18 Top contemporary books like Into the Fire by Sonia Orchard

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Into the Fire

By: Sonia Orchard

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A year after her best friend died in a house fire, Lara can’t come to terms with the loss. Logic sa…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Into the Fire by Sonia Orchard , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Kimberley Sun

By: Di Morrissey

4.11

Format: 256 pages,

The remote town of Broome, the desert and the Kimberley coast - Australia's last frontier and a lan… read more

Similar categories in Di Morrissey's Kimberley Sun book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • australia
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2. Burial Rites

By: Hannah Kent

2.62

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant literary debut, inspired by a true story: the final days of a young woman accused of mu… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Kent's Burial Rites book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • crime
  • fiction
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3. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

By: Holly Ringland

4.75

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The most enchanting debut novel of 2018, this is an irresistible, deeply moving and romantic story … read more

Similar categories in Holly Ringland's The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary

4. The Mother's Promise

By: Sally Hepworth

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

A new poignant and breathtaking novel from the author of The Things We Keepand The Secrets of Midwi… read more

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5. Breath

By: Tim Winton

3.19

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Breath is an extraordinary evocation of an adolescence spent resisting complacency, testing one's l… read more

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6. Jasper Jones

By: Craig Silvey

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Late on a hot summer night in 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is s… read more

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7. Life After Life

By: Kate Atkinson

3.27

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, … read more

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8. Elsewhere

By: Gabrielle Zevin

3.60

Format: None pages,

Welcome to Elsewhere.It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It's quiet and peace… read more

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9. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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10. 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

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • crime
  • australia
  • contemporary
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11. Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1)

By: Chris Hammer

4.07

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands. In the desolate outback tow… read more

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  • fiction
  • crime
  • australia
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12. 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

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Light at Lavelle

By: Paullina Simons

4.37

Format: 708 pages, Kindle Edition

'Paullina Simons pulls on every heartstring, she's a master of epic love stories' COLLEEN HOOVER … read more

Similar categories in Paullina Simons's Light at Lavelle book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
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14. When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)

By: Michael Robotham

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Evie Cormack was found as a child at the scene of a brutal murder, and refuses to tell anything of … read more

Similar categories in Michael Robotham's When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2) book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Why do people think everything will be better if they pour boiling water on dried leaves?"

-Michael Robotham, When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)

"... but I have grown accustomed to living alone, having one-sides conversations and arguments with myself that I still manage to lose."

-Michael Robotham, When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)

"The real power belongs to the people who control information,’ he says, still staring at the ground. ‘Individuals who can suppress stories, fix problems, spin news and plant false information"

-Michael Robotham, When She Was Good (Cyrus Haven, #2)

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15. The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)

By: Chris Hammer

4.29

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2) book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • crime
  • australia
  • contemporary
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16. Love & Virtue

By: Diana Reid

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Feminism, power and sex play out through the eyes of young Australian uni students in a contemporar… read more

Similar categories in Diana Reid's Love & Virtue book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
"Its feminism operated on the level of ‘Women in Medicine’ and ‘Women in Finance’ discussion panels, always conducted in a tone of revolutionary awe, as if any combination of women and profession were…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

"I just don't want to mediate my whole identity through social media.' Eve resumed the vigorous hair brushing. 'I think photos should be a stolen moment in time. Not this thing on your phone: this way…"

-Diana Reid, Love & Virtue

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17. Before You Knew My Name

By: Jacqueline Bublitz

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This is not just another novel about a dead girl. Two women—one alive, one dead—are brought togethe… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Bublitz's Before You Knew My Name book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I know what it's like for the horror to follow you home."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"What happened to her makes me so mad. The entitlement of these fucking men who destroy lives, just because they can."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"The thing is. When the dead speak back, we are seldom loud enough to be heard over the clamour of all that living going on."

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

"For the first time, I understand it's not only the dead who have lives they don't get to live out. The people left behind have as many versions of themselves unexplored, as many possible paths that c…"

-Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My Name

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18. Dirt Creek

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Austral… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Dirt Creek book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • crime
  • australia
  • contemporary
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19. Songs in Ursa Major

By: Emma Brodie

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1969, and the Bayleen Island Folk Fest is abuzz with one name: Jesse Reid. Tall and sof… read more

Similar categories in Emma Brodie's Songs in Ursa Major book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Darling Girls

By: Sally Hepworth

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they… read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's Darling Girls book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • crime
  • australia
  • contemporary
"She didn’t do well out of her routine."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

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21. 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

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Love Stories book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • australia
  • contemporary
"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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22. The Angry Women's Choir

By: Meg Bignell

4.07

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more

Similar categories in Meg Bignell's The Angry Women's Choir book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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23. The Nowhere Child

By: Christian White

3.99

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, The Nowhere Child is screenwriter Christian White… read more

Similar categories in Christian White's The Nowhere Child book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • crime
  • australia
  • contemporary
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24. 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

Similar categories in Rebecca Heath's The Dinner Party book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • crime
  • fiction
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25. Kiss My Cupcake

By: Helena Hunting

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Blaire Calloway has planned every Instagram-worthy moment of her cupcake and cocktails shop launch … read more

Similar categories in Helena Hunting's Kiss My Cupcake book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Right! Yes!"

-Helena Hunting, Kiss My Cupcake

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26. Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society

By: Sophie Green

3.75

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Noosa Heads, 1987: Newly-divorced Cynthia has returned to her hometown from Los Angeles to reconnec… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Green's Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. The Good Mother

By: Rae Cairns

3.82

Format: 400 pages, ebook

She's protected them from the truth. Can she save them from her past? Sarah Calhoun is a regular… read more

Similar categories in Rae Cairns's The Good Mother book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • crime
  • fiction
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28. The Mystery Woman

By: Belinda Alexandra

3.86

Format: 432 pages, ebook

In a small town, everyone is watching ... Secrets, scandal and betrayal in 1950s small town Austral… read more

Similar categories in Belinda Alexandra's The Mystery Woman book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • crime
  • australia
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29. Six Minutes

By: Petronella McGovern

3.85

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

An unputdownable thriller for fans of Liane Moriarty and Caroline Overington. If you were gripped w… read more

Similar categories in Petronella McGovern's Six Minutes book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • crime
  • australia
"Some detectives believed they could pick the perp straight away. Caruso wasn't in that camp, but he knew something was off kilter here. The husband and wife almost seemed afraid of each other."

-Petronella McGovern, Six Minutes

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30. Into the Fire

By: Sonia Orchard

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A year after her best friend died in a house fire, Lara can’t come to terms with the loss. Logic sa… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • crime
  • australia
  • contemporary
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31. The Echoes

By: Evie Wyld

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A story about the weight of the past and the promise of the future set between rural Australia and … read more

Similar categories in Evie Wyld's The Echoes book and Sonia Orchard's Into the Fire

  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary

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Charlotte Wood

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Samantha Harvey

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