22 Best fiction books like The Deck by Fiona Farrell

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The Deck

By: Fiona Farrell

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

What is the point of inventing stories when reality eclipses imagination? A little way off in the f…

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1. Prophet Song

By: Paul Lynch

4.10

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more

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"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

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2. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

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3. The Wren, the Wren

By: Anne Enright

3.55

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

An incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of… read more

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"It's not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror."

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

"We don't walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

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4. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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5. Paper Cage

By: Tom Baragwanath

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This prizewinning debut from New Zealand novelist Tom Baragwanath is both a nail-biting thrill-ride… read more

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Cover of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

6. 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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7. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

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  • fiction
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8. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir by Emma Espiner

9. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

By: Emma Espiner

4.31

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more

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10. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

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11. Mania

By: Lionel Shriver

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my b… read more

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12. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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13. One of Those Mothers

By: Megan Nicol Reed

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasi… read more

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Cover of The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

14. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

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15. Amma

By: Saraid de Silva

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Three generations. Three continents. Three sexualities. 1951. Singapore. Ten-year-old Josep… read more

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Cover of Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter by Noelle McCarthy

16. Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter

By: Noelle McCarthy

4.13

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

"I’ll be grand, girl, I’ve great faith." – Mammy, just before she died Funny, charismatic and ge… read more

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17. The Bone Tree

By: Airana Ngarewa

3.71

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

After the death of both parents, Kauri and Black must find a way to survive in a world that doesn't… read more

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18. Eddy, Eddy

By: Kate De Goldi

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eddy, Eddy is a coming of age story, a love story, an earthquake story and a story of finding your … read more

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19. The Deck

By: Fiona Farrell

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

What is the point of inventing stories when reality eclipses imagination? A little way off in the f… read more

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20. Bird Life

By: Anna Smaill

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The second novel by Booker Prize-longlisted author Anna Smaill. A lyrical and ambitious exploration… read more

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  • fiction
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21. The Last Secret Agent

By: Pippa Latour

4.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an u… read more

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22. The Waters

By: Carl Nixon

3.77

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

One family. Forty years. The Waters kids ― practical, athletic Mark; the physically beautiful drea… read more

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23. The Call

By: Gavin Strawhan

3.84

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize 2023A brilliant debut crime novel centred on a 501 deport… read more

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24. Dice

By: Claire Baylis

3.86

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A compelling courtroom drama, Dice is an incredibly timely exploration of how sexual violence is vi… read more

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  • fiction
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25. Laughing at the Dark

By: Barbara Else

4.30

Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition

From the best-selling and acclaimed author Barbara Else, Laughing at the Dark is a funny, moving me… read more

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26. A Better Place

By: Stephen Daisley

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The old people in the district would often say that Roy was not quite the same after he come back. … read more

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27. Ash

By: Louise Wallace

4.35

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Thea lives under a mountain – one that’s ready to blow. A vet at a mid-sized rural practice, she… read more

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28. The End and Everything Before It

By: Finegan Kruckemeyer

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A debut novel from one of Australia's most internationally celebrated playwrights, The End and Ever… read more

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29. Max

By: Avi Duckor-Jones

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

I want to let her know that choosing something is the entire problem. How do you choose somethin… read more

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30. Kind

By: Stephanie Johnson

3.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

High on the Southern Alps of New Zealand lies a fallen man, like ‘a black exclamation mark on a whi… read more

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17 Top fiction books like The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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Coco Solid

4.23

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Michael Bennett

3.94

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Emily Perkins

3.43

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