16 must-read nonfiction books like Work Backwards: The Revolutionary Method to Work Smarter and Live Better by Tim Duggan

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Work Backwards: The Revolutionary Method to Work Smarter and Live Better

By: Tim Duggan

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Something's about to break, and if we don't change direction soon, it's going to be us. It doesn…

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1. Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

By: Kim Malone Scott

4.00

Format: None pages,

From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say … read more

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2. The Best Life Book Club

By: Sheila Roberts

3.78

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

It started as a book club. It became a way to build a better life together. Karissa Newcomb is r… read more

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3. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

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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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6. Women & Children

By: Tony Birch

4.22

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby,… read more

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7. 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

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8. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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9. Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

By: Lucy Jones

4.54

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

A radical new examination of the transition into motherhood and how it affects the mind, brain and … read more

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10. 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

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11. The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness

By: Hugh van Cuylenburg

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Hugh van Cuylenburg was a primary school teacher volunteering in northern India when he had a life-… read more

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12. Showing Up

By: Nedd Brockmann

4.34

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable–the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘throug… read more

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13. The Other Bridget

By: Rachael Johns

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A feelgood romantic comedy by Australia's bestselling romance writer, ideal for fans of Emily Henry… read more

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14. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

By: Steven Bartlett

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepren… read more

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15. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

By: Simu Liu

4.35

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Marvel's newest recruit shares his own inspiring and unexpected origin story, from China to the bri… read more

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"Nobody forced us to come here,"

-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

"Canada is not unilaterally friendly, nor is “friendly"

-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

"Acting, like life, gets a bit stale when you only make safe choices."

-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

"Jared had taught me the value of swinging for the fences and being the master of my own destiny."

-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

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16. Mongrel

By: Hanako Footman

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, supp… read more

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"Hold onto the things that you have forgotten. Let go of the things that you remember."

-Hanako Footman, Mongrel

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17. 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

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18. Rebel Rising

By: Rebel Wilson

3.91

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more

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"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"

-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising

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19. It Takes a Town

By: Aoife Clifford

3.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?   Everyone dies fa… read more

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20. 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

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21. Raising Girls Who Like Themselves

By: Kasey Edwards

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The seven qualities that enable girls to thrive in a world that tells them they are flawed. When… read more

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22. The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD

By: Matilda Boseley

4.45

Format: 433 pages, ebook

Matilda Boseley’s adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a presc… read more

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Cover of Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day by Daniel Goleman

23. Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day

By: Daniel Goleman

3.37

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In his groundbreaking #1 bestseller Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman revolutionized how we t… read more

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"With self-awareness, a basic definition tells us, “You know what you are feeling and why—and how it helps or hurts what you are trying to do."

-Daniel Goleman, Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Day

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24. 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

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25. Feel Great, Lose Weight: Simple Habits for Lasting and Sustainable Weight Loss

By: Rangan Chatterjee

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

THE LATEST BOOK FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER FEEL BETTER IN 5'This is not a di… read more

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26. The New Rulebook: Notes from a psychologist to help redefine the way you live, for fans of Glennon Doyle, Brené Brown, Elizabeth Gilbert and Julie Smith

By: Dr Chris Cheers

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling, practical and inclusive guide to life from Instagram's favourite psychologist Chri… read more

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27. Good With Money

By: Emma Edwards

4.03

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

A game-changing, practical guide to the psychology behind your spending habits, revealing how to ma… read more

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28. Work Backwards: The Revolutionary Method to Work Smarter and Live Better

By: Tim Duggan

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Something's about to break, and if we don't change direction soon, it's going to be us. It doesn… read more

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29. For Life: A memoir of living and dying - and flying

By: Ailsa Piper

4.34

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

An unforgettable and moving insight into loss, hope and starting again, aided by the incredible hea… read more

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30. Sort Your Property Out: And Build Your Future

By: John Pidgeon

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A handbook for investing in property in a smart and strategic way There’s so much more to investing… read more

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18 Best fiction books like It Takes a Town by Aoife Clifford

Transform Your Habits

Safe Haven

Shankari Chandran

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Sanctuary

Garry Disher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Gone

Glenna Thomson

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Audrey's Gone AWOL

Annie de Monchaux

4.05

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