6 Best indigenous books like The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson by Leah Purcell

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The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

By: Leah Purcell

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep in the heart of Australia’s high country, along an ancient, hidden track, lives Molly Johnson …

If you liked the indigenous plot in The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson by Leah Purcell , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. 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 Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • historical
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
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2. Homecoming

By: Kate Morton

4.07

Format: 547 pages, Hardcover

Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the groun… read more

Similar categories in Kate Morton's Homecoming book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Stress can make even the most loving mother lose control."

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

"What is the truth anyway?" Jess had once been asked by a curious friend. "It's what happened." "According to whom?"

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

"There's other ways to travel." She was right. He had books, and there was no barrier to the places he could visit in his own mind."

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

"Bad things happen to the best of people, and we cannot let them overwhelm us. Life doesn’t always work out the way we plan, but it does work out in the end."

-Kate Morton, Homecoming

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3. 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 Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • australia
  • book club
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. 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

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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5. 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

Similar categories in Suzie Miller's Prima Facie book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • plays
  • book club
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"All I know is that somewhere. Some time. Somehow. Something has to change."

-Suzie Miller, Prima Facie

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6. 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 Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • literature
  • historical
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson by Leah Purcell

7. The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

By: Leah Purcell

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep in the heart of Australia’s high country, along an ancient, hidden track, lives Molly Johnson … read more

Similar categories in Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • adult fiction
  • literature
  • historical
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • australia
  • book club
  • plays
  • audiobook
Cover of One Italian Summer: Across the World and Back in Search of the Good Life by Pip Williams

8. One Italian Summer: Across the World and Back in Search of the Good Life

By: Pip Williams

3.83

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Pip and Shannon dreamed of living the good life. They wanted to slow down, grow their own food, and… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's One Italian Summer: Across the World and Back in Search of the Good Life book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • australia
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • historical
  • indigenous
  • australia
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
"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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10. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Gabbie Stroud's The Things That Matter Most book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • australia
  • book club
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • indigenous
  • australia
  • fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
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12. The Angry Women's Choir

By: Meg Bignell

4.07

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more

Similar categories in Meg Bignell's The Angry Women's Choir book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • adult fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
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13. The Banksia House Breakout

By: James Roxburgh

3.79

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

When Ruth Morris is moved into Banksia House by her workaholic son Michael, she is eighty-one years… read more

Similar categories in James Roxburgh's The Banksia House Breakout book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • adult fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. 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

Similar categories in Holly Ringland's The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • australia
  • book club
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Tilda Is Visible by Jane Tara

15. Tilda Is Visible

By: Jane Tara

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When Tilda Finch is diagnosed with invisibility, she's not overly surprised – she's felt invisible … read more

Similar categories in Jane Tara's Tilda Is Visible book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • fiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
"Support groups are like bras – some aren’t that supportive."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

"Once we’ve grown used to the weight of loss and the impermanence of everything, something shifts."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

"How the world sees us, how other people see us is meaningless. What’s important is how we see ourselves. We must be visible to ourselves."

-Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

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16. Glenrock

By: Lee Christine

3.90

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A murdered judge. Two missing lawyers. A thrilling tale of mystery and suspense from the bestsellin… read more

Similar categories in Lee Christine's Glenrock book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • audiobook
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17. 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

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • australia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Other Side of Beautiful

By: Kim Lock

3.94

Format: 368 pages, ebook

What happens when fate says 'go'? Lost & Found meets The Rosie Project in a stunning break-out nove… read more

Similar categories in Kim Lock's The Other Side of Beautiful book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • adult fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
"No matter how people fought it, or denied it, or outraged about it. Death happened. Birth happened. Life happened. It was a devastating, as transformative, and a simple as that."

-Kim Lock, The Other Side of Beautiful

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19. Crows Nest

By: Nikki Mottram

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Fleeing problems in her own marriage, child protection worker Dana Gibson leaves Sydney for a job i… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Mottram's Crows Nest book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • australia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2) by Margaret Hickey

20. Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.07

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Stone Town is captivating new rural crime drama from the author of the bestselling Cutters End. … read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Stone Town (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #2) book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • australia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Opposite of Success by Eleanor Elliott Thomas

21. The Opposite of Success

By: Eleanor Elliott Thomas

3.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

All Lorrie wants is to get promoted, accept her body and end global warming. By Friday. Is that rea… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Elliott Thomas's The Opposite of Success book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • fiction
Cover of The Days Toppled Over by Vidya Madabushi

22. The Days Toppled Over

By: Vidya Madabushi

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Malli has an anxiety disorder that renders her unable to speak outside her own home. The highlight … read more

Similar categories in Vidya Madabushi's The Days Toppled Over book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of Something Bad is Going to Happen by Jessie Stephens

23. Something Bad is Going to Happen

By: Jessie Stephens

3.86

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Adella is facing the dawn of a new year and the end of her twenties - and she's in a psychiatric un… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Stephens's Something Bad is Going to Happen book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • adult fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
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24. The Visitors

By: Jane Harrison

3.86

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

On a sweltering day, 26 January, 1788, on a bluff high above Sydney Cove, seven Aboriginal men stan… read more

Similar categories in Jane Harrison's The Visitors book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • historical
  • indigenous
  • australia
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • plays
  • audiobook
Cover of The One and Only Dolly Jamieson by Lisa Ireland

25. The One and Only Dolly Jamieson

By: Lisa Ireland

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The One and Only Dolly Jamieson is a compelling feel-good novel featuring a proud and gutsy heroine… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Ireland's The One and Only Dolly Jamieson book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • adult fiction
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
Cover of I’ll Leave You With This by Kylie Ladd

26. I’ll Leave You With This

By: Kylie Ladd

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

I’ll Leave You With This is a heartbreaking, funny, thought-provoking and honest novel about a brot… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Ladd's I’ll Leave You With This book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • australia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of At the Foot of the Cherry Tree by Alli Parker

27. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree

By: Alli Parker

4.28

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese… read more

Similar categories in Alli Parker's At the Foot of the Cherry Tree book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • historical
  • australia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
  • audiobook
Cover of Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella by Jack Charles

28. Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella

By: Jack Charles

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Jack Charles has worn many hats throughout his life: actor, cat burglar, musician, heroin addict, a… read more

Similar categories in Jack Charles's Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • audiobook
  • australia
  • indigenous
Cover of Black Lies (Dr. Laura Fleming, #2) by Mercedes Mercier

29. Black Lies (Dr. Laura Fleming, #2)

By: Mercedes Mercier

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A shocking crime A killer telling lies ... The most dangerous man is the one with nothing to … read more

Similar categories in Mercedes Mercier's Black Lies (Dr. Laura Fleming, #2) book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings by Dylan Alcott

30. Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings

By: Dylan Alcott

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The astonishing life of Australia's most inspirational athlete Not long after he was born in 1990, … read more

Similar categories in Dylan Alcott's Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Life of You: How a bit of alone time can change your life, relationships, and maybe the world by Kerri Sackville

31. The Secret Life of You: How a bit of alone time can change your life, relationships, and maybe the world

By: Kerri Sackville

3.43

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

'In this powerful meditation on aloneness – as opposed to loneliness – Kerri blends incisive journa… read more

Similar categories in Kerri Sackville's The Secret Life of You: How a bit of alone time can change your life, relationships, and maybe the world book and Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

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Transform Your Habits

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Kate Morton

4.07

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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The Bookbinder

Pip Williams

4.07

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Shankari Chandran

4.21

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Trent Dalton

4.41

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Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1)

Chris Hammer

4.07

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Richard Armitage

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