6 Top politics books like With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant

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With the Falling of the Dusk

By: Stan Grant

4.22

Format: 336 pages, ebook

A deeply powerful, poetic and compelling book on the challenges facing our world, from one of Austr…

If you liked the politics plot in With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Carpentaria

By: Alexis Wright

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hailed as a "literary sensation" by The New York Times Book Review, Carpentaria is the luminous awa… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Wright's Carpentaria book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • historical

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. After The Carnage

By: Tara June Winch

3.51

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

After the Carnage is the much-anticipated new fiction from best-selling Australian writer Tara June… read more

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4. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

By: Anna Funder

4.20

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more

Similar categories in Anna Funder's Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • historical
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"People were crazy with pain and secrets."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

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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

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • historical
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6. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

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7. The Wren, the Wren

By: Anne Enright

3.55

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

An incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of… read more

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"It's not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror."

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

"We don't walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

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8. 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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9. 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 Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here

By: Heather Rose

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A deeply personal collection filled with reflections on love, death, creativity and healing, from t… read more

Similar categories in Heather Rose's Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • nonfiction
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11. 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 Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • historical
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12. 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

Similar categories in David Marr's Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. 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

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"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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14. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

By: Anita Heiss

4.17

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Gundagai, 1852The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in … read more

Similar categories in Anita Heiss's Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • historical
"Using Wiradjuri language on the cover of my novel makes a strong statement … regarding the reclamation and maintenance of the traditional language of my family."

-Anita Heiss, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

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15. Seeing Other People

By: Diana Reid

3.42

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Which comes first—those you love, or those you want? Charlie’s skin was stinging. Not with heat … read more

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16. Showing Up

By: Nedd Brockmann

4.34

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable–the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘throug… read more

Similar categories in Nedd Brockmann's Showing Up book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • nonfiction
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17. 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

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"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

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18. 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

Similar categories in Grace Tame's The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • nonfiction
"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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19. 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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20. Praiseworthy

By: Alexis Wright

3.91

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

Praiseworthy is an epic set in the north of Australia, told with the richness of language and scale… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • politics
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21. The White Girl

By: Tony Birch

4.09

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"A profound allegory of good and evil, and a deep exploration of human interaction, black and white… read more

Similar categories in Tony Birch's The White Girl book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • historical
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22. Finding the Heart of the Nation - The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice, Treaty and Truth

By: Thomas Mayor

4.44

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

'On 26 May 2017, a historic moment at Uluru gave this country hope. Those custodians came together,… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mayor's Finding the Heart of the Nation - The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice, Treaty and Truth book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. The Bellbird River Country Choir

By: Sophie Green

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A warm-hearted story of fresh beginnings, unexpected friendships and the sustaining power of love a… read more

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24. 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

Similar categories in Thomas Mayo's The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

By: Jess Hill

4.66

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria’s dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone … read more

Similar categories in Jess Hill's See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • politics
  • nonfiction
"I don't bash you with my fists, I bash you with my emotions, to keep you under control."

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

"I explain patriarchy as a dual system of power: men's power over women, and some men's power over other men. - Michael Kimmel"

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

"Mangan is adamant: women's violence may cause distress to men in abusive relationships, but men are almost never in danger of being killed."

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

"Whether perpetrators abuse strategically or on impulse, however, they usually have one thing in common: a supercharged sense of entitlement."

-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

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26. Rhubarb

By: Craig Silvey

3.49

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Meet Eleanor Rigby: tiny, blind, and left behind. Led by her zealous, overprotective guide dog, War… read more

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27. A Language of Limbs

By: Dylin Hardcastle

4.56

Format: 277 pages, ebook

The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire i… read more

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28. With the Falling of the Dusk

By: Stan Grant

4.22

Format: 336 pages, ebook

A deeply powerful, poetic and compelling book on the challenges facing our world, from one of Austr… read more

Similar categories in Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • historical
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. We Are the Stars: A misfit's story of love, connection and the glorious power of letting go

By: Gina Chick

4.56

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomita… read more

Similar categories in Gina Chick's We Are the Stars: A misfit's story of love, connection and the glorious power of letting go book and Stan Grant's With the Falling of the Dusk

  • nonfiction
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30. Taboo: Conversations We Never Had About Sex, Body Image, Work and Relationships

By: Hannah Ferguson

4.44

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

A vulnerable exploration of modern womanhood that weaves deeply personal stories with opinions and … read more

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  • nonfiction

6 Top history books like With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant

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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

Anna Funder

4.20

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Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

4.13

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Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award

David Marr

4.39

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Finding the Heart of the Nation - The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice, Treaty and Truth

Thomas Mayor

4.44

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Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

3.68

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Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors

4.21

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Safe Haven

Shankari Chandran

4.18

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Oisín McKenna

3.96

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