9 must-read science books like Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia by Joëlle Gergis

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Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia

By: Joëlle Gergis

4.25

Format: 566 pages, Kindle Edition

What does climate change in Australia really look like? "What was Australia’s climate like before o…

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1. Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis

By: Tim Flannery

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A decade ago, Tim Flannery's #1 international bestseller, The Weather Makers, was one of the first … read more

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  • climate change
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
Cover of The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Tim Flannery, Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst, Suzanne Simard

2. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

By: Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains… read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
"A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"Trees could solve the problems if people trying to improve things would only allow them to takeover"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery. But aren't both possibilities equally intriguing?"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

3. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

By: Paul Hawken

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

- New York Timesbestseller - The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on… read more

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4. The Hypnotist's Love Story

By: Liane Moriarty

4.50

Format: 158 pages,

For fans of Emily Giffin, another wonderful book from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselle… read more

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5. Prophet Song

By: Paul Lynch

4.10

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more

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"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."

-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song

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6. 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

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  • australia
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7. Terciel and Elinor (The Old Kingdom, #6)

By: Garth Nix

4.20

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom for the never-before-told love story of Sabriel’s parents, Ter… read more

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"A passion for something was energy to be exploited, not thwarted."

-Garth Nix, Terciel and Elinor (The Old Kingdom, #6)

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8. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)

By: Garth Nix

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A girl’s quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers w… read more

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"Shakespeare knew too much."

-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)

"Come sleep, oh sleep, the certain knot of peace."

-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)

"I read. And you know 'no offense' means 'I am about to be or have just been fucking offensive."

-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)

"Books help us anchor our souls, or re-anchor them; particularly for us, the left-handed, given the things we have to do."

-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)

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9. 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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  • australia
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10. 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

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11. Bodies of Light

By: Jennifer Down

4.29

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

So by the grace of a photograph that had inexplicably gone viral, Tony had found me. Or: he’d found… read more

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  • australia
"The Sydney of this time was a different place to the honeymoon city I'd visited with Damien. That one was the crescent of the bridge, the rolling waves beneath the ferry, the shaded streets in The Ro…"

-Jennifer Down, Bodies of Light

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12. Cold Enough for Snow

By: Jessica Au

3.73

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

A mother and daughter travel from abroad to meet in Tokyo: they walk along the canals through the a… read more

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  • australia
"She had kept, I knew, all the tickets, brochures and guides we had been given to take home, as if she would take them out later to read as one reads a novel."

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"The best we could do in this life was to pass through it, like smoke through the branches, suffering, until we either reached the state of nothingness, or else suffered elsewhere."

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"Nowadays, she said, people were hungry to know everything, thinking that they could understand it all, as if enlightenment were just around the corner. But, she said, in fact there was no control, an…"

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"Then she reached for her bag and took out a small book. She explained she had found it at a store near her home, and that it described the nature of your character based on the date of your birth. (.…"

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

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13. 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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  • australia
"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

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14. One Hundred Days

By: Alice Pung

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

One day, a boy in a nice silver car gives sixteen-year-old Karuna a ride. So Karuna returns the fav… read more

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  • australia
"They couldn't see that the bigger I got, the smaller I became, and they didn't understand that once the baby came, I would be gone."

-Alice Pung, One Hundred Days

"I'm keeping this record to let you know that it wasn't always that way. That you were once mine, and when I looked in your dark eyes, you made me very happy."

-Alice Pung, One Hundred Days

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15. Songbirds

By: Christy Lefteri

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the prize-winning author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, a stunning novel about the disappearance … read more

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"Now that I could hear this woman’s song—a melody that told a story I couldn’t understand—I hoped with all of my heart that it wasn’t too late."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"As if she couldn’t quite allow herself to enjoy the pleasures of one world without being pulled into the other. Her home was always waiting for her."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"You see, when you clump people together and don’t understand their personal stories, you can make up any bullshit and convince yourself it’s the truth."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"Yes, I love thinking about beginnings. I don’t like endings, though I suppose I’m like most people in that. An ending can be staring you right in the face without you knowing it."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

Cover of Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award by David Marr

16. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
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17. Killing Commendatore

By: Haruki Murakami

3.91

Format: 681 pages, Hardcover

The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84 In Killing… read more

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"The morning is not my time. Darkness is my friend. A vacuum is my breath. I must be saying goodbye soon."

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

"It seems to me that reality itself has a screw loose somewhere. That's why I try to keep at least myself in line as much as possible."

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

"But the forecasters and media types were clever - they never used vague words like "maybe." No, they stuck with convenient terms for which no one could be held accountable, like "probability of preci…"

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

"There is a point is everybody's life where they need a major transformation. And when that time comes you have to grab it by the tail. Grab it hard, and never let go. There are some people who are ab…"

-Haruki Murakami, Killing Commendatore

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18. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #2)

By: Garth Nix

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Return to the enchanting world of The Left-Handed Booksellers of London in this sequel by Garth Nix… read more

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19. 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
  • australia
"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

Cover of The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell

20. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

By: Jeff Goodell

4.32

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting… read more

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  • nature
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • climate change
  • environment
  • science
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21. The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them

By: Peter Wohlleben

4.03

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

From the international bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees An illuminating manifesto on … read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • climate change
  • environment
  • science
Cover of Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia by Victor Steffensen

22. Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia

By: Victor Steffensen

4.47

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, Fire Country i… read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • climate change
  • environment
  • science
Cover of Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less by Alex      Epstein

23. Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less

By: Alex Epstein

4.18

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • climate change
  • environment
  • science
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24. Astronomy: Sky Country

By: Karlie Noon

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges seri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
  • science
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25. The Disorganisation of Celia Stone

By: Emma Young

3.51

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Every fan of Bridget Jones should have this book on their to be read list. Meet Celia Stone, the ul… read more

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  • australia
Cover of Country: Future Fire, Future Farming by Bill Gammage

26. Country: Future Fire, Future Farming

By: Bill Gammage

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges ser… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • environment
  • australia
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27. Songlines: the Power and Promise

By: Margo Neale

4.35

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Songlines: The Power and Promise has a blend of Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices. It offers wha… read more

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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
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28. The Big Switch: Australia’s Electric Future

By: Saul Griffith

4.47

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

An optimistic – but realistic and feasible – action plan for fighting climate change while creating… read more

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  • climate change
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • science
Cover of Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia by Joëlle Gergis

29. Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia

By: Joëlle Gergis

4.25

Format: 566 pages, Kindle Edition

What does climate change in Australia really look like? "What was Australia’s climate like before o… read more

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  • nature
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • climate change
  • environment
  • science
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30. The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter: William Buckley, John Batman and the Theft of Kulin Country

By: Adam Courtenay

4.27

Format: 320 pages, ebook

By the bestselling author of The Ship That Never Was Just after Christmas 1803, convict William Buc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
Cover of Rusted Off: Why Country Australia Is Fed Up by Gabrielle Chan

31. Rusted Off: Why Country Australia Is Fed Up

By: Gabrielle Chan

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Telling the story of Australia as it is today, Gabrielle Chan has gone hyper-local. Unpacking the s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • australia

8 Top history books like Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia by Joëlle Gergis

Transform Your Habits

Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award

David Marr

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

Jeff Goodell

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less

Alex Epstein

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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Karlie Noon

4.36

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Deborah Rodriguez

3.67

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Go as a River

Shelley Read

4.28

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David Nicholls

4.08

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Sarah Winman

4.17

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