Laughing at the Dark
By: Barbara Else
4.30
Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition
From the best-selling and acclaimed author Barbara Else, Laughing at the Dark is a funny, moving me…
Want to Read $ 17.99If you liked the biography plot in Laughing at the Dark by Barbara Else , here is a list of 10 books like this:
1. 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
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
2. The Wren, the Wren
By: Anne Enright
3.55
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
An incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of… read more
Want to Read $ 9.66Similar categories in Anne Enright's The Wren, the Wren book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
"It's not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror."-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
"We don't walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
3. Water
By: John Boyne
4.33
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John Boyne's Water book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
4. 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
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Anna Funder's Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
5. Pet
By: Catherine Chidgey
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's Pet book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
6. The Bookseller at the End of the World
By: Ruth Shaw
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny book… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Ruth Shaw's The Bookseller at the End of the World book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"My mother, more than anyone, knew why I lived such a high-risk life. She gave me the freedom to run."-Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World
7. Wavewalker: Breaking Free
By: Suzanne Heywood
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Suzanne Heywood's Wavewalker: Breaking Free book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Do you want to hear a secret?' I asked him, leaning closer. 'I don't want to be different — I want to be normal. I don't want to be stuck out at sea away from my friends. I know Mum and Dad would lau…"-Suzanne Heywood, Wavewalker: Breaking Free
8. A Bird in Winter
By: Louise Doughty
3.68
Format: None pages, ebook
Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she's in a meeting in her office in Birmingham - the next, … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Louise Doughty's A Bird in Winter book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
9. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir
By: Emma Espiner
4.31
Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition
“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Emma Espiner's There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
10. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)
By: Michael Bennett
3.94
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Michael Bennett's Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2) book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
11. Lioness
By: Emily Perkins
3.43
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Emily Perkins's Lioness book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
12. 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
Want to Read $ 15.39Similar categories in Sam Neill's Did I Ever Tell You This? book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
13. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts
By: Josie Shapiro
4.21
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Josie Shapiro's Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
14. One of Those Mothers
By: Megan Nicol Reed
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasi… read more
Want to Read $ 15.00Similar categories in Megan Nicol Reed's One of Those Mothers book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
15. The Axeman's Carnival
By: Catherine Chidgey
4.37
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's The Axeman's Carnival book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
16. Amma
By: Saraid de Silva
4.45
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Three generations. Three continents. Three sexualities. 1951. Singapore. Ten-year-old Josep… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Saraid de Silva's Amma book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
17. Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter
By: Noelle McCarthy
4.13
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
"I’ll be grand, girl, I’ve great faith." – Mammy, just before she died Funny, charismatic and ge… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Noelle McCarthy's Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
18. The Bone Tree
By: Airana Ngarewa
3.71
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
After the death of both parents, Kauri and Black must find a way to survive in a world that doesn't… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Airana Ngarewa's The Bone Tree book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
19. Eddy, Eddy
By: Kate De Goldi
3.96
Format: None pages, Paperback
Eddy, Eddy is a coming of age story, a love story, an earthquake story and a story of finding your … read more
Want to Read $ 13.94Similar categories in Kate De Goldi's Eddy, Eddy book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
20. The Dinner Party
By: Rebecca Heath
3.60
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
Four Couples. It's Summer 1979 in the idyllic suburban neighbourhood of Ridgefield, during a scorc… read more
Want to Read $ 1.99Similar categories in Rebecca Heath's The Dinner Party book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
21. The Deck
By: Fiona Farrell
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
What is the point of inventing stories when reality eclipses imagination? A little way off in the f… read more
Want to Read $ 10.73Similar categories in Fiona Farrell's The Deck book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
22. Bird Life
By: Anna Smaill
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The second novel by Booker Prize-longlisted author Anna Smaill. A lyrical and ambitious exploration… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Anna Smaill's Bird Life book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
23. The Last Secret Agent
By: Pippa Latour
4.55
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an u… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Pippa Latour's The Last Secret Agent book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- memoir
24. Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story
By: Jools Topp
4.45
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The iconic Kiwi duo - comedians, country music stars, yodellers, lesbians - in their own words. … read more
Want to Read $ 23.00Similar categories in Jools Topp's Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
25. The Call
By: Gavin Strawhan
3.84
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of the Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize 2023A brilliant debut crime novel centred on a 501 deport… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Gavin Strawhan's The Call book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
26. Dice
By: Claire Baylis
3.86
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
A compelling courtroom drama, Dice is an incredibly timely exploration of how sexual violence is vi… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Claire Baylis's Dice book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
27. Excommunicated: A multigenerational story of leaving the Exclusive Bretheren
By: Craig Hoyle
4.12
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
After coming out as gay, Craig Hoyle was excommunicated from the New Zealand Exclusive Brethren and… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Craig Hoyle's Excommunicated: A multigenerational story of leaving the Exclusive Bretheren book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
28. Laughing at the Dark
By: Barbara Else
4.30
Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition
From the best-selling and acclaimed author Barbara Else, Laughing at the Dark is a funny, moving me… read more
Want to Read $ 17.99Similar categories in Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
29. Landed
By: Sue McCauley
3.86
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
From the author of Other Halves (1982) which won both the Wattie Book of the Year Award and the New… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sue McCauley's Landed book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
30. On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother
By: Ineke Meredith
4.23
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Stories of life, death and bravery by a Kiwi female general surgeon. The world of surgery is str… read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Ineke Meredith's On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
31. Ash
By: Louise Wallace
4.35
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Thea lives under a mountain – one that’s ready to blow. A vet at a mid-sized rural practice, she… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Louise Wallace's Ash book and Barbara Else's Laughing at the Dark
