15 must-read nonfiction books like An Unlikely Prisoner by Sean Turnell

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An Unlikely Prisoner

By: Sean Turnell

4.28

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Australia’s most unlikely political prisoner . . . is known as a person of deep optimism, bubbling…

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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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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. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

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4. 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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"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

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5. 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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6. Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything

By: Julia Baird

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Phosphorescence comes a beautiful and timely exploration of that mos… read more

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"our bodies, our misshapen, lumpy, wobbly, birth-marked, uneven, scarred, imperfect bodies are our vessels. If only we were more gracious towards them. They won't last forever, they will eventually gr…"

-Julia Baird, Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything

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7. 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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8. 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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9. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

By: Emma Carey

4.38

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

From a terrible accident that left her paraplegic, Emma Carey has become an inspiration for hundred… read more

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10. Showing Up

By: Nedd Brockmann

4.34

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable–the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘throug… read more

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11. What Happened to Nina?

By: Dervla McTiernan

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

10 hours, 50 minutes From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an… read more

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12. Karma: My Autobiography

By: Boy George

3.62

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more

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13. The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison

By: Kylie Moore-Gilbert

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

‘The sky above our heads was uncaged and unlike us, free.’ The extraordinary true story of Kyli… read more

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14. 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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15. 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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16. Adventures with Emilie: Taking on Te Araroa trail in 138 life-changing days

By: Victoria Bruce

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

“I’m here because I want to test the very limits of my own resilience and reassure myself that no m… read more

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17. Pheasants Nest

By: Louise Milligan

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news? Who has been assign… read more

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18. 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

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19. 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

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20. 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

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21. 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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22. A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering

By: Andrew Hunter Murray

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

One perfect house. One dead body. One bad day. There are thousands and thousands of decent homes… read more

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23. An Unlikely Prisoner

By: Sean Turnell

4.28

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Australia’s most unlikely political prisoner . . . is known as a person of deep optimism, bubbling… read more

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24. Meth Road: A life-and-death investigation following the world's most destructive narcotic to Australia

By: Conor Woodman

3.96

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

A wild and dangerous ride from the world's main meth source, a lawless Asian narco-state, to its mo… read more

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25. In Bad Faith

By: Dassi Erlich

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The true story of Dassi Erlich - a woman who grew up in a closed ultra-Orthodox sect and endured a … read more

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26. The Last Daughter

By: Brenda Matthews

4.32

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

An unmissable First Nations memoir that tells of the shattering experience of being stolen, The Las… read more

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27. The Way We Are: Lessons from a lifetime of listening

By: Hugh Mackay

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

None read more

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28. Home to Biloela: The story of the Tamil family that captured our hearts

By: Priya Nadesalingam

4.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The dramatic inside story of the Tamil refugee family which became a cause célèbre all around Austr… read more

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29. Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

By: Akuch Kuol Anyieth

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A moving, confronting and ultimately uplifting story about a young girl’s escape, with her family, … read more

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30. Diplomatic: A Washington memoir

By: Joe Hockey

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

In September 2015, Joe Hockey's promising political career was brought to a dramatic end when Malco… read more

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21 Best fiction books like What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

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Amy Tintera

4.13

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Alex Finlay

3.79

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4.04

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3.99

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