Similar categories in Elfy Scott's The One Thing We've Never Spoken About book and Louise Milligan's Witness

  • memoir
  • audiobook

29 Top audiobook books like Witness by Louise Milligan

Transform Your Habits

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

Sarah Krasnostein

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

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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21 Best audiobook books like Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee

Transform Your Habits

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

Chanel Contos

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Honeybee

Craig Silvey

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All

Hannah Ferguson

4.29

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