Suburban Noir: Crime and mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney
By: Peter Doyle
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Nothing in the post-war decades reveals the underbelly of Australian life the way police records do…
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1. Arthur & George
By: Julian Barnes
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
As boys, George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, living in shabby genteel Edinburgh, find … read more
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- crime
2. White Dog (Jack Irish, #4)
By: Peter Temple
3.49
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Jack Irish--gambler, cook and cabinetmaker, finder of people who don't want to be found--has a new … read more
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3. 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
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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- nonfiction
- history
5. Iris
By: Fiona Kelly McGregor
3.53
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Who is Iris Webber? A thief, a fighter, a wife, a lover. A scammer, a schemer, a friend. A… read more
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- crime
- australia
"Thought doesn't necessarily calm a person, nor does confinement calm thought."-Fiona Kelly McGregor, Iris
6. 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
7. So Late in the Day
By: Claire Keegan
4.00
Format: 47 pages, Hardcover
After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more
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8. 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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- australia
9. A Pocketful of Happiness
By: Richard E. Grant
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has be… read more
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- nonfiction
10. A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing
By: Jessie Tu
3.19
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Growing up is always hard, but especially when so many think you're a washed-up has-been at twenty-… read more
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11. A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
By: Edward Chisholm
4.05
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young w… read more
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- nonfiction
12. 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
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13. The Sun Walks Down
By: Fiona McFarlane
3.74
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-ye… read more
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14. Servo
By: David Goodwin
3.59
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
An odyssey of drive-offs, spiked slurpees, stale sausage rolls and sleep-deprived madness. Most … read more
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- australia
15. Held
By: Anne Michaels
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more
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"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."-Anne Michaels, Held
16. Corners of Melbourne: The great orange-peel panic and other stories from the streets
By: Robyn Annear
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What better defines a city than its street corners? A corner gives you a starting point, a destinat… read more
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- australia
17. People Who Lunch: Essays on Work, Leisure & Loose Living
By: Sally Olds
3.41
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
This book is about working and not working, hating work and needing to work, intimacy and technolog… read more
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18. Suburban Noir: Crime and mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney
By: Peter Doyle
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Nothing in the post-war decades reveals the underbelly of Australian life the way police records do… read more
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- australia
- crime
19. Australia's Most Infamous Jail: Inside the walls of Pentridge Prison
By: James Phelps
3.84
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
'Pentridge was a place of murder and mayhem. A bluestone hell. The worst prison Australia has ever … read more
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20. Repeat: A Warning from History
By: Dennis Glover
4.54
Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition
Are we about to see history repeat?'Do you ever stop and ask, 'Is it all going to happen again?' —S… read more
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21. The Death of Dora Black: A Petticoat Police Mystery
By: Lainie Anderson
4.05
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
Summer, Adelaide, 1917. The impeccably dressed Miss Kate Cocks might look more like a schoolmistres… read more
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