25 best-selling nonfiction books like Victory by Peter van Onselen

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Victory

By: Peter van Onselen

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The inside story of Labor's return to power.Anthony Albanese's 2022 election victory was the most c…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Victory by Peter van Onselen , here is a list of 25 books like this:

1. The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed Their Own Government

By: Niki Savva

3.82

Format: 254 pages,

Kevin Rudd was given no warning, but even he lasted longer than Abbott. Julia Gillard had plenty of… read more

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2. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

By: John Le Carré , Ben Macintyre

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Master storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century… read more

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3. Honeybee

By: Craig Silvey

4.40

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail a… read more

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"And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything."

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

"When we don’t think we’re worth much, we find ways to make our world small. We don’t allow ourselves to hope because we’ve already excepted failure. And this pattern of thinking often determines the …"

-Craig Silvey, Honeybee

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4. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

By: Tina Brown

4.03

Format: 571 pages, Hardcover

The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more

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"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

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5. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

By: Bill Browder

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browd… read more

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6. Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s Fall and Anthony Albanese’s Rise

By: Niki Savva

4.21

Format: 320 pages, ebook

‘I don’t hold a hose, mate.’ Scott Morrison, 20 December 2019, on the Black Summer bushfires ‘It’s… read more

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7. My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork

By: Ash Barty

4.23

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, ri… read more

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8. Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3)

By: Jane Harper

4.05

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing… read more

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9. 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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"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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10. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

By: Maggie Haberman

4.09

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidenc… read more

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"Trump is to business what professional wrestling is to sports: part of it, certainly, but also a cartoonish parody of it."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

"[White House Chief of Staff and Four-Star General John] Kelly shared with [Mick} Mulvaney {who was appointed when Kelly resigned] his view that Trump was the most flawed person he had ever met."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

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11. 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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12. Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes

By: Chris Masters

4.21

Format: 717 pages, Kindle Edition

The shocking story of the case against Australia's most highly decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith… read more

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13. Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech

By: Julia Gillard

4.28

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly an… read more

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14. The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison

By: Sean Kelly

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

What happens when the prime minister views politics only as a game? Australia wanted Scott Morri… read more

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Cover of Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension by Niki Savva

15. Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension

By: Niki Savva

3.78

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In an enthralling sequel to her bestselling The Road to Ruin, Niki Savva reveals the inside story o… read more

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16. Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics (Quarterly Essay #88)

By: Katharine Murphy

4.02

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

A prime minister in the making, and a nation on the move. In Lone Wolf, Katharine Murphy offers a n… read more

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Cover of Tripping Over Myself: A Memoir of a Life in Comedy by Shaun Micallef

17. Tripping Over Myself: A Memoir of a Life in Comedy

By: Shaun Micallef

3.80

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

From Shaun Micallef, beloved host of ABC TV’s news satire Mad as Hell, comes Tripping Over Myself –… read more

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18. Marlo

By: Jay Carmichael

3.51

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A novel of two men, love, and aching loneliness. It's the 1950s in conservative Australia, and C… read more

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19. Subimperial Power: Australia in the International Arena

By: Clinton Fernandes

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

How does Australia operate in the world? And why? In this closely evidenced, original account, form… read more

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20. Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia

By: Frank Bongiorno

4.23

Format: 472 pages, Paperback

A landmark book—the first full political history of Australia In this compelling and comprehensive… read more

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21. The Scrap Iron Flotilla: Five Valiant Destroyers and the Australian War in the Mediterranean

By: Mike Carlton

4.56

Format: 616 pages, Kindle Edition

When the Second World War broke out in September 1939, the British asked Australia for help. With s… read more

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22. The Big Switch: Australia’s Electric Future

By: Saul Griffith

4.47

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

An optimistic – but realistic and feasible – action plan for fighting climate change while creating… read more

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23. Behind the Voice

By: Anthony Callea

4.17

Format: None pages, Audiobook

An honest and candid memoir from one of Australia’s most phenomenal voices. A story of determinatio… read more

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24. The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch

By: Paddy Manning

3.91

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A book about power, apprenticeship, and succession in the first family of media An heir apparent t… read more

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Cover of Daniel Andrews: The revealing biography of Australia's most powerful premier by Sumeyya Ilanbey

25. Daniel Andrews: The revealing biography of Australia's most powerful premier

By: Sumeyya Ilanbey

3.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

State premiers have risen to national prominence in a way not seen in a half century, with Victoria… read more

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26. Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms

By: Margaret Simons

4.15

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

A fascinating portrait of one of Australia’s most influential womenElected to federal parliament ag… read more

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27. Plagued

By: Simon Benson

2.90

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the inside story of Australia’s two years of hell, when the country was besieged by crisis … read more

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"The government insists that the many shall not be placed in danger for the few and that EVERYONE SHALL WEAR A MASK. Those who are not doing so are not showing their independence - they are showing th…"

-Simon Benson, Plagued

"Morrison was acutely aware of the limitations of the country's constitutional power-sharing arrangements. For example, he was worried about the potential for massive civil disobedience against health…"

-Simon Benson, Plagued

"A declaration under section 475 [of the Biosecurity Act would give] Hunt as Health minister exclusive and extraordinary powers. He, and only he, could personally make directives that overrode any oth…"

-Simon Benson, Plagued

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28. The Secret

By: Alexandra Smith

3.36

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Gladys Berejiklian was Australia's rockstar premier. The first woman to lead NSW, she steered the s… read more

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29. The Fall

By: Michael Wolff

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ―Leo Tolstoy, Anna … read more

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30. Victory

By: Peter van Onselen

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The inside story of Labor's return to power.Anthony Albanese's 2022 election victory was the most c… read more

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Cover of Political Lives: Australian prime ministers and their biographers by Christine Wallace

31. Political Lives: Australian prime ministers and their biographers

By: Christine Wallace

4.03

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Political Lives is an intimate history of image-making and image-breaking in national politics. … read more

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