9 best-selling nonfiction books like On Disruption by Katharine Murphy

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On Disruption

By: Katharine Murphy

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

There is no way to know if the disruption will settle into a new normal, or whether chaos is the ne…

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1. The Family Next Door

By: Sally Hepworth

3.83

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

A gripping domestic page-turner full of shocking reveals, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Amand… read more

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2. At the Reunion Buffet (Isabel Dalhousie, #10.5)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.86

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

Isabel Dalhousie - philosopher, mother and friend - is taking on the mammoth task of hosting her sc… read more

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"…the world was a vale of tears—it always had been."

-Alexander McCall Smith, At the Reunion Buffet (Isabel Dalhousie, #10.5)

"The juvenile adage Never kiss and tell had a sound moral instinct behind it."

-Alexander McCall Smith, At the Reunion Buffet (Isabel Dalhousie, #10.5)

"Tolerance was like one of those soothing creams—it drew out inflammation, it did away with the pain."

-Alexander McCall Smith, At the Reunion Buffet (Isabel Dalhousie, #10.5)

"…people decided what they thought and would not be moved, not even by the most patient, the most rational argument."

-Alexander McCall Smith, At the Reunion Buffet (Isabel Dalhousie, #10.5)

3. A Waltz for Matilda

By: Jackie French

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her unknown father and his farm. But … read more

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4. The Heat (Wyatt, #8)

By: Garry Disher

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Wyatt needs a job. A bank job would be nice, or a security van hold-up. As long as he doesn't have … read more

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5. The Women In Black

By: Madeleine St. John

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sydney in the late 1950s. On the second floor of the famous F.G. Goode department store, in Ladies'… read more

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6. Ruddy Gore (Phryne Fisher, #7)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Running late to a gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, Phryne Fisher meets some th… read more

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7. Talking To My Country

By: Stan Grant

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture and national identity. In July… read more

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8. Mothering Sunday

By: Graham Swift

4.25

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

A luminous, intensely moving tale that begins with a secret lovers' assignation in the spring of 19… read more

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9. 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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10. The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

By: Alison Goodman

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as a… read more

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"What makes you think he is trustworthy?’ ‘ He has a sense of humor,’ I said, and then added the final proof. ‘And he found my observations funny too."

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

"If you need me, just yell,' he said. 'Ladies do not yell,' I replied over my shoulder. 'But renegades do.' I caught a glimpse of myself in one of the mirrors as I passed; my color was high and I had …"

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

"My brother pursed his lips. 'Love? Really, Augusta, this is an important decision. If you think love is essential to a good match it is no wonder you are still unmarried.' 'Duffy, that is unkind,' Ju…"

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

"He took the offering and positioned it behind his head with a baleful look. 'If I recall, it is your fault I have lost a great deal of blood,' Undeniable, but then again, I had not started the encoun…"

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

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11. 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

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"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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12. 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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13. 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

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14. The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

By: Claudia Gray

3.69

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious vil… read more

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"What I believed Willoughby to be, you truly are."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"What a relief - he was referring only to the murder."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"How unfortunate for public morals that being unladylike feels so... exciting."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"Doing what is right may be painful to us," she said, "but doing what is painful to others is rarely right."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

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15. Boy Swallows Universe

By: Trent Dalton

4.34

Format: 474 pages, Paperback

A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class subu… read more

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"Don't fuckin' swear."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"Stay sweet, Eli Bell."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"Most things people say don't need to be said."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"To burn this house down or set the world on fire. Up to you, Eli."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

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16. Shrines of Gaiety

By: Kate Atkinson

3.85

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

London 1926. Roaring Twenties. Corruption. Seduction. Debts due. In a country still recovering … read more

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"The library had not been a career choice. After all, who would choose to be a librarian?"

-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

"His head was always in the clouds. 'I'm writing a novel,' he told her. As if that was something to crow about. As if there weren't enough novels in the world already."

-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

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17. 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

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Cover of Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s Fall and Anthony Albanese’s Rise by Niki Savva

18. 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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19. Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape

By: Henry Dimbleby

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

You may not be aware of this - not consciously, at least - but you do not control what you eat. Eve… read more

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20. 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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21. 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

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22. Green Dot

By: Madeleine Gray

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and messy love story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises n… read more

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23. Death in Daylesford (Phryne Fisher, #21)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Taking the waters has never been more delicious--or dangerous... When a mysterious invitation fo… read more

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24. The Cryptic Clue (The Tea Ladies, #2)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Look who's back in hot water! The highly anticipated new novel in The Tea Ladies cosy crime series,… read more

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25. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

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26. 488 Rules for Life

By: Kitty Flanagan

3.87

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

488 Rules for Life is Kitty Flanagan's way of making the world a more pleasant place to live. Provi… read more

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27. A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

By: Hilary Mantel

4.33

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS In addition to her celebrated career as a noveli… read more

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"Mourning is work. It is not simply being sad. It is naming your pain. It is witnessing the sorrow of others, drawing out the shape of loss. It is natural and necessary and there is no healing without…"

-Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

"How nice, then, to go to Waterstones and not to have to disinfect yourself when you get home; yet sometimes as a reader I feel nostalgic for disorder, for the random and unpredictable. I find myself …"

-Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

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28. The Book of Burnout: What it is, why it happens, who gets it, and how to stop it before it stops you!

By: Bev Aisbett

3.15

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Australia's bestselling anxiety and mental health expert, Bev Aisbett, tackles a growing mental hea… read more

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29. Love Match

By: Clare Fletcher

3.78

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

In a town like South Star, everyone knows Sarah Childs’ name, face, entire history … and the fact s… read more

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30. The Health Habit: Shape Up, Sleep Better, Feel Amazing

By: Amantha Imber

3.90

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you trapped in a cycle of unhealthy habits? You are not alone - we all have unique barriers tha… read more

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31. On Disruption

By: Katharine Murphy

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

There is no way to know if the disruption will settle into a new normal, or whether chaos is the ne… read more

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13 Best australia books like On Disruption by Katharine Murphy

A Waltz for Matilda

Jackie French

3.74

The Heat (Wyatt, #8)

Garry Disher

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Honeybee

Craig Silvey

4.40

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Trust

Hernan Diaz

3.83

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Old God's Time

Sebastian Barry

3.85

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Kate Morton

4.07

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Ann Patchett

3.99

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