7 Top biography books like Lawson by Grantlee Kieza

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Lawson

By: Grantlee Kieza

4.40

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary rise, devastating fall and enduring legacy of an Australian icon Henry Lawson…

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1. Mrs Kelly: The Astonishing Life of Ned Kelly's Mother

By: Grantlee Kieza , Kieza Grantlee

4.17

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing life of Ned Kelly's mother Ellen Kelly was born during the troubles in Ireland. … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • australia
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2. The Enigmatic Mr Deakin

By: Judith Brett

4.12

Format: 490 pages, Hardcover

This insightful and accessible new biography of Alfred Deakin, Australia’s second prime minister, s… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • australia

3. The Bush

By: Don Watson

3.04

Format: 40 pages, ebook

Most Australians live in cities and cling to the coastal fringe, yet our sense of what an Australia… read more

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4. Dark Emu

By: Bruce Pascoe

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial … read more

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5. The Ghosts of Paris (Billie Walker Mystery, #2)

By: Tara Moss

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tale of courage and secrets set in postwar London and Paris, in which a search for a mi… read more

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  • australia
"...she and trouble knew each other rather intimately. No reason the end of the war would stop such a seemingly natural pairing, she supposed.' - Chapt 1, The Ghosts of Paris, Tara Moss"

-Tara Moss, The Ghosts of Paris (Billie Walker Mystery, #2)

"Tonight she had pulled on a dark blue cap, and matching gloves, as much to avoid touching her surrounds as it was for any standard of fashion. As the sun had fled the area, these garments were almost…"

-Tara Moss, The Ghosts of Paris (Billie Walker Mystery, #2)

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6. Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1)

By: Chris Hammer

3.96

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

In an isolated country town brought to its knees by endless drought, a charismatic and dedicated yo… read more

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  • australia
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7. 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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  • history
  • biography
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8. 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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9. The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)

By: Chris Hammer

4.29

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted… read more

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  • australia
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10. After Story

By: Larissa Behrendt

4.07

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered… read more

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  • australia
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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. The Book of Roads and Kingdoms

By: Richard Fidler

4.11

Format: 448 pages, ebook

A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever… read more

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  • history
  • australia
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13. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback

They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more

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  • australia
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14. Mr Einstein's Secretary

By: Matthew Reilly

4.22

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A SECRETARY LIKE NO OTHERIN AN EPIC SPANNING 40 YEARSAll Hanna Fischer ever wanted to do was to stu… read more

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"But to hate is cheap. One does not need any money to hate."

-Matthew Reilly, Mr Einstein's Secretary

"Every decision comes down to a choice. This is the right choice."

-Matthew Reilly, Mr Einstein's Secretary

"Some readers turn up their noses at such books, considering them to be too lowbrow. But not I. One who reads such a book reads it for pleasure, for joy. pg43"

-Matthew Reilly, Mr Einstein's Secretary

"I am supposed to be this brilliant man. Well, here is the most important thing I know: retain your inner joy. If you do that, you will live a successful and happy life."

-Matthew Reilly, Mr Einstein's Secretary

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15. The Orphans

By: Fiona McIntosh

4.13

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Orphan Fleur Appleby is adopted by a loving undertaker and his wife and she quickly develops a spec… read more

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  • australia
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16. The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison

By: Meredith Jaffe

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Can a wedding dress save a bunch of hardened crims? The Full Monty meets Orange is the New Black in… read more

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  • australia
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17. A Room Made of Leaves

By: Kate Grenville

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What if Elizabeth Macarthur-wife of the notorious John Macarthur, wool baron in early Sydney-had wr… read more

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"We were two sets of people inhabiting the same space, each set going about its affairs as if the other were not there."

-Kate Grenville, A Room Made of Leaves

"What he and I had made together was honest and important. But his orbit, like mine, lay elsewhere. We had been given a gift from the universe, a momentary precious conjunction. It was not meant to la…"

-Kate Grenville, A Room Made of Leaves

"That was a place a person had to travel through alone. I met there a cold indifferent truth: that every person -- even a loved person, and I was not loved -- was alone. On the whole globe, there was …"

-Kate Grenville, A Room Made of Leaves

"My husband had no one and that must be why some central part of him, some steady sense of who he was, had years ago gone like a mouse to hide away in its hole. But he could never admit the pain. He h…"

-Kate Grenville, A Room Made of Leaves

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18. Secret Sparrow

By: Jackie French

4.40

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of women who fought during WW1, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers. In 1917 … read more

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19. Becoming Mrs Mulberry

By: Jackie French

4.28

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Jackie French comes a book about the secrets we carry, those that we uneart… read more

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  • australia
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20. 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

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  • australia
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21. The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty

By: Natalie Livingstone

3.82

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In The Women of Rothschild , Natalie Livingstone reveals the role of women in shaping the legacy of… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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22. Lawson

By: Grantlee Kieza

4.40

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary rise, devastating fall and enduring legacy of an Australian icon Henry Lawson… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • australia
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23. The Wonder of Little Things

By: Vince Copley

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A First Nations Elder shares his extraordinary story of finding kindness in the midst of prejudice,… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • australia
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24. Bennelong and Phillip

By: Kate Fullagar

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first dual biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australia… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • australia
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25. The Naturalist of Amsterdam

By: Melissa Ashley

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Amsterdam, at the turn of the 18th century. For as long as she can remember, Dorothea Graff has liv… read more

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26. Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

By: Michael Robotham

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN 9781668030998 can be found here The mystery of Evie C… read more

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"We exist before we are born and after we die."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"... everything I want is on the other side of fear."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"... as though men were the solution to every problem."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"Introspection leads to self-analysis, which leads to self-hatred."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

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27. No Room for Regret

By: Janeen Ann O'Connell

4.27

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

The movement of the ship seals his fate. He could be sailing anywhere, anytime, but he’s not, he’s … read more

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28. The Last Station

By: Nicole Alexander

3.54

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In nineteenth-century New South Wales, the name Dalhunty stood for prosperity and prestige. The fam… read more

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29. Psykhe

By: Kate Forsyth

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Kate Forsyth gives voice, power and agency to Psykhe telling this much loved myth from the perspect… read more

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30. The Great Gallipoli Escape

By: Jackie French

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and … read more

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  • australia
Cover of Love, Lies, and Legacies by Janeen Ann O'Connell

31. Love, Lies, and Legacies

By: Janeen Ann O'Connell

4.19

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

When Catherine Tedder’s husband dies suddenly in September 1822, she is left alone with two small g… read more

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