The Ballad of Abdul Wade
By: Ryan Butta
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
When Afghan entrepreneur Abdul Wade first brought his camel trains to the outback, he was hailed as…
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1. Dirt Music
By: Tim Winton
0.00
Format: 194 pages,
Luther Fox, a loner, haunted by his past, makes his living as an illegal fisherman, a shamateur. Be… read more
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2. The Great Railway Bazaar
By: Paul Theroux
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining… read more
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3. Ghost Empire
By: Richard Fidler
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
GHOST EMPIRE is a rare treasure - an utterly captivating blend of the historical and the contempora… read more
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4. The Power and the Glory
By: John Updike , Graham Greene
3.13
Format: 192 pages,
How does goodspoil, and how can badbe redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, G… read more
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5. Soldiers Without Borders: Beyond the SAS
By: Ian McPhedran
4.30
Format: 503 pages, Paperback
What happens to the elite, close-knit soldiers of Australia's Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment af… read more
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6. The Constant Gardener
By: John Le Carré
3.82
Format: 482 pages, Paperback
Now a major motion picture from Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated director of City of… read more
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"He sees passion in her gray eyes, and it scares him as all passion scares him, his own included."-John Le Carré, The Constant Gardener
"Pain observed is journalistic pain. It's diplomatic pain. It's television pain, over as soon as you switch off your beastly set."-John Le Carré, The Constant Gardener
"You're history, Donohue. You think countries run the fucking world! Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these days."-John Le Carré, The Constant Gardener
"I do not betray the confidence of friends and I require you to respect that fact and admire me for it. Enormously and all the time. Where secrets are concerned, compared to me, the grave is a chatter…"-John Le Carré, The Constant Gardener
7. Dark Emu
By: Bruce Pascoe
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial … read more
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8. 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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9. 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
10. 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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11. 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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"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
12. Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award
By: David Marr
4.39
Format: 596 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars David Marr was shocked… read more
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13. 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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14. Sister Viv
By: Grantlee Kieza
4.65
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to s… read more
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15. The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls
By: Victoria Purman
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Unknown Binding
For readers of The Woolgrower's Companion and The Three Miss Allens… Their friendship transcends na… read more
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16. Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella
By: Jack Charles
4.42
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Jack Charles has worn many hats throughout his life: actor, cat burglar, musician, heroin addict, a… read more
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17. HANGMEN: Riding with an outlaw motorcycle club in the old days. (Hangmen Motorcycle Club Book 1)
By: Dale Arenson
4.27
Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition
Take a thrill-packed ride with the outlaw bikers of the Hangmen Motorcycle Club during the wild day… read more
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18. The Outback Court Reporter
By: Jamelle Wells
3.61
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
One of Australia's most experienced court reporters goes on a judicial road trip. Outback Court … read more
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19. Tell No One
By: Brendan Watkins
3.86
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A stunning memoir of one man's search for his birth parents, which uncovered an astonishing global … read more
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20. The Ponies at the Edge of the World: A Story of Hope and Belonging in Shetland
By: Catherine Munro
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Catherine Munro transforms her life when she moves to Shetland to study the hardy ponies who call t… read more
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21. 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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22. Elizabeth & Elizabeth
By: Sue Williams
3.82
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
The story of how two women, who should have been bitter foes, combined their courage and wisdom to … read more
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23. Banks
By: Grantlee Kieza
4.25
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Lust, science, adventure - Joseph Banks and his voyages of discovery The extraordinary life of one… read more
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24. Hudson Fysh
By: Grantlee Kieza
4.45
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and g… read more
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25. Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map
By: Grantlee Kieza
4.48
Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map In 1810, Matthew… read more
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26. The Ballad of Abdul Wade
By: Ryan Butta
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
When Afghan entrepreneur Abdul Wade first brought his camel trains to the outback, he was hailed as… read more
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27. We Come With This Place
By: Debra Dank
4.27
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
We Come with This Place is a remarkable book, as rich, varied and surprising as the vast landscape … read more
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28. Three Sheets to the Wind
By: Adam Courtenay
4.13
Format: 320 pages, ebook
How a motley crew of merchant seamen walked 600 miles to save 7000 gallons of rum By the bestsell… read more
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29. Wizards of Oz: How Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shaped the modern world
By: Brett Mason
4.36
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
Two Australian scientists played a vital yet largely unknown role in the Allied victory in the Seco… read more
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30. The Last Bushrangers
By: Mike Munro
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The story of Australia's last bushranging gang - the murderous Kenniffs. Easter Sunday, 1902, deep … read more
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31. Knockout: Great Australian Boxing Stories
By: Grantlee Kieza
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A no-holds-barred collection of Australian boxing yarns by one of Australia's bestselling storytell… read more
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