18 Best fiction books like The Bamboo Flute by Garry Disher

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The Bamboo Flute

By: Garry Disher

3.46

Format: 79 pages, Hardcover

In 1932, during Australia's deep economic depression, young Paul meets Eric the Red--a wandering sw…

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Cover of Nanberry: Black Brother White by Jackie French

1. Nanberry: Black Brother White

By: Jackie French

3.91

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

The amazing story of Australia's first surgeon and the boy he adopted. Ages 12+ two brothers - one … read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's Nanberry: Black Brother White book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Big Anthony and the Magic Ring

By: Tomie dePaola

4.05

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Seeing Strega Nona the old sorceress use a magic ring to transform herself into a beautiful young w… read more

Similar categories in Tomie dePaola's Big Anthony and the Magic Ring book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. An Iron Rose

By: Peter Temple

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"When men in police uniforms came to execute me on the roadside, beside dark fields, it was a defin… read more

Similar categories in Peter Temple's An Iron Rose book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • fiction
Cover of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

4. The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

By: Dominic Smith

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This is what we long for: the profound pleasure of being swept into vivid new worlds, worlds people… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Smith's The Last Painting of Sara de Vos book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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6. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Water book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • fiction
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7. 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

Similar categories in John Boyne's Earth book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • fiction
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8. Too Much Lip

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.06

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A dark and funny new novel from the multi-award-winning author of Mullumbimby. Wise-cracking Ke… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Lucashenko's Too Much Lip book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • fiction
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9. So Late in the Day

By: Claire Keegan

4.00

Format: 47 pages, Hardcover

After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more

Similar categories in Claire Keegan's So Late in the Day book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • fiction
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10. 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 Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) by Chris Hammer

11. 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 Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

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

12. 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 Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • fiction
"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

Cover of The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1) by Amanda  Hampson

13. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback

They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Hampson's The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1) book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1) by Margaret Hickey

14. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)

By: Margaret Hickey

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1) book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • fiction
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15. Here Goes Nothing

By: Steve Toltz

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A Times (of London) Best Fiction Book of 2022 A wildly inventive, savagely funny and topical novel… read more

Similar categories in Steve Toltz's Here Goes Nothing book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • fiction
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16. Murder Town

By: Shelley Burr

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Gemma Guillory knows her once-charming town is now remembered for one reason, and one reason only. … read more

Similar categories in Shelley Burr's Murder Town book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • fiction
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17. Lowbridge

By: Lucy Campbell

3.83

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Where everybody knows everyone, how can somebody just disappear? A missing girl. Decades of silenc… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Campbell's Lowbridge book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • fiction
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18. The Wonder of Little Things

By: Vince Copley

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A First Nations Elder shares his extraordinary story of finding kindness in the midst of prejudice,… read more

Similar categories in Vince Copley's The Wonder of Little Things book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

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19. The Beacon

By: P.A. Thomas

3.94

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Jack Harris, the disgraced son of Australia's most powerful business tycoon, has just been exiled t… read more

Similar categories in P.A. Thomas's The Beacon book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

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20. Birdy

By: Sharon Kernot

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Maddy is mute. Since the Incident she has barely spoken. And now she and her mother and brother are… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Kernot's Birdy book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • young adult
Cover of The Bamboo Flute by Garry Disher

21. The Bamboo Flute

By: Garry Disher

3.46

Format: 79 pages, Hardcover

In 1932, during Australia's deep economic depression, young Paul meets Eric the Red--a wandering sw… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute book and Garry Disher's The Bamboo Flute

  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

6 Top historical books like The Bamboo Flute by Garry Disher

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Nanberry: Black Brother White

Jackie French

3.91

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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

Dominic Smith

5.00

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The Bookbinder

Pip Williams

4.07

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Edenglassie

Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

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The Drowning

Bryan Brown

3.56

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The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

Chris Hammer

4.23

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Sanctuary

Garry Disher

3.99

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Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3)

Margaret Hickey

4.06

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