5 must-read biography books like The Boy in the Dress by Jonathan Butler

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The Boy in the Dress

By: Jonathan Butler

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

ON A BALMY TOWNSVILLE NIGHT IN 1944, YOUNG SERVICEMAN WARWICK MEALE IS FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH UNDE…

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Cover of Look What You Made Me Do: Fathers Who Kill by Megan Norris

1. Look What You Made Me Do: Fathers Who Kill

By: Megan Norris

4.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

One Australian woman is hospitalised every three hours and two more lose their lives each week as a… read more

Similar categories in Megan Norris's Look What You Made Me Do: Fathers Who Kill book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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2. This Is Me

By: Robert Wainwright , Ian Thorpe

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Ian Thorpe's achievements in the water are nothing short of phenomenal. He has won a record-holding… read more

Similar categories in Robert Wainwright's This Is Me book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • australia
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3. 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 Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • historical
  • australia
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4. 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

Similar categories in Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • australia
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5. Limberlost

By: Robbie Arnott

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Arnott's Limberlost book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • historical
  • australia
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

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6. Edenglassie

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Lucashenko's Edenglassie book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • historical
  • australia
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7. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Safe Haven book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • australia
Cover of The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) by Chris Hammer

8. 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

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • mystery
  • australia
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9. 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

Similar categories in Christos Tsiolkas's The In-Between book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • australia
  • queer
"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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10. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback

They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Hampson's The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1) book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • mystery
  • historical
  • australia
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11. Wild Place

By: Christian White

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1989, a local teen goes missing from the idyllic suburb of Camp Hill in Australia.… read more

Similar categories in Christian White's Wild Place book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • mystery
  • australia
Cover of Home Before Night by J.P. Pomare

12. Home Before Night

By: J.P. Pomare

3.38

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

As the third wave of the virus hits, all inhabitants of Melbourne are given until 8pm to get to the… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Pomare's Home Before Night book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • mystery
  • australia
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13. Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech

By: Julia Gillard

4.28

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly an… read more

Similar categories in Julia Gillard's Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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14. The Rush

By: Michelle Prak

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting psychological thriller—perfect for fans of Jane Harper’s The Survivors and Erica F… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Prak's The Rush book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • mystery
  • australia
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15. The Widow of Walcha

By: Emma Partridge

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The Widow of Walcha is a shocking true story about death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Wa… read more

Similar categories in Emma Partridge's The Widow of Walcha book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • mystery
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • australia
Cover of Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia by Mark Tedeschi

16. 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

Similar categories in Mark Tedeschi's Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • australia
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17. Tell No One

By: Brendan Watkins

3.86

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning memoir of one man's search for his birth parents, which uncovered an astonishing global … read more

Similar categories in Brendan Watkins's Tell No One book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • australia
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18. All Mixed Up

By: Jason Om

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Some secrets should never be kept -- a candid and heartfelt memoir about authenticity, difference, … read more

Similar categories in Jason Om's All Mixed Up book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • australia
  • queer
"All Mixed Up is very much about Australia right now. Being mixed-up is what it means to be Australian. We're a great mixed-up country."

-Jason Om, All Mixed Up

"All Mixed Up is very much about Australia right now. Being mixed up is what it means to be Australian. We're a great mixed up country."

-Jason Om, All Mixed Up

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19. My Life as a Jew

By: Michael Gawenda

4.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A multi-award-winning journalist and former editor-in-chief of a major Australian newspaper searing… read more

Similar categories in Michael Gawenda's My Life as a Jew book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Boy in the Dress by Jonathan  Butler

20. The Boy in the Dress

By: Jonathan Butler

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

ON A BALMY TOWNSVILLE NIGHT IN 1944, YOUNG SERVICEMAN WARWICK MEALE IS FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH UNDE… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • mystery
  • queer
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21. The Ledge

By: Christian White

4.39

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

When human remains are discovered in the forests of regional Victoria, the police are baffled, the … read more

Similar categories in Christian White's The Ledge book and Jonathan Butler's The Boy in the Dress

  • mystery

5 must-read historical books like The Boy in the Dress by Jonathan Butler

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Limberlost

Robbie Arnott

4.25

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Edenglassie

Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

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Amanda Hampson

3.79

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Nicola Moriarty

3.95

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Margaret Hickey

4.18

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J.P. Pomare

4.43

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Claire Sutherland

4.11

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