8 must-read nonfiction books like Lonely Planet Tokyo (Travel Guide) by Rebecca Milner

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Lonely Planet Tokyo (Travel Guide)

By: Rebecca Milner

3.81

Format: 698 pages, Kindle Edition

Lonely Planet’s Tokyo is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and s…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Lonely Planet Tokyo (Travel Guide) by Rebecca Milner , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Burial Rites

By: Hannah Kent

2.62

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant literary debut, inspired by a true story: the final days of a young woman accused of mu… read more

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2. Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)

By: Octavia E. Butler

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

This Nebula Award-winning sequel to Parable of the Sower continues the story of Lauren Olamina in s… read more

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3. Savages

By: Don Winslow

3.57

Format: 256 pages,

Part-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beac… read more

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4. Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization

By: Graham Hancock , Santha Faiia

4.32

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The bestselling author of The Sign and the Seal reveals the true origins of civilization. Connectin… read more

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5. Corelli's Mandolin

By: Louis de Bernières

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

Captain Corelli's Mandolin is set in the early days of the second world war, before Benito Mussolin… read more

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6. 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

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7. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

By: Shehan Karunatilaka

3.92

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what … read more

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"Even suicide requires perseverance."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"Why should a Creator watch over you? Wasn't creating you enough?"

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"You were simply a handsome man who enjoyed beautiful boys. Nothing more, nothing less and no one's business."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"Despair always begins as a snack that you nibble on when bored and then becomes a meal that you have thrice a day."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

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8. 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

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"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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9. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

By: Chris Broad

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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10. A Very Punchable Face

By: Colin Jost

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—meta… read more

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  • nonfiction
"As Lorne says, 'Careers are made by choices."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"Every public golf course on Staten Island has a secret alter ego."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"When you go to auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.' -Paula Abdul"

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"I now hate the phrase ‘That will work.’ It’s such a mediocre goal to set for yourself."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

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11. 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

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12. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

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13. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent

By: Dipo Faloyin

4.43

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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14. The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

By: Kate Moore

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and moth… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Insane asylum - a place where insanity is made."

-Kate Moore, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

"In the end, this is a book about power. Who wields it. Who owns it. And the methods they use. And above all, it's about fighting back."

-Kate Moore, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

"As Elizabeth put it, “I have neglected no duties, have injured no one, have always tried to do unto others as I would wish to be done by; and yet, here in America, I am imprisoned because I could not…"

-Kate Moore, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

"It's a book that is set over 160 year ago. A lot has changed. A lot hasn't. We are only just beginning to appreciate exactly how a person's powerlessness may lead to struggles with their mental healt…"

-Kate Moore, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

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15. 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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16. Flames

By: Robbie Arnott

4.07

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

A young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his twenty-three-year-old sister, C… read more

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17. The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents

By: Lisa Damour

4.47

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ in… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Did I Ever Tell You This? by Sam Neill

18. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. The Colony

By: Audrey Magee

4.11

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west c… read more

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20. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more

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"It’s a phrase, black swan,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"We don’t like being out of the loop."

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

Cover of Lonely Planet Tokyo (Travel Guide) by Rebecca Milner

21. Lonely Planet Tokyo (Travel Guide)

By: Rebecca Milner

3.81

Format: 698 pages, Kindle Edition

Lonely Planet’s Tokyo is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and s… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

Transform Your Habits

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Pip Williams

4.07

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Emma Espiner

4.31

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