19 must-read fiction books like The Bannerman Shortlist by Colin Batrouney

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The Bannerman Shortlist

By: Colin Batrouney

4.26

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The Bannerman Shortlist has been announced. Six authors. Six stories. And Gideon Bannerman is missi…

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1. 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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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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2. 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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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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3. The Mystery Writer

By: Sulari Gentill

3.42

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A literary thriller about an aspiring writer who meets and falls in love with her literary idol—onl… read more

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  • fiction
  • books about books
Cover of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

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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5. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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6. Days of Innocence and Wonder

By: Lucy Treloar

3.71

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

When someone is taken away, what is left behind? All her life, Till has lived in the shadow of t… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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7. The Seventh Son

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.60

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young woman named Talissa answers an adve… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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8. The Conversion

By: Amanda Lohrey

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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9. 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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  • fiction
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10. The In-Between

By: Christos Tsiolkas

3.70

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."

-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between

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11. The Hummingbird Effect

By: Kate Mildenhall

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more

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  • fiction
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12. Restless Dolly Maunder

By: Kate Grenville

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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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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  • fiction
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14. Everyone and Everything

By: Nadine J. Cohen

4.29

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

A dazzling literary debut, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh, cry and call your sister. … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Secrets of the Huon Wren by Claire van Ryn

15. The Secrets of the Huon Wren

By: Claire van Ryn

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Senior journalist Allira is writing a story for Folk magazine when she meets Nora, a nursing home r… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Ghost Cities

By: Siang Lu

3.91

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Ghost Cities – inspired by the vacant, uninhabited megacities of China – follows multiple narrative… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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17. One Another

By: Gail Jones

3.24

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

At Cambridge University, in the summer of 1992, Australian student Helen is completing her thesis o… read more

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  • fiction
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18. Rare Singles

By: Benjamin Myers

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul mu… read more

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  • fiction
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19. The Bannerman Shortlist

By: Colin Batrouney

4.26

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The Bannerman Shortlist has been announced. Six authors. Six stories. And Gideon Bannerman is missi… read more

Similar categories in Colin Batrouney's The Bannerman Shortlist book and Colin Batrouney's The Bannerman Shortlist

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • books about books
Cover of Highway Thirteen: Stories by Fiona McFarlane

20. Highway Thirteen: Stories

By: Fiona McFarlane

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial kille… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction

12 Best literary fiction books like The Bannerman Shortlist by Colin Batrouney

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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John Boyne

4.33

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Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

3.68

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Days of Innocence and Wonder

Lucy Treloar

3.71

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Susan Duncan

3.57

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Back on Track

Tricia Stringer

3.95

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Shankari Chandran

4.18

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Chris Hammer

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