16 must-read fiction books like Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now by Ellen Van Neerven

Cover of Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now by Ellen Van Neerven

Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now

By: Ellen Van Neerven

4.09

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

This wide-ranging and captivating anthology showcases both the power of First Nations writing and t…

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Cover of The Complete English Poems by John Donne, A.J. Smith

1. The Complete English Poems

By: John Donne , A.J. Smith

4.15

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

Yet it is only this century that Donne has been indisputably established as a great poet—and even, … read more

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  • fiction
"The day breaks not: it is my heart."

-John Donne, The Complete English Poems

"Love, built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies."

-John Donne, The Complete English Poems

"I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so."

-John Donne, The Complete English Poems

"And to 'scape stormy days, I choose an everlasting night."

-John Donne, The Complete English Poems

2. The Trojan Women

By: Euripides , Gilbert Murray

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

"This is a new translation of the classic play. It combines a poet's translation with a scholar's i… read more

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  • fiction

3. The Good People

By: Hannah Kent

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of Burial Rites, "a literary novel with the pace and tension of a thriller [that] t… 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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  • australia
  • fiction
Cover of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

5. 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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6. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

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  • australia
  • fiction
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7. 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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  • australia
  • fiction
"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

Cover of Love Stories by Trent Dalton

8. 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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  • short stories
  • 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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9. 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
  • fiction
  • indigenous
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10. The Other Bridget

By: Rachael Johns

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A feelgood romantic comedy by Australia's bestselling romance writer, ideal for fans of Emily Henry… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

11. The Rain Heron

By: Robbie Arnott

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. High on the forested slop… read more

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  • australia
  • fiction
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12. The Cryptic Clue (The Tea Ladies, #2)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Look who's back in hot water! The highly anticipated new novel in The Tea Ladies cosy crime series,… read more

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  • australia
  • fiction
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13. The Ship's Midwife

By: Peta Miller

3.99

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Lives are about to be irrevocably changed following a typhus outbreak on a cramped emigrant ship bo… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Wormwood Abbey (The Secrets of Ormdale, #1) by Christina Baehr

14. Wormwood Abbey (The Secrets of Ormdale, #1)

By: Christina Baehr

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

As a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander … read more

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15. 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

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  • australia
  • fiction
  • school
  • indigenous
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16. Find Us

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.83

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Every object has a ghost. There is a small yellow backpack - half unzipped, mouth yawning to the… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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17. Kill Your Brother

By: Jack Heath

3.87

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Elise Glyk is a disgraced athlete. Her brother, Callum, is a well-liked teacher who has gone missin… read more

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  • australia
  • short stories
  • fiction
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18. Tiny Uncertain Miracles

By: Michelle Johnston

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Miracles are notoriously unreliable. But sometimes, just when they're needed, they turn up - althou… read more

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  • fiction
  • australia
Cover of Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now by Ellen Van Neerven

19. Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now

By: Ellen Van Neerven

4.09

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

This wide-ranging and captivating anthology showcases both the power of First Nations writing and t… read more

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  • school
  • anthologies
  • indigenous
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • australia
Cover of Between Husbands and Wives by Susannah Glenn

20. Between Husbands and Wives

By: Susannah Glenn

3.47

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

A couple moves to Far North Queensland looking for a fresh start, but can they escape their past? A… read more

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Cover of Guwayu - For All Times: A Collection of First Nations Poetry by Jeanine Leane

21. Guwayu - For All Times: A Collection of First Nations Poetry

By: Jeanine Leane

4.28

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Guwayu — For All Times is a collection of First Nations poems commissioned by Red Room Poetry over … read more

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  • australia
  • indigenous

12 Top australia books like Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now by Ellen Van Neerven

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Limberlost

Robbie Arnott

4.25

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Love Stories

Trent Dalton

4.14

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Back on Track

Tricia Stringer

3.95

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Tilda Is Visible

Jane Tara

4.02

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The Accident

Fiona Lowe

3.86

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The Chocolate Factory

Mary-Lou Stephens

3.96

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