21 must-read fiction books like The Lovers by Yumna Kassab

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The Lovers

By: Yumna Kassab

2.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What happens when we become used to each other, when we become bored, when we anticipate each other…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Lovers by Yumna Kassab , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Song of the Sun God

By: Shankari Chandran

4.36

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

Nala and Rajan, a young couple, begin their married life in 1946, on the eve of Sri Lanka's indepen… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Song of the Sun God book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. The Lovers

By: Yumna Kassab

2.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What happens when we become used to each other, when we become bored, when we anticipate each other… read more

Similar categories in Yumna Kassab's The Lovers book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Iris

By: Fiona Kelly McGregor

3.53

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Who is Iris Webber? A thief, a fighter, a wife, a lover. A scammer, a schemer, a friend. A… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Kelly McGregor's Iris book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • australia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Thought doesn't necessarily calm a person, nor does confinement calm thought."

-Fiona Kelly McGregor, Iris

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5. Funny Ethnics

By: Shirley Le

3.58

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

I looked at the streets of Yagoona through eyes stinging with melted Maybelline liquid liner. Yagoo… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Le's Funny Ethnics book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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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

Similar categories in Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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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8. 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 Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. Women & Children

By: Tony Birch

4.22

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby,… read more

Similar categories in Tony Birch's Women & Children book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • australia
  • fiction
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10. Safe Haven

By: Shankari Chandran

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Safe Haven book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • australia
  • contemporary
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11. The Conversion

By: Amanda Lohrey

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lohrey's The Conversion book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Hydra

By: Adriane Howell

3.62

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Anja is a young, ambitious antiquarian, passionate for the clean and balanced lines of mid-century … read more

Similar categories in Adriane Howell's Hydra book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Body Friend

By: Katherine Brabon

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Late in the summer five years ago, when I was recovering from a surgical procedure, I met two women… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Brabon's Body Friend book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Losing Face

By: George Haddad

3.97

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

A stunning, thought-provoking novel about facing up to your family and your future, Losing Face dea… read more

Similar categories in George Haddad's Losing Face book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Sitter

By: Angela O'Keeffe

3.77

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Paris, 2020. A writer is confined to her hotel room during the early days of the pandemic, struggli… read more

Similar categories in Angela O'Keeffe's The Sitter book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
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16. Bad Art Mother

By: Edwina Preston

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Good mothers are expected to be selfless. Artists are seen as selfish. So what does this mean for a… read more

Similar categories in Edwina Preston's Bad Art Mother book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Hospital

By: Sanya Rushdi

3.70

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

A strong and courageous novel that deftly tackles psychosis. In Melbourne, Australia, a woman in h… read more

Similar categories in Sanya Rushdi's Hospital book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Hopeless Kingdom

By: Kgshak Akec

3.81

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Akita’s family have always kept moving to survive. Sudan to Cairo. Cairo to Sydney. Sydney to Geelo… read more

Similar categories in Kgshak Akec's Hopeless Kingdom book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • fiction
  • australia
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19. 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 Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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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20. The Modern

By: Anna Kate Blair

3.10

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

In an age driven by desire, what happens when you want two different things?   Set in the pristin… read more

Similar categories in Anna Kate Blair's The Modern book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. The Honeyeater

By: Jessie Tu

3.59

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A wildly inventive follow up to the acclaimed bestseller A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, winner… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Tu's The Honeyeater book and Yumna Kassab's The Lovers

  • literary fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook

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