22 Best nonfiction books like The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch by Paddy Manning

The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch

By: Paddy Manning

3.91

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A book about power, apprenticeship, and succession in the first family of media An heir apparent t…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch by Paddy Manning , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Elon Musk

By: Walter Isaacson

4.40

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • business
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"

-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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2. Promising Young Women

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For readers of THE COWS, SWEETBITTER or CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS - as well as for fans of FLEABAG… read more

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3. Up Close and All In: Life Lessons from a Wall Street Warrior

By: John Mack

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From John Mack, former CEO of Morgan Stanley, an intimate personal memoir and riveting business sto… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • business
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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

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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5. Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All

By: Hannah Ferguson

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Founder of Cheek Media Co. delivers the conversations we've been missing on everything from die… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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6. Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s Fall and Anthony Albanese’s Rise

By: Niki Savva

4.21

Format: 320 pages, ebook

‘I don’t hold a hose, mate.’ Scott Morrison, 20 December 2019, on the Black Summer bushfires ‘It’s… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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7. Seeing Other People

By: Diana Reid

3.42

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Which comes first—those you love, or those you want? Charlie’s skin was stinging. Not with heat … read more

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8. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

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9. No Hard Feelings

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late … read more

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10. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

By: Will Sommer

4.09

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, ho… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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11. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

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12. Anna: The Biography

By: Amy Odell

3.78

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This definitive biography of Anna Wintour follows the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • business
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13. Pheasants Nest

By: Louise Milligan

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news? Who has been assign… read more

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14. The Shepherd's Hut

By: Tim Winton

4.05

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Tim Winton is Australia's most decorated and beloved novelist. Short-listed twice for the Booker Pr… read more

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"Liam Rector’s “Song Years"

-Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut

"Peace, that’s all I’m after."

-Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut

"God is what you do, not what you believe in."

-Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut

"...discretion will generally keep a fella safe."

-Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut

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15. Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics (Quarterly Essay, #93)

By: Lech Blaine

4.17

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Where will Dutton lead the Coalition? A portrait of Peter Dutton, as well as a modern interrogatio… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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16. This Is Not A Pity Memoir

By: Abi Morgan

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What happens when your partner of twenty years suddenly believes you’re nothing but a stranger?  Wh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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17. 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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18. 4am: Answers to the conundrums that keep you up at night • Advice from Ask Shameless

By: Zara McDonald

3.95

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

Since 2021, tens of thousands of readers have devoured the Ask Shameless weekly columns on dating, … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral by Ben Smith

19. Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral

By: Ben Smith

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The origin story of the Age of Disinformation: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, J… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • business
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20. The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need

By: Thomas Mayo

4.52

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who hav… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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21. I Am NOT Fine, Thanks

By: Wil Anderson

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'How are you?' How am I? How am I? How do you think I am? I know in the Before Times the traditi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Crossing the Line: The Explosive Inside Story Behind the Headlines by Nick McKenzie

22. Crossing the Line: The Explosive Inside Story Behind the Headlines

By: Nick McKenzie

4.58

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

War is brutal—but some lines should never be crossed. In mid-2017 whispers of executions and cover-… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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23. The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (Quarterly Essay #92)

By: Alan Kohler

4.31

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

What caused Australia's housing crisis -- and how we might fix it One of the great mysteries of Au… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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24. Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics (Quarterly Essay #88)

By: Katharine Murphy

4.02

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

A prime minister in the making, and a nation on the move. In Lone Wolf, Katharine Murphy offers a n… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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25. Crushing

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When do you stop starting over? The sparkling new novel from the author of No Hard Feelings. Gettin… read more

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26. The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch

By: Paddy Manning

3.91

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A book about power, apprenticeship, and succession in the first family of media An heir apparent t… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • business
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27. Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future

By: Esme Louise James

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A provocative journey through human sexual history, packed with fun factoids and forgotten stories,… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. The Great Housing Hijack: The hoaxes and myths keeping prices high for renters and buyers in Australia

By: Cameron K. Murray

4.30

Format: 324 pages, ebook

The Great Housing Hijack reveals how vested interests pull the strings on the property market in Au… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. The Men Who Killed the News: The inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy

By: Eric Beecher

4.02

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Crikey owner and ex-News Corp and Fairfax editor lifts the lid on the abuse of power by media mogul… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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30. All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Hot

By: Lucinda 'Froomes' Price

4.41

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

'A book for the modern woman, laced with unflinching, glorious honesty.' Zara McDonald and Michelle… read more

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  • nonfiction

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4.29

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4.21

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4.09

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3.84

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4.22

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