7 must-read autobiography books like Twelve Summers by Adam Zwar

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Twelve Summers

By: Adam Zwar

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Cricket fans, where were you during the disaster that was the 2013 Ashes? Adam Zwar was making a do…

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1. Now You See Me (Lacey Flint, #1)

By: Sharon J. Bolton

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One night after interviewing a reluctant witness at a London apartment complex, Lacey Flint, a youn… read more

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2. Blueback

By: Tim Winton

3.56

Format: 304 pages,

From the author of the bestselling novel "The Riders" comes a bewitching fable sure to delight read… read more

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3. Girt (The Unauthorised History of Australia #1)

By: David Hunt

3.14

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2014 Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Nonfiction Girt. No word… read more

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4. I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan

By: Steve Coogan , Armando Iannucci , Alan Partridge , Rob Gibbons , Neil Gibbons

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Book by Partridge, Alan. Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder:… read more

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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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

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10. 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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"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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11. The Wife and the Widow

By: Christian White

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The second standalone thriller from the award-winning author of THE NOWHERE CHILD Set against th… read more

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12. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

By: Chris Broad

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more

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  • autobiography
  • memoir
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13. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

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14. Sanctuary

By: Garry Disher

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more

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15. 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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  • autobiography
  • memoir
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16. The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison

By: Kylie Moore-Gilbert

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

‘The sky above our heads was uncaged and unlike us, free.’ The extraordinary true story of Kyli… read more

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  • memoir
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17. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)

By: Margaret Hickey

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more

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18. Lying Beside You (Cyrus Haven, #3)

By: Michael Robotham

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robotham’s latest page-turning, psychological thriller in thi… read more

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19. 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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20. Elsewhere

By: Dean Koontz

4.13

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Since his wife, Michelle, left seven years ago, Jeffy Coltrane has worked to maintain a normal life… read more

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21. Sultan: A Memoir

By: Wasim Akram

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sultan is the official biography of Wasim Akram, the "sultan of swing", one of the greatest fast bo… read more

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  • autobiography
"In fact, I was shortly to be chosen for my first tour to New Zealand. Again, I had Javed, now restored to captaincy, to thank. I was immediately anxious. I could not drive. I had neither money of my …"

-Wasim Akram, Sultan: A Memoir

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22. Scrubbed

By: Nikki Stamp

3.98

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

The revealing, compelling memoir of one of Australia's foremost cardiothoracic surgeons, Dr Nikki S… read more

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  • autobiography
  • memoir
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23. The Coast

By: Eleanor Limprecht

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Alice is only nine years old in 1910 when she is sent to the feared Coast Hospital lazaret at Littl… read more

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24. 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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  • autobiography
  • memoir
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25. Wandi

By: Favel Parrett

4.30

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

A young cub is snatched from his family and home by a giant eagle, then dropped, injured and alone,… read more

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26. Willowman

By: Inga Simpson

4.06

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

Cricket has a willow heart. Batmakers around the world have tried everything, crafting bats from bi… read more

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27. Cheat: The Not-So Subtle Art of Conning Your Way to Sporting Glory

By: Titus O'Reily

3.99

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

Mastering the not-so-subtle art of cheating in sport.Where there’s sport, there’s cheating. No spor… read more

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28. It Wasn't Meant to Be Like This

By: Lisa Wilkinson

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited autobiography from one of Australia's most popular, much-loved and enduring media … read more

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  • autobiography
  • memoir
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29. Childless: A Story of Freedom and Longing

By: Sian Prior

3.99

Format: 272 pages, None

I always wanted to have children. The earth might be in trouble—overpopulated, descending into ecol… read more

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  • memoir
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30. Twelve Summers

By: Adam Zwar

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Cricket fans, where were you during the disaster that was the 2013 Ashes? Adam Zwar was making a do… read more

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  • autobiography
  • memoir
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31. The Grade Cricketer

By: Dave Edwards

4.22

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of The Grade Cricketer. Described as the most original voice in cricket, The G… read more

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