12 Best war books like Barney Greatrex: From Bomber Command to the French Resistance - the stirring story of an Australian hero by Michael Veitch

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Barney Greatrex: From Bomber Command to the French Resistance - the stirring story of an Australian hero

By: Michael Veitch

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero BARNEY GREATREX - from Bomber Command t…

If you liked the war plot in Barney Greatrex: From Bomber Command to the French Resistance - the stirring story of an Australian hero by Michael Veitch , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Sandakan

By: Paul Ham

4.28

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the Sandakan death marches of World War II. This is the story of the three-y… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • war
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2. The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka

By: Clare Wright

3.99

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The Eureka Stockade. The story is one of Australia’s foundation legends, but until now it has been … read more

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3. Chickenhawk

By: Robert Mason

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • war
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4. The Sympathizer

By: Viet Thanh Nguyen

3.83

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as five other awards, The Sympathizeris … read more

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5. Flagship: The Cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific War on Japan

By: Mike Carlton

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1924 the grand old battle cruiser HMAS AustraliaI, once the pride of the nation, was sunk off Sy… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • war
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6. A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)

By: Ken Follett

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious co… read more

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7. Bill the Bastard: The Story Of Australia's Greatest War Horse

By: Roland Perry

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Bill was massive. He had power, intelligence and unmatched courage. In performance and character, h… read more

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8. Kokoda

By: Peter FitzSimons

4.58

Format: 226 pages,

For Australians, Kokodais the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know the names of the m… read more

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9. Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

By: Donnie Eichar

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriousl… read more

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10. Murder at Myall Creek

By: Mark Tedeschi

4.23

Format: None pages,

One of the most shocking murder trials in Australia's legal history, and the tribulations of the ma… read more

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11. 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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"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

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12. Honeybee

By: Craig Silvey

4.40

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail a… read more

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"And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything."

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"When we don’t think we’re worth much, we find ways to make our world small. We don’t allow ourselves to hope because we’ve already excepted failure. And this pattern of thinking often determines the …"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

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13. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

By: Adam Kay

3.91

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more

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14. Time of My Life

By: Myf Warhurst

4.13

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

From the much-loved Myf Warhurst comes a captivating and joyous memoir of wisdom, humour and heart … read more

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15. The Salt Path

By: Raynor Winn

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home and… read more

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"It’s six hundred and thirty miles and we’ll have to camp all the way."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"Give time for what you know you must do and you will have what you desire the most."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"Refugees from western civilisation, cut adrift from life in a boat that rarely finds a harbour."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

"We had lost everything except our children and each other, but we had the wet grass and the rhythm of the sea on the rocks."

-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path

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16. 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

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17. The Remarkable Mrs Reibey

By: Grantlee Kieza

4.03

Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition

The extraordinary story of Mary Reibey - immortalised on the Australian $20 note, Australia's first… read more

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18. The Ghost Tattoo

By: Tony Bernard

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, profoundly moving Holocaust memoir from a rarely told perspective, this is the story of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • war
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19. The Daughter's Tale

By: Armando Lucas Correa

3.73

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

BERLIN, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are… read more

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20. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree

By: Alli Parker

4.28

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese… read more

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21. Barney Greatrex: From Bomber Command to the French Resistance - the stirring story of an Australian hero

By: Michael Veitch

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero BARNEY GREATREX - from Bomber Command t… read more

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22. Anzac Sniper: The Extraordinary Story of Stan Savige, One of Australia's Greatest Soldiers

By: Roland Perry

4.34

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

The extraordinary story of Stan Savige - from Gallipoli marksman to WWII General and the founder of… read more

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  • war
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23. The Land Before Avocado

By: Richard Glover

3.91

Format: 288 pages, ebook

The new book from the bestselling author of Flesh Wounds. A funny and frank look at the way Austral… read more

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24. With My Little Eye

By: Sandra Hogan

3.58

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The very funny true story of three children recruited by their parents to work for ASIO in the 1950… read more

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25. The Queen's Colonial (The Colonial Series #1)

By: Peter Watt

4.21

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes the fate for which you are destined is not your own...1845, a village outside Sydney Town… read more

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26. The Scrap Iron Flotilla: Five Valiant Destroyers and the Australian War in the Mediterranean

By: Mike Carlton

4.56

Format: 616 pages, Kindle Edition

When the Second World War broke out in September 1939, the British asked Australia for help. With s… read more

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  • war
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27. The Shipwreck: The true story of the Dunbar, the disaster that broke the colony's heart and forged a nation's spirit

By: Larry Writer

4.01

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

The epic story of one of Australia's greatest maritime disasters, the wreck of the Dunbar.'gripping… read more

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28. Through Ice & Fire

By: Sarah Laverick

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The wild and desolate expanses of Antarctica have been the setting for many famous exploits and mis… read more

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29. Bastard Behind the Lines: The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese

By: Tom Gilling

3.74

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

He escaped from Singapore's Changi prisoner of war camp to become one of Australia's great World Wa… read more

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  • war
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30. Wizards of Oz: How Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shaped the modern world

By: Brett Mason

4.36

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Two Australian scientists played a vital yet largely unknown role in the Allied victory in the Seco… read more

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31. Under Her Skin: The life and work of Professor Fiona Wood AM, National Living Treasure

By: Sue Williams

4.44

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable story of Professor Fiona Wood AM, world-leading burns specialist and one of Australi… read more

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