14 must-read nonfiction books like 28 by Brandon Jack

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28

By: Brandon Jack

4.02

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

A brutally honest memoir that completely rethinks what it means to be a man. 'Like Andre Agassi'…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in 28 by Brandon Jack , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. 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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  • australia
"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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2. Boy Swallows Universe

By: Trent Dalton

4.34

Format: 474 pages, Paperback

A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class subu… read more

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  • australia
"Don't fuckin' swear."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"Stay sweet, Eli Bell."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"Most things people say don't need to be said."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"To burn this house down or set the world on fire. Up to you, Eli."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

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3. Love & Virtue

By: Diana Reid

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Feminism, power and sex play out through the eyes of young Australian uni students in a contemporar… read more

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  • australia
"Its feminism operated on the level of ‘Women in Medicine’ and ‘Women in Finance’ discussion panels, always conducted in a tone of revolutionary awe, as if any combination of women and profession were…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

"I just don't want to mediate my whole identity through social media.' Eve resumed the vigorous hair brushing. 'I think photos should be a stolen moment in time. Not this thing on your phone: this way…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

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4. Love Stories

By: Trent Dalton

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct ques… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • australia
"True love is exposing all the pieces."

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

"Love is knowing when you've come home."

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

"You ever felt that kinda low? The kind you want to stay in?"

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

"She realises now that grief is the price she will willingly pay to have loved someone so deeply."

-Trent Dalton, Love Stories

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5. A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing

By: Jessie Tu

3.19

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Growing up is always hard, but especially when so many think you're a washed-up has-been at twenty-… read more

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  • australia
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6. The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

By: Eddie Betts

4.17

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the 2023 Indie Book Awards. It’s a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG.… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • sports
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7. The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness

By: Hugh van Cuylenburg

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Hugh van Cuylenburg was a primary school teacher volunteering in northern India when he had a life-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • australia
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8. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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9. Let Go: It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media

By: Hugh van Cuylenburg

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

If ever there was a time for us to be resilient, it was when a deadly virus emerged and engulfed th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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10. No Hard Feelings

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late … read more

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  • australia
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11. All Our Shimmering Skies

By: Trent Dalton

3.95

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton returns with All Our Shimmering Skies… read more

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  • australia
"In all these years, he said, he was yet to come across a single gold nugget that brought any real happiness to the person who held it. Long coat bob said his family had found one large nugget long ag…"

-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies

"She spots a large army of green ants building a nest between two thin twig branches of a flimsy tree with floppy green leaves. "Look at this, Yukio," Molly whispers, leaning into the tree where a lin…"

-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies

"And you wouldn't believe what he said then, Tom Berry whispered to his enraptured audience. He said, he and his family saw no value whatsoever in all that gold. He said real treasure was a fresh wate…"

-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies

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12. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

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  • australia
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13. Honest Chat: How to tackle your feelings and befriend vulnerability

By: Dylan Buckley

4.24

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Like a lot of footy blokes, having a chat has always come easy to Dylan Buckley. But how to move be… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • australia
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15. Tell Me Again

By: Amy Thunig

4.41

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • australia
"Chapter 20-Part 2 "The hardest part of childhood with parents with these and are criminalised, isn’t necessarily life inside your home, it's how you are treated and mistreated by those outside your h…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

"I have been reading Amy Thunigs book. And this quote stood out to me. I really think this explains a lot about how AOD stigma and harmful prohibition drug policies that disproportionately criminalize…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

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16. Eggshell Skull

By: Bri Lee

4.36

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • australia
"The ugly parts of my life kept crashing into the beautiful ones."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of fucks to give"

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of ducks to give."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Only skinny enough when starving, only successful enough when exhausted."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

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17. Speaking in Tongues

By: Tom Tilley

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

When you no longer believe in eternity, every moment counts -- A memoir of breaking free and reinve… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • australia
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18. The Boys' Club

By: Michael Warner

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The Boys' Club is the must-read inside story behind the power and politics of AFL, Australia's bigg… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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19. Leather Soul: A Half-Back Flanker's Rhythm and Blues

By: Bob Murphy

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"The Footscray winters and the glorious liniment-scented afternoons. All of the laughs, the scraps,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • australia
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20. 28

By: Brandon Jack

4.02

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

A brutally honest memoir that completely rethinks what it means to be a man. 'Like Andre Agassi'… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Jack's 28 book and Brandon Jack's 28

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • australia
  • sports
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21. Nowhere to Hide: A memoir of football, mental health and resilience

By: Tom Boyd

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A revealing and candid account of former AFL footballer Tom Boyd's struggle with mental health. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

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Trent Dalton

4.14

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The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

Eddie Betts

4.17

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Hugh van Cuylenburg

4.31

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Chanel Contos

4.56

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4.41

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4.40

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