19 must-read contemporary books like West Girls by Laura Elizabeth Woollett

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West Girls

By: Laura Elizabeth Woollett

3.36

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

‘I chose the jagged rocks, the broken bones, the spattered brains. I chose beauty. I'd choose it ag…

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1. 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 Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. 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 Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. 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 Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • australia
  • fiction
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4. The Swift Dark Tide

By: Katia Ariel

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

What happens when, in the middle of a happy heterosexual marriage, a woman falls in love with anoth… read more

Similar categories in Katia Ariel's The Swift Dark Tide book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • australia
  • contemporary
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5. 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 Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. 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 Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • australia
  • fiction
  • 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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7. 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 Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. 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 Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. 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 Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • australia
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10. The Anniversary

By: Stephanie Bishop

3.10

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

For fans of Lisa Halliday and Susan Choi, The Anniversary is a simmering page-turner about an ascen… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Bishop's The Anniversary book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Everyone and Everything

By: Nadine J. Cohen

4.29

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

A dazzling literary debut, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh, cry and call your sister. … read more

Similar categories in Nadine J. Cohen's Everyone and Everything book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Opposite of Success

By: Eleanor Elliott Thomas

3.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

All Lorrie wants is to get promoted, accept her body and end global warming. By Friday. Is that rea… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Elliott Thomas's The Opposite of Success book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The Work

By: Bri Lee

3.43

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's The Work book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Body Friend

By: Katherine Brabon

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Late in the summer five years ago, when I was recovering from a surgical procedure, I met two women… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Brabon's Body Friend book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. One Day We're All Going to Die

By: Elise Esther Hearst

3.51

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Sorrow and Bliss meets Normal People in this utterly compelling, darkly humorous millennial coming… read more

Similar categories in Elise Esther Hearst's One Day We're All Going to Die book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Search History

By: Amy Taylor

3.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A woman's obsession with her new boyfriend's dead ex-girlfriend fuels this sharp and honest debut n… read more

Similar categories in Amy Taylor's Search History book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Feast

By: Emily O'Grady

3.33

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling novel of three women and their dark secrets from the award-winning author of The Yello… read more

Similar categories in Emily O'Grady's Feast book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. West Girls

By: Laura Elizabeth Woollett

3.36

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

‘I chose the jagged rocks, the broken bones, the spattered brains. I chose beauty. I'd choose it ag… read more

Similar categories in Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • coming of age
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
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19. Hospital

By: Sanya Rushdi

3.70

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

A strong and courageous novel that deftly tackles psychosis. In Melbourne, Australia, a woman in h… read more

Similar categories in Sanya Rushdi's Hospital book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. The Modern

By: Anna Kate Blair

3.10

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

In an age driven by desire, what happens when you want two different things?   Set in the pristin… read more

Similar categories in Anna Kate Blair's The Modern book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. But the Girl

By: Jessica Zhan Mei Yu

3.74

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Irreverent, witty and wise, But the Girl is a coming-of-age story about not wanting to leave your f… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Zhan Mei Yu's But the Girl book and Laura Elizabeth Woollett's West Girls

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia

19 must-read fiction books like West Girls by Laura Elizabeth Woollett

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Charlotte Wood

3.68

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Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

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Tony Birch

4.22

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Amanda Lohrey

3.55

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John Boyne

4.34

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Charlotte Wood

3.68

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Suzie Miller

4.37

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4.13

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