28 best-selling fiction books like The Family String by Denise Picton

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The Family String

By: Denise Picton

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A darkly funny and poignant coming of age story by an extraordinary new voice Meet Dorcas, a s…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Family String by Denise Picton , here is a list of 28 books like this:

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1. The Eye of the Sheep

By: Sofie Laguna

4.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Ned was beside me, his messages running easily through him, with space between each one, coming th… read more

Similar categories in Sofie Laguna's The Eye of the Sheep book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary

2. Kringe in 'n Bos

By: Dalene Matthee

4.09

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

Saul Barnard is 'n houtkapper met 'n rustelose siel - hy wil vreemdes uit die Bos hou en die vernie… read more

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3. 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

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Sugar Palace

By: Fiona McIntosh

3.89

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman’s ambition Sydney, 1925: When Grace Fairweather meets the irresistible Londoner Alfie Swe… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McIntosh's The Sugar Palace book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • historical
  • fiction
Cover of Wake (PI Lane Holland #1) by Shelley Burr

5. 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

Similar categories in Shelley Burr's Wake (PI Lane Holland #1) book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder

By: Kerryn Mayne

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Lenny Marks is excellent at not having a life. She bikes home from work at exactly 4pm each day,… read more

Similar categories in Kerryn Mayne's Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Dirt Creek

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Austral… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Dirt Creek book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Gabbie Stroud's The Things That Matter Most book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. The Wrong Woman

By: J.P. Pomare

3.96

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

A private investigator returning to the hometown he fled years ago becomes entangled in the disappe… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Pomare's The Wrong Woman book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
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10. The Angry Women's Choir

By: Meg Bignell

4.07

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more

Similar categories in Meg Bignell's The Angry Women's Choir book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland

11. The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

By: Holly Ringland

4.04

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

From international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Holly Ringland, comes a ha… read more

Similar categories in Holly Ringland's The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"There's a certain kind of beauty that can only exist because of darkness."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"You can see it, but it's not really there. Just like the end of a rainbow, the horizon is an illusion."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"Catch the gold in your eyelashes so we have light for later, Starry, so it won't be dark in our dreams."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"Everything I've wanted most in life has been on the other side of finding the courage to ask for the help I need."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

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12. Clarke

By: Holly Throsby

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Goodwood and Cedar Valley. 'Clarke is illu… read more

Similar categories in Holly Throsby's Clarke book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"He was so stocky. He was like a wheelie bin."

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

"Leelee?’ ‘Yes, Joe?’ ‘Would you still love me if I was a donkey?’ Leonie said, ‘Sweetheart, I’d love you no matter what you were. If you turned into a donkey, I’d just find us a house with a big barn…"

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

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13. Dark Mode

By: Ashley Kalagian-Blunt

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Once you’re online, there’s nowhere to hide Is it paranoia – or is someone watching? For ye… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Kalagian-Blunt's Dark Mode book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
Cover of The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane

14. 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

Similar categories in Fiona McFarlane's The Sun Walks Down book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Joy Moody is Out of Time

By: Kerryn Mayne

3.96

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

On her twin daughters’ twenty-first birthday, Joy Moody – proprietor of Bayside’s premier laundroma… read more

Similar categories in Kerryn Mayne's Joy Moody is Out of Time book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Salt and Skin

By: Eliza Henry-Jones

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

‘Until recently, there had been four of them. Unspeaking, the three remaining Managans lugged their… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Henry-Jones's Salt and Skin book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Auē

By: Becky Manawatu

4.50

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in t… read more

Similar categories in Becky Manawatu's Auē book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I thought how many terrible words there were, and how when they were let loose in the world, they sucked up all the air around them."

-Becky Manawatu, Auē

Cover of Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance by Kate Solly

18. Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance

By: Kate Solly

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like h… read more

Similar categories in Kate Solly's Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The problem was with the constant deliciousness of a new idea. It was always more exciting to start a new project than to plod away with one whose appeal had gone stale."

-Kate Solly, Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance

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19. The Glass House

By: Anne Buist

3.89

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Menzies. Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic hi… read more

Similar categories in Anne Buist's The Glass House book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Five Bush Weddings

By: Clare Fletcher

3.98

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

As a photographer, Stevie’s been to enough bush weddings to last a lifetime. When’s it going to be … read more

Similar categories in Clare Fletcher's Five Bush Weddings book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The One and Only Dolly Jamieson by Lisa Ireland

21. The One and Only Dolly Jamieson

By: Lisa Ireland

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The One and Only Dolly Jamieson is a compelling feel-good novel featuring a proud and gutsy heroine… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Ireland's The One and Only Dolly Jamieson book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree

By: Alli Parker

4.28

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese… read more

Similar categories in Alli Parker's At the Foot of the Cherry Tree book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • historical
  • fiction
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23. The Heart Is a Star

By: Megan Rogers

3.64

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Absorbing, lyrical, vivid and compulsively readable - The Heart is a Star is beautiful storytelling… read more

Similar categories in Megan Rogers's The Heart Is a Star book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. The Wakes

By: Dianne Yarwood

3.92

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

It's winter in Sydney and the lives of two strangers have fallen apart. Newly separated and in need… read more

Similar categories in Dianne Yarwood's The Wakes book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. Something Blue

By: Alex Sarkis

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Nicole Najim is struggling to find herself after a painful break-up just when she thought she was g… read more

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26. Table For Eight

By: Tricia Stringer

3.94

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Bestselling author and master storyteller Tricia Stringer tackles troubled relationships, second ch… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Stringer's Table For Eight book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Marshmallow

By: Victoria Hannan

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Some moments change everything. For five friends, what should have been a birthday to remember will… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Hannan's Marshmallow book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. Every Last Suspect

By: Nicola Moriarty

3.95

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Who killed Harriet? Complicated, driven, loving; manipulative, irresistible, monstrous – whether… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Moriarty's Every Last Suspect book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
Cover of The Family String by Denise Picton

29. The Family String

By: Denise Picton

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A darkly funny and poignant coming of age story by an extraordinary new voice Meet Dorcas, a s… read more

Similar categories in Denise Picton's The Family String book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Tilda Is Visible by Jane Tara

30. Tilda Is Visible

By: Jane Tara

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A woman starts to disappear—literally—in midlife, and only then begins to discover herself in this … read more

Similar categories in Jane Tara's Tilda Is Visible book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Support groups are like bras – some aren’t that supportive."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

"Once we’ve grown used to the weight of loss and the impermanence of everything, something shifts."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

"How the world sees us, how other people see us is meaningless. What’s important is how we see ourselves. We must be visible to ourselves."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

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31. 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

Similar categories in Lainie Anderson's The Death of Dora Black: A Petticoat Police Mystery book and Denise Picton's The Family String

  • historical

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Transform Your Habits

The Eye of the Sheep

Sofie Laguna

4.37

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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Wake (PI Lane Holland #1)

Shelley Burr

3.99

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Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder

Kerryn Mayne

4.07

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The Perfumer's Secret

Fiona McIntosh

3.69

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Burnt

Karly Lane

3.50

Transform Your Habits

A Family of Strangers

Fiona Lowe

4.13

Transform Your Habits

A Home Like Ours

Fiona Lowe

4.09

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