Vida: A Woman for Our Time
By: Jacqueline Kent
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Blazing her trail at the dawn of the twentieth century, Vida Goldstein remains Australia’s most cel…
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1. The Last Tudor (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #15)
By: Philippa Gregory
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The latest novel from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most… read more
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2. The Long Run: A Memoir of Loss and Life in Motion
By: Catriona Menzies-Pike
3.45
Format: 105 pages,
An unlikely marathoner finds her way through grief and into the untold history of women and running… read more
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3. People of the Book
By: Geraldine Brooks
3.00
Format: 96 pages,
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript throu… read more
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4. 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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- audiobook
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
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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
6. 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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- history
- biography
- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
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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- audiobook
"All I know is that somewhere. Some time. Somehow. Something has to change."-Suzie Miller, Prima Facie
8. This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something--Anything--Like Your Life Depends On It
By: Tabitha Carvan
3.82
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Why We Can't Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman's midl… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
9. 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
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"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
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
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11. Ten Steps to Nanette
By: Hannah Gadsby
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared tha… read more
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"Nanette is basically Eat Pray Love for autistic queer folk."-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"So, I will just share it here, because I truly believe that the only universal “body"-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"It really is something when you can make collecting and organising objects boring to a young kid with autism spectrum disorder (but that’s exactly what Stamp Explorer managed to do)."-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"And I needed my audience to trust me because I needed my audience to feel safe, and I needed my audience to feel safe so that I could take that safety away and not give it back. Why? Because that is …"-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
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
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
13. 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
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"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
14. The Space Between the Stars
By: Indira Naidoo
4.06
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
"A tender, touching and at times bloody funny meditation on life. And death. And how to live." - D… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
15. 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
16. 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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- nonfiction
- biography
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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
17. The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle
By: Sarah Krasnostein
3.65
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
For Sarah Krasnostein it begins with a Mennonite choir performing on a subway platform, a fleeting … read more
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- biography
- audiobook
18. Runt
By: Craig Silvey
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more
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19. Rebel Rising
By: Rebel Wilson
3.91
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more
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- biography
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"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising
"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising
20. The French Agent
By: Belinda Alexandra
4.10
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
A world in chaos. Two very different women. And the mystery of the man who may connect them. The st… read more
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21. How Many More Women?: Exposing how the law silences women
By: Jennifer Robinson
4.34
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
In this powerful and accessible exploration of our legal systems, two human rights lawyers break op… read more
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22. The Work
By: Bri Lee
3.43
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more
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23. Thursdays at Orange Blossom House
By: Sophie Green
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
From the author of beloved Top Ten bestsellers The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Cl… read more
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"A wistfulness settles on Patricia's face and Grace Maud recognises it; the mixture of regret and relief that arises when you know you've become the person you want to be only because some of the thin…"-Sophie Green, Thursdays at Orange Blossom House
24. 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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25. Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
By: Gretchen McCulloch
4.05
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language. … read more
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- history
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"Irony is a linguistic trust fall."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"Language is humanity's most spectacular open source project."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"The appeal of having friends in your pocket is unlikely to go away."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"We've had the right to adapt longer than we've had the right to prevent copying."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
26. The Glassmaker
By: Tracy Chevalier
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more
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"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
27. Sex, Lies and Question Time
By: Kate Ellis
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In Sex, Lies and Question Time, former MP Kate Ellis explores the good, the bad and the ugly of lif… read more
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28. Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future
By: Esme Louise James
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A provocative journey through human sexual history, packed with fun factoids and forgotten stories,… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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29. Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History
By: Eliza Reilly
3.74
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining romp through Australian history that celebrates the badass sheroes we were never ta… read more
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- history
- biography
- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"If a Shelia is gonna break the rules, she has to have studied the rule book first."-Eliza Reilly, Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History
30. You Don't Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious
By: Tim Minchin
4.42
Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Life will sometimes seem long and tough. And you will sometimes be happy and sometimes sad. And th… read more
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31. Vida: A Woman for Our Time
By: Jacqueline Kent
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Blazing her trail at the dawn of the twentieth century, Vida Goldstein remains Australia’s most cel… read more
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- biography
- feminism
- nonfiction
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