22 Top nonfiction books like Blood, Sweat and Steel by Curtis McGrath

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Blood, Sweat and Steel

By: Curtis McGrath

4.42

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

From Afghanistan to Paralympic gold -- an extraordinary tale of tragedy, resilience and triumph In…

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1. The End of the World Running Club (The End of the World Running Club, #1)

By: Adrian J. Walker

3.82

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of The Martian, this powerful post-apocalyptic thriller pits reluctant father Edga… read more

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"...If you have to go round digging up graves to prove your own sanity then you've probably already lost it."

-Adrian J. Walker, The End of the World Running Club (The End of the World Running Club, #1)

2. The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir

By: Anh Do

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on th… read more

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3. Love Your Sister

By: Connie Johnson , None

4.40

Format: 304 pages,

A searingly honest memoir of family, cancer, love ... and unicycles by the founders of the LOVE YOU… read more

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4. Wake (PI Lane Holland #1)

By: Shelley Burr

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

'The tiny outback town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of Australia. Once a thriving cent… read more

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5. In a Thousand Different Ways

By: Cecelia Ahern

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Finding your way is never a simple journey… Alice sees the worst in people. She also sees the… read more

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6. The Happiest Man on Earth

By: Eddie Jaku

4.62

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered hi… read more

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"It is never too late to be kind, polite, and a loving human being."

-Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

"You see, your food is not enough. There is no medicine for your morals. If your morals are gone, you go."

-Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

"Supranti, vien maisto nepakanka. Žlugusiai moralei vaistų nėra. Kai nebelieka moralės, nebelieka ir tavęs."

-Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

"May you always have love to share, may you always have health to spare and may you always have friends that care"

-Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

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7. 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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"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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8. 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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9. My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork

By: Ash Barty

4.23

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, ri… read more

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10. The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness

By: Hugh van Cuylenburg

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Hugh van Cuylenburg was a primary school teacher volunteering in northern India when he had a life-… read more

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11. Showing Up

By: Nedd Brockmann

4.34

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable–the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘throug… read more

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12. More Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

By: Alexandra Potter

4.25

Format: 502 pages, Kindle Edition

MORE CONFESSIONS OF A FORTY-SOMETHING F##K The laugh-out-loud sequel to the runaway bestseller of … read more

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13. The Patient Doctor: How one man's cancer diagnosis led to a quest to put the heart back into healthcare

By: Ben Bravery

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

At the age of twenty-eight, with his Beijing-based science communications business doing well and a… read more

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14. Any Ordinary Day

By: Leigh Sales

4.13

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

The day that turns a life upside down usually starts like any other, but what happens the day after… read more

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"The question of life being fair or unfair is one of the first things to drop away once you truly understand that you're as vulnerable as the next person to life's vagaries."

-Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

"I felt this lightness settling on me, which was new. It's not closure, because I will live with Matt's death and the pain of it every day and the grief will stay with me. I just felt that I was carry…"

-Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

"Stuart Diver has had years of extensive professional counselling to retrain his brain so that he can replace the thought of how helpless he was when Sally dies with the truth that he tried everything…"

-Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

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15. You Called an Ambulance for What?

By: Tim Booth

3.98

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be a… read more

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16. Faking Friends

By: Jane Fallon

3.92

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Your best friend stole your fiancé. Do you run away and hide, or start planning your revenge? TH… read more

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17. 537 Days of Winter: A Tale of Resilience, Endurance and Humanity while Stranded in Antarctica During the Pandemic

By: David Knoff

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What would you do if you were stranded in the coldest place on earth as the world you knew back hom… read more

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18. Against All Odds: The inside account of the Thai cave rescue and the courageous Australians at the heart of it

By: Craig Challen

4.54

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I just want to warn you. You’re going to dive to the end of the cave. You’re going to see these ki… read more

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19. Calling the Shots: My Autobiography

By: Sue Barker

4.17

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

The instant Sunday Times bestsellerShortlisted for the Autobiography of the Year at the British Spo… read more

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20. Best Foot Forward

By: Adam Hills

4.19

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Adam Hills was a quiet primary school kid with a prosthetic foot, who did all his homework and only… read more

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Cover of Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings by Dylan Alcott

21. Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings

By: Dylan Alcott

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The astonishing life of Australia's most inspirational athlete Not long after he was born in 1990, … read more

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22. Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory

By: Owen Wright

4.35

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The gut-wrenching story of how one of Australia’s finest surfers overcame a brain injury and despai… read more

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Cover of Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia by Mark Tedeschi

23. Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia

By: Mark Tedeschi

3.91

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It was the double murder case that gripped Australia, and former Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi QC … read more

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24. Your Time Starts Now: Food and fame, failure and freedom: the life story of Australia’s first MasterChef

By: Julie Goodwin

4.57

Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition

Julie Goodwin was catapulted into our hearts as the first-ever winner of MasterChef Australia. In m… read more

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25. Stronger

By: Dinesh Palipana

4.32

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

A puddle of water on a highway changed Dinesh Palipana's life forever. Halfway through medical scho… read more

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26. Blood, Sweat and Steel

By: Curtis McGrath

4.42

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

From Afghanistan to Paralympic gold -- an extraordinary tale of tragedy, resilience and triumph In… read more

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27. The Art of Risk: What we can learn from the world's leading risk-takers

By: Richard Harris

4.26

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

Diving doctor on the Thai Cave Rescue (now a Netflix series) and former joint Australian of the Yea… read more

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28. Under Her Skin: The life and work of Professor Fiona Wood AM, National Living Treasure

By: Sue Williams

4.44

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable story of Professor Fiona Wood AM, world-leading burns specialist and one of Australi… read more

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29. Outback Cop

By: Neale McShane

4.04

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Birdsville is one of the most remote police postings in Australia. It can be lonely and uneventful … read more

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30. Keith Urban

By: Jeff Apter

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this definitive biography of Keith Urban, music biographer Jeff Apter presents the legendary Aus… read more

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18 Best nonfiction books like 537 Days of Winter: A Tale of Resilience, Endurance and Humanity while Stranded in Antarctica During the Pandemic by David Knoff

Transform Your Habits

Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

Billy Connolly

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

Emma Carey

4.38

Transform Your Habits

My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork

Ash Barty

4.23

Transform Your Habits

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Eddie Betts

4.17

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