The Big Teal (In the National Interest)
By: Simon Holmes à Court
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The May 2022 election marked the great re-engagement of those ignored and patronised for too long o…
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1. Things I Don't Want to Know
By: Deborah Levy
4.09
Format: 109 pages, Hardcover
'Perhaps when Orwell described sheer egoism as a necessary quality for a writer, he was not thinkin… read more
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"Now that we were mothers we were all shadows of our former selves, chased by the women we used to be before we had children."-Deborah Levy, Things I Don't Want to Know
"When happiness is happening it feels as if nothing else happened before it, it is a sensation that happens only in the present tense."-Deborah Levy, Things I Don't Want to Know
"The fact that lipstick and mascara and eye shadow were called 'Make Up' thrilled me. Everywhere in the world there were made up people and most of them were women."-Deborah Levy, Things I Don't Want to Know
"To become a WRITER I had to learn to INTERRUPT, to speak up, to speak a little louder, and then LOUDER, and then to just speak in my own voice which is NOT LOUD AT ALL."-Deborah Levy, Things I Don't Want to Know
2. Breath
By: Tim Winton
3.19
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Breath is an extraordinary evocation of an adolescence spent resisting complacency, testing one's l… read more
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3. Reading Lolita in Tehran
By: Azar Nafisi
4.20
Format: 172 pages,
Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher n… read more
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4. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more
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"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
5. 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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6. 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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7. Prima Facie
By: Suzie Miller
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This is not life, this is law… Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her up to being a top cr… read more
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"All I know is that somewhere. Some time. Somehow. Something has to change."-Suzie Miller, Prima Facie
8. Murder in Williamstown (Phryne Fisher, #22)
By: Kerry Greenwood
3.97
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Accustomed to both murder and dalliance, Australia's favourite detective, the inimitable Miss Fishe… read more
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9. Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award
By: David Marr
4.39
Format: 596 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars David Marr was shocked… read more
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- nonfiction
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10. 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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11. 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
12. Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
By: George Monbiot
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"This remarkable book, staring curiously down at the soil beneath our feet, points us convincingly … read more
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"Charity is what happens when government fails."-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
"Obesity is a communicable disease. Its vectors are corporations."-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
"Campaigners, chefs, and food writers rail against “intensive farming,"-George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
13. 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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14. The Weekend
By: Charlotte Wood
3.38
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Three women in their seventies reunite for one last, life-changing weekend in the beach house of t… read more
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"No, it wasn't lovers but friends - these courageous, shining people - you pursued, romanced with dinners and gifts and weekends away."-Charlotte Wood, The Weekend
15. This Devastating Fever
By: Sophie Cunningham
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Alice had not expected to spend the first twenty years of the twenty-first century writing about Le… read more
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16. Rise of the Extreme Right
By: Lydia Khalil
4.28
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A detailed examination of the right-wing extremism Australia is facing right now, from the Lowy Ins… read more
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17. The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need
By: Thomas Mayo
4.52
Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition
The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who hav… read more
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18. The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (Quarterly Essay #92)
By: Alan Kohler
4.31
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
What caused Australia's housing crisis -- and how we might fix it One of the great mysteries of Au… read more
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19. 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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20. A Routine Infidelity
By: Elizabeth Coleman
3.68
Format: 392 pages, ebook
A delightfully sharp and clever murder mystery, perfect for fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Mu… read more
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21. Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
By: Michael Robotham
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN 9781668030998 can be found here The mystery of Evie C… read more
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"We exist before we are born and after we die."-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
"... everything I want is on the other side of fear."-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
"... as though men were the solution to every problem."-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
"Introspection leads to self-analysis, which leads to self-hatred."-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
22. My Tidda, My Sister: Stories of Strength and Resilience from Australia's First Women
By: Marlee Silva
4.10
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and society has existed on this continent for millenn… read more
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"I know how important it is to be proud of your identity."-Marlee Silva, My Tidda, My Sister: Stories of Strength and Resilience from Australia's First Women
"You have the power these women exemplify coursing through your veins."-Marlee Silva, My Tidda, My Sister: Stories of Strength and Resilience from Australia's First Women
"Learn who you are, what your strength and purpose is, and you will see you are invincible."-Marlee Silva, My Tidda, My Sister: Stories of Strength and Resilience from Australia's First Women
"In short, connection to culture is so much more complex, rich and diverse than anyone who is non-Indigenous can understand. There's this unspoken feeling that comes with identifying as Aboriginal and…"-Marlee Silva, My Tidda, My Sister: Stories of Strength and Resilience from Australia's First Women
23. Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia (Quarterly Essay #85)
By: Sarah Krasnostein
4.16
Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition
Around one-fifth of Australians will suffer from mental illness in any given year. And the pandemic… read more
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24. The Big Teal (In the National Interest)
By: Simon Holmes à Court
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The May 2022 election marked the great re-engagement of those ignored and patronised for too long o… read more
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25. The Teal Revolution: Inside the Movement Changing Australian Politics (The Crikey Read)
By: Margot Saville
4.17
Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition
The Teal Revolution is essential reading on the unprecedented Teal wave of the 2022 election, a mov… read more
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26. 21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy (In the National Interest)
By: Lucinda Holdforth
4.05
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues pro… read more
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27. The Belburd
By: Nardi Simpson
3.94
Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition
From the award-winning author of Song of the Crocodile comes a lyrical and masterfully woven novel … read more
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28. On Identity
By: Stan Grant
4.09
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Bestselling author Stan Grant explores how identity is being hijacked to incite hate Stan Grant as… read more
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29. Angry at Breakfast: Ten Years of Editorials from The Saturday Paper
By: Erik Jensen
4.30
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
Some of Australia's best political a dazzling chronicle from the editor of The Saturday PaperDrawn… read more
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30. Big: The Role of the State in the Modern Economy (In the National Interest)
By: Richard Denniss
4.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Scott Morrison wants to spend a lot more money on defence, the business community wants more spendi… read more
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31. The Temperature
By: Katerina Gibson
3.49
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
The debut novel from the multi-award winning six very different characters each have their lives a… read more
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