9 best-selling historical books like The Art of Breaking Ice by Rachael Mead

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The Art of Breaking Ice

By: Rachael Mead

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In 1960, when the legendary icebreaker Magga Dan set sail for Antarctica, it contained a secret. Hi…

If you liked the historical plot in The Art of Breaking Ice by Rachael Mead , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. 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 Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. 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 Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • fiction
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3. 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

Similar categories in Anna Funder's Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • historical
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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 Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • fiction
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5. 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 Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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

Similar categories in Tony Birch's Women & Children book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. 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

Similar categories in Lucy Treloar's Days of Innocence and Wonder book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • adult
  • fiction
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8. 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 Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • fiction
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9. 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 Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. 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

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Sanctuary book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • fiction
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11. 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

Similar categories in Kate Grenville's Restless Dolly Maunder book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Perkins's Lioness book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • adult
  • fiction
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13. The Talented Mrs Greenway

By: Tea Cooper

3.93

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

From a bestselling Australian author, this compellingly realised novel brings to life the story of … read more

Similar categories in Tea Cooper's The Talented Mrs Greenway book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. 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

Similar categories in Louise Milligan's Pheasants Nest book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • adult
  • fiction
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15. 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

Similar categories in Nadine J. Cohen's Everyone and Everything book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • adult
  • fiction
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16. Salt River Road

By: Molly Schmidt

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In the aftermath of their mother’s death, the Tetley siblings’ lives are falling apart. Left to fen… read more

Similar categories in Molly Schmidt's Salt River Road book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • fiction
"Over there somewhere, down at the house, Dad and the boys are moving in silent circles round each other. Even though inside us, nothing is quiet at all."

-Molly Schmidt, Salt River Road

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17. 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

Similar categories in Claire van Ryn's The Secrets of the Huon Wren book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Sunbirds

By: Mirandi Riwoe

3.72

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

1941, West Java. Love and revolution are in the air. And war is on its way. Shortly before the Japa… read more

Similar categories in Mirandi Riwoe's Sunbirds book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Thunderhead

By: Miranda Darling

3.62

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A black comedy, set in suburbia, about one woman’s struggle to be free. When Winona Dalloway beg… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Darling's Thunderhead book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • fiction
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20. The Art of Breaking Ice

By: Rachael Mead

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In 1960, when the legendary icebreaker Magga Dan set sail for Antarctica, it contained a secret. Hi… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice book and Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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 Rachael Mead's The Art of Breaking Ice

  • fiction

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4.21

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4.41

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3.68

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3.57

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Tricia Stringer

3.95

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4.18

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