11 must-read nonfiction books like A Doctor in Africa by Andrew Browning

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A Doctor in Africa

By: Andrew Browning

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Including a preface by HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne. The Australian doctor saving the l…

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1. The Cause of Death

By: Cynric Temple-Camp

3.62

Format: 320 pages,

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2. The Lake of Dreams

By: Kim Edwards

4.04

Format: None pages,

Lucy Jarrett is at a crossroads in her life, still haunted by her father's unresolved death a decad… read more

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3. The Hospital by the River

By: John Little , None

0.00

Format: None pages,

When gynecologists Catherine and Reg Hamlin left their home in Australia for Ethiopia, they never d… read more

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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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
"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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7. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

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8. Faith, Hope and Carnage

By: Nick Cave

4.44

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

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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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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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10. 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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11. 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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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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12. 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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13. The Registrar

By: Neela Janakiramanan

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Sometimes in hospital people die - but not all of them should. A moving, addictive debut novel for … read more

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14. You Called an Ambulance for What?

By: Tim Booth

3.98

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be a… read more

Similar categories in Tim Booth's You Called an Ambulance for What? book and Andrew Browning's A Doctor in Africa

  • nonfiction
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15. You Need to Know

By: Nicola Moriarty

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Ex and Those Other Women comes a thrilling family drama about th… read more

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16. Scrubbed

By: Nikki Stamp

3.98

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

The revealing, compelling memoir of one of Australia's foremost cardiothoracic surgeons, Dr Nikki S… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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17. The Widow of Walcha

By: Emma Partridge

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The Widow of Walcha is a shocking true story about death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Wa… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. The Flying Nurse

By: Prudence Wheelwright

4.34

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Prue Wheelwright is still in her thirties but she's already had a fascinating, action-packed career… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. A Doctor in Africa

By: Andrew Browning

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Including a preface by HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne. The Australian doctor saving the l… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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20. Breath

By: Carly-Jay Metcalfe

4.38

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Queensland Literary Award Winner 2024 Queensland Book of the Year People's Choice Award 'I am d… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. Off the Charts

By: Georgie Carroll

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Showering in gumboots. Bomb threats. Tables of turds. Welcome to the life of a nurse. Nurses are… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

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