8 must-read indigenous books like Tracks of the Missing by Carl Merrison

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Tracks of the Missing

By: Carl Merrison

3.69

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Deklan 'Dek' Archer and his mates arrive at school to a tense atmosphere. 'Old Mate', Mr Henry, who…

If you liked the indigenous plot in Tracks of the Missing by Carl Merrison , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Dark Lake (Gemma Woodstock #1)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.58

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Rose was lit by the sun, her beautiful face giving nothing away. Even back then, she was a mystery … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's The Dark Lake (Gemma Woodstock #1) book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
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2. Once (Once, #1)

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Onceby Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanag… read more

Similar categories in Morris Gleitzman's Once (Once, #1) book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • young adult

3. The Dead of Night (Tomorrow, #2)

By: John Marsden

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

A few months after the first fighter jets landed in their own backyard, Ellie and her five terrifie… read more

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4. Crow Country

By: Kate Constable

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of the Chanters of Tremaris series comes a contemporary time travel fantasy, ground… read more

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5. Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)

By: John Marsden

4.28

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hide… read more

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6. This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something--Anything--Like Your Life Depends On It

By: Tabitha Carvan

3.82

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Why We Can't Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman's midl… read more

Similar categories in Tabitha Carvan's This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something--Anything--Like Your Life Depends On It book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

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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

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Sanctuary book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
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9. 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

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's What Happened to Nina? book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
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10. The Grazier's Son

By: Cathryn Hein

4.44

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

When taking up an unexpected inheritance with an unhappy past, newcomer Stirling is daunted to find… read more

Similar categories in Cathryn Hein's The Grazier's Son book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
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11. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Hampson's The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1) book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
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12. The Things She's Seen

By: Ambelin Kwaymullina

3.80

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since the day she died. Her dad is drowning in grief. He… read more

Similar categories in Ambelin Kwaymullina's The Things She's Seen book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • indigenous
"My science teacher said that just because two things happened together didn't mean one was because of the other, or as she put it: correlation does not imply causation."

-Ambelin Kwaymullina, The Things She's Seen

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13. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Scar Town book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • family
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14. Cop and Robber

By: Tristan Bancks

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

If your mum was a cop and your dad was a crim who needed your help to commit a crime, would you do … read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • young adult
  • family
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15. 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

Similar categories in Louise Milligan's Pheasants Nest book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
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16. It Takes a Town

By: Aoife Clifford

3.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?   Everyone dies fa… read more

Similar categories in Aoife Clifford's It Takes a Town book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
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17. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • young adult
  • family
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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18. 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

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19. The Visitors

By: Jane Harrison

3.86

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

On a sweltering day, 26 January, 1788, on a bluff high above Sydney Cove, seven Aboriginal men stan… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harrison's The Visitors book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • indigenous
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20. Bindi

By: Kirli Saunders

4.26

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

WINNER Daisy Utemorrah Award 2019 WINNER WAPBA Meet 11-year-old Bindi. She’s not really into ma… read more

Similar categories in Kirli Saunders's Bindi book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • young adult
  • family
  • indigenous
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21. The Good Dog (Detective Zoe Mayer #3)

By: Simon Rowell

4.10

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

After gunshots echo through the summer night on Mount Macedon, Detective Sergeant Zoe Mayer and her… read more

Similar categories in Simon Rowell's The Good Dog (Detective Zoe Mayer #3) book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
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22. The Killing Code

By: Ellie Marney

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for f… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Marney's The Killing Code book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
  • young adult
"I am the code you never broke, and I don't play by the rules."

-Ellie Marney, The Killing Code

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23. Tracks of the Missing

By: Carl Merrison

3.69

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Deklan 'Dek' Archer and his mates arrive at school to a tense atmosphere. 'Old Mate', Mr Henry, who… read more

Similar categories in Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • family
  • indigenous
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24. 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

Similar categories in Brenda Matthews's The Last Daughter book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • indigenous
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25. To the River

By: Vikki Wakefield

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A compulsively readable psychological thriller from the award-winning author of After You Were Gone… read more

Similar categories in Vikki Wakefield's To the River book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
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26. Robert Runs

By: Mariah Sweetman

3.87

Format: 139 pages, Kindle Edition

**Winner of the Daisy Utemorrah Award 2022** Age range 12+ Compulsory reading for early teens and y… read more

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27. Born Into This

By: Adam Thompson

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The stories in Born Into This throw light on a world of unique cultural practice and perspective, f… read more

Similar categories in Adam Thompson's Born Into This book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • indigenous
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28. Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia

By: Samantha Faulkner

4.14

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

A journey through Torres Strait Islander culture and identity, past and present "My people are e… read more

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29. Living on Stolen Land

By: Ambelin Kwaymullina

4.68

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Living on Stolen Land is a prose-styled look at Australia's colonial-settler ‘present’. This book i… read more

Similar categories in Ambelin Kwaymullina's Living on Stolen Land book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • indigenous
Cover of Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak

30. Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret

By: Amy Doak

4.21

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Things have settled down in Cooinda and Eleanor Jones is getting used to her new normal – spending … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • mystery
  • young adult
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31. Homeland Calling

By: Ellen Van Neerven

4.24

Format: 236 pages, ebook

'[W]e are strong, we are beautiful and we should be proud of our culture, our stories, our language… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Van Neerven's Homeland Calling book and Carl Merrison's Tracks of the Missing

  • indigenous

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Once (Once, #1)

Morris Gleitzman

3.63

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The Things She's Seen

Ambelin Kwaymullina

3.80

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Scar Town

Tristan Bancks

4.04

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Cop and Robber

Tristan Bancks

4.05

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Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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Alex Finlay

3.79

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Sally Hepworth

4.04

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Garry Disher

3.99

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