14 Top contemporary books like Red by Felicity McLean

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Red

By: Felicity McLean

3.52

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning writer and journalist Felicity McLean comes Red, a spirited and striking contemp…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Red by Felicity McLean , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton

1. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's Lola in the Mirror book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Devotion

By: Hannah Kent

3.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Prussia, 1836. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Kent's Devotion book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
"Dying is unlike living. The smooth running of time is for the beating heart only. The dead stutter. The hands on my clock do not turn to numbers but to each other."

-Hannah Kent, Devotion

"Thea, in all incarnations, wherever my soul has resided, I have loved you, am loving you, will love you. If the earth one day burns out its charge, you will find me in the ash. if the sea dries, find…"

-Hannah Kent, Devotion

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3. 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

Similar categories in Anna Funder's Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life book and Felicity McLean's Red

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4. 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

Similar categories in Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. 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

Similar categories in Robbie Arnott's Limberlost book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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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6. One Hundred Days

By: Alice Pung

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

One day, a boy in a nice silver car gives sixteen-year-old Karuna a ride. So Karuna returns the fav… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"They couldn't see that the bigger I got, the smaller I became, and they didn't understand that once the baby came, I would be gone."

-Alice Pung, One Hundred Days

"I'm keeping this record to let you know that it wasn't always that way. That you were once mine, and when I looked in your dark eyes, you made me very happy."

-Alice Pung, One Hundred Days

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7. The In-Between

By: Christos Tsiolkas

3.70

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more

Similar categories in Christos Tsiolkas's The In-Between book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."

-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between

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8. After Story

By: Larissa Behrendt

4.07

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered… read more

Similar categories in Larissa Behrendt's After Story book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. No Hard Feelings

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late … read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Novak's No Hard Feelings book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. All Our Shimmering Skies

By: Trent Dalton

3.95

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton returns with All Our Shimmering Skies… read more

Similar categories in Trent Dalton's All Our Shimmering Skies book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"In all these years, he said, he was yet to come across a single gold nugget that brought any real happiness to the person who held it. Long coat bob said his family had found one large nugget long ag…"

-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies

"She spots a large army of green ants building a nest between two thin twig branches of a flimsy tree with floppy green leaves. "Look at this, Yukio," Molly whispers, leaning into the tree where a lin…"

-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies

"And you wouldn't believe what he said then, Tom Berry whispered to his enraptured audience. He said, he and his family saw no value whatsoever in all that gold. He said real treasure was a fresh wate…"

-Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies

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11. Eggshell Skull

By: Bri Lee

4.36

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they … read more

Similar categories in Bri Lee's Eggshell Skull book and Felicity McLean's Red

"The ugly parts of my life kept crashing into the beautiful ones."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of fucks to give"

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of ducks to give."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

"Only skinny enough when starving, only successful enough when exhausted."

-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull

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12. Love and Other Puzzles

By: Kimberley Allsopp

3.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Following the clues doesn't always lead you where you might expect ... A witty, warm-hearted an… read more

Similar categories in Kimberley Allsopp's Love and Other Puzzles book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Crushing

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When do you stop starting over? The sparkling new novel from the author of No Hard Feelings. Gettin… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Novak's Crushing book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Marshmallow

By: Victoria Hannan

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Some moments change everything. For five friends, what should have been a birthday to remember will… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Hannan's Marshmallow book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. One Hundred Years of Dirt

By: Rick Morton

4.06

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you’ve scraped together enough for the ticket… read more

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16. Wildflowers

By: Peggy Frew

3.29

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

A compassionate and surprisingly funny novel that is impossible to put down and even harder to forg… read more

Similar categories in Peggy Frew's Wildflowers book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"There were open paddocks winking with sugar cane, and distant silos and then a billboard that they all yelped at because it showed a huge picture of a foetus alongside a picture of a young woman with…"

-Peggy Frew, Wildflowers

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17. The Wedding Forecast

By: Nina Kenwood

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Anna was never going to have an easy time at her best friend’s wedding. She’s the bridesmaid; her e… read more

Similar categories in Nina Kenwood's The Wedding Forecast book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • contemporary
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18. The Ledge

By: Christian White

4.39

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

When human remains are discovered in the forests of regional Victoria, the police are baffled, the … read more

Similar categories in Christian White's The Ledge book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
Cover of Red by Felicity McLean

19. Red

By: Felicity McLean

3.52

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning writer and journalist Felicity McLean comes Red, a spirited and striking contemp… read more

Similar categories in Felicity McLean's Red book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Dusk

By: Robbie Arnott

4.37

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

In the distant highlands, a puma named Dusk is killing shepherds. Down in the lowlands, twins Iris … read more

Similar categories in Robbie Arnott's Dusk book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction
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21. Theory & Practice

By: Michelle de Kretser

4.13

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It’s 1986, and ‘beautiful, radical ideas’ are in the air. A young woman arrives in Melbourne to res… read more

Similar categories in Michelle de Kretser's Theory & Practice book and Felicity McLean's Red

  • fiction

17 Top fiction books like Red by Felicity McLean

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Devotion

Hannah Kent

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Limberlost

Robbie Arnott

4.25

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21 Best audiobook books like Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee

Transform Your Habits

Consent Laid Bare: Sex, Entitlement & the Distortion of Desire

Chanel Contos

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Honeybee

Craig Silvey

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All

Hannah Ferguson

4.29

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