Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons
By: Thomas Mayor
4.54
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Dear Son shares heartfelt letters written by First Nations men about life, masculinity, love, cultu…
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1. Not Just Black and White
By: Lesley Williams , Tammy Williams
4.35
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Two remarkable women tell an inspirational story about the power of family and pursuing your dreams… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- indigenous
2. Youth
By: Vikki Wakefield
4.24
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A story about breaking the cycle of generational poverty, neglect and abuse. 16-year-old Nate McKee… read more
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3. 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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- nonfiction
- memoir
4. 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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5. 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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"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
6. Ordinary Human Failings
By: Megan Nolan
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more
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"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings
"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings
7. Brotherless Night
By: V.V. Ganeshananthan
4.46
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as … read more
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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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- nonfiction
- memoir
"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
9. Dropbear
By: Evelyn Araluen
4.13
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
I told you this was a thirst so great it could carve rivers. This fierce debut from award-winnin… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- indigenous
10. Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall, #2)
By: Tim Probert
4.40
Format: 249 pages, Paperback
In the second installment of the Lightfall series, Bea and Cad continue their quest to stop Kest, t… read more
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11. Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1)
By: Tim Probert
4.41
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of th… read more
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12. 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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- nonfiction
- memoir
- indigenous
13. 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
- memoir
14. A Snake Falls to Earth
By: Darcie Little Badger
3.95
Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition
Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still … read more
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- indigenous
"Hey Daysona!"-Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth
"And their voices had a keenly musical quality. It wasn't that the animal people barked out literal instrumental notes or sand when they spoke. Rather, their words ignited emotional responses Nina had…"-Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth
15. We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
By: Raja Shehadeh
4.19
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
16. My Friends
By: Hisham Matar
4.34
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Return , a luminous novel of friendship, family, and … read more
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"A vast distance exists between a protester and his slogan; the entire history of politics exists in that gap."-Hisham Matar, My Friends
"For a writer, exile is prison, a severing from the source, and so, courageous or not, he dies in front of our eyes."-Hisham Matar, My Friends
"She was older and all the more beautiful, had the weary tiredness of one who, in surrendering to her life, was ennobled by it."-Hisham Matar, My Friends
"I walked off feeling an emptiness well up inside me. It seemed, for all the emptiness that it was, a presence. It made me want to run away, dive deeper into myself, into that cold desolation, to the …"-Hisham Matar, My Friends
17. Thanks for Having Me
By: Emma Darragh
3.62
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The first fiction title from JOAN, consisting of interwoven stories about three generations of wome… read more
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18. 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
- memoir
"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
19. 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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20. The Dawnhounds (The Endsong, #1)
By: Sascha Stronach
3.64
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A police officer is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with pro… read more
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21. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart
By: Samera Kamaleddine
3.65
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize win… read more
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22. 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
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- indigenous
23. The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm (Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters, #1)
By: Karen Foxlee
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
There are those that hunt monsters to harm them and there are those that hunt monsters to help them… read more
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24. Big Beautiful Female Theory
By: Eloise Grills
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Part feminist manifesto, part comic book, big beautiful female theory is a carnivalesque exploratio… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
25. Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons
By: Thomas Mayor
4.54
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Dear Son shares heartfelt letters written by First Nations men about life, masculinity, love, cultu… read more
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- mental health
- nonfiction
- memoir
- indigenous
26. It's the Sound of the Thing: 100 new poems for young people
By: Maxine Beneba Clarke
4.13
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
It’s the Sound of the Thing is an exuberant and evocative collection of poetry for young people fro… read more
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27. There Was Still Love
By: Favel Parrett
3.86
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
The profoundly moving new novel from the critically acclaimed and Miles Franklin shortlisted author… read more
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"Lots of rules are pointless,' he said, 'you don't have to follow everything. Make your own mind up about what is right."-Favel Parrett, There Was Still Love
28. We Are Palestinian: A Celebration of Culture and Tradition
By: Reem Kassis
4.52
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
A stunning non-fiction children’s book celebrating everything Palestinian! From culture and food… read more
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- nonfiction
29. She is the Earth
By: Ali Cobby Eckermann
3.81
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
She Is the Earth is the luminous new verse novel from celebrated poet Ali Cobby Eckermann. It chart… read more
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- indigenous
30. Look Me in the Eye
By: Jane Godwin
3.97
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
running latedrop it off without meI type drop what off? I don't know what Mish is talking about.Whi… read more
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31. The Sunforge (The Endsong, #2)
By: Sascha Stronach
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Sascha Stronach returns in this queer, Maori-inspired Endsong series about a police officer back fr… read more
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