22 must-read nonfiction books like The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts

Cover of The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts

The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

By: Eddie Betts

4.17

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the 2023 Indie Book Awards. It’s a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG.…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts , here is a list of 22 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

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  • australia
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • australia
  • indigenous
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3. 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

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  • australia
  • audiobook
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4. Time of My Life

By: Myf Warhurst

4.13

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

From the much-loved Myf Warhurst comes a captivating and joyous memoir of wisdom, humour and heart … read more

Similar categories in Myf Warhurst's Time of My Life book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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5. Unbreakable

By: Jelena Dokic

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival. How she survived as a refugee, twice. How she survived … read more

Similar categories in Jelena Dokic's Unbreakable book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • sports
  • audiobook
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6. My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork

By: Ash Barty

4.23

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, ri… read more

Similar categories in Ash Barty's My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts

7. The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

By: Eddie Betts

4.17

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the 2023 Indie Book Awards. It’s a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG.… read more

Similar categories in Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Showing Up by Nedd Brockmann

8. 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 Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Let Go: It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media by Hugh van Cuylenburg

9. Let Go: It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media

By: Hugh van Cuylenburg

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

If ever there was a time for us to be resilient, it was when a deadly virus emerged and engulfed th… read more

Similar categories in Hugh van Cuylenburg's Let Go: It's time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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10. Big Love: Reclaiming myself, my people, my country

By: Brooke Blurton

4.34

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A raw, moving and uplifting memoir about courage, resilience and the transformative power of love, … read more

Similar categories in Brooke Blurton's Big Love: Reclaiming myself, my people, my country book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Other Bridget

By: Rachael Johns

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A feelgood romantic comedy by Australia's bestselling romance writer, ideal for fans of Emily Henry… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner by Grace Tame

12. 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 Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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13. Honest Chat: How to tackle your feelings and befriend vulnerability

By: Dylan Buckley

4.24

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Like a lot of footy blokes, having a chat has always come easy to Dylan Buckley. But how to move be… read more

Similar categories in Dylan Buckley's Honest Chat: How to tackle your feelings and befriend vulnerability book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • nonfiction
Cover of Joy Moody is Out of Time by Kerryn Mayne

14. Joy Moody is Out of Time

By: Kerryn Mayne

3.96

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

On her twin daughters’ twenty-first birthday, Joy Moody – proprietor of Bayside’s premier laundroma… read more

Similar categories in Kerryn Mayne's Joy Moody is Out of Time book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech by Julia Gillard

15. Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech

By: Julia Gillard

4.28

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly an… read more

Similar categories in Julia Gillard's Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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16. Tell Me Again

By: Amy Thunig

4.41

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding … read more

Similar categories in Amy Thunig's Tell Me Again book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
"Chapter 20-Part 2 "The hardest part of childhood with parents with these and are criminalised, isn’t necessarily life inside your home, it's how you are treated and mistreated by those outside your h…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

"I have been reading Amy Thunigs book. And this quote stood out to me. I really think this explains a lot about how AOD stigma and harmful prohibition drug policies that disproportionately criminalize…"

-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again

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17. A Shadow at the Door

By: Jo Dixon

3.84

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The House of Now and Then comes a vividly portrayed story that revea… read more

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18. Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music

By: Archie Roach

4.63

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B07S8QVZR5 A powerful memoir of a true Australian legend: stolen… read more

Similar categories in Archie Roach's Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of Love & Pain : The Epic Times and Crooked Lines of Life Inside and Outside Silverchair by Ben Gillies

19. Love & Pain : The Epic Times and Crooked Lines of Life Inside and Outside Silverchair

By: Ben Gillies

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful, untold story of two of the three members of iconic Australian band Silverchair. It… read more

Similar categories in Ben Gillies's Love & Pain : The Epic Times and Crooked Lines of Life Inside and Outside Silverchair book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of I Am NOT Fine, Thanks by Wil Anderson

20. I Am NOT Fine, Thanks

By: Wil Anderson

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'How are you?' How am I? How am I? How do you think I am? I know in the Before Times the traditi… read more

Similar categories in Wil Anderson's I Am NOT Fine, Thanks book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
Cover of Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella by Jack Charles

21. 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 Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • indigenous
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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22. Joel Selwood: All In

By: Joel Selwood

4.15

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

In his long-awaited, official autobiography, All In, Joel Selwood reveals the grit, determination, … read more

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

23. 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 Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
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24. The Boys' Club

By: Michael Warner

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The Boys' Club is the must-read inside story behind the power and politics of AFL, Australia's bigg… read more

Similar categories in Michael Warner's The Boys' Club book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
  • australia
Cover of Fearless: Finding the Power to Thrive by Jelena Dokic

25. Fearless: Finding the Power to Thrive

By: Jelena Dokic

4.01

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you find hope when all is lost? How do you find strength when you feel broken? How do you fi… read more

Similar categories in Jelena Dokic's Fearless: Finding the Power to Thrive book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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26. My Journey to the World Cup

By: Sam Kerr

3.44

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Follow Sam Kerr’s incredible journey from playing Aussie Rules as a kid to becoming one of the worl… read more

Similar categories in Sam Kerr's My Journey to the World Cup book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • sports
  • audiobook
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27. Behind the Voice

By: Anthony Callea

4.17

Format: None pages, Audiobook

An honest and candid memoir from one of Australia’s most phenomenal voices. A story of determinatio… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Callea's Behind the Voice book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Nowhere to Hide: A memoir of football, mental health and resilience by Tom Boyd

28. Nowhere to Hide: A memoir of football, mental health and resilience

By: Tom Boyd

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A revealing and candid account of former AFL footballer Tom Boyd's struggle with mental health. … read more

Similar categories in Tom Boyd's Nowhere to Hide: A memoir of football, mental health and resilience book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Don't Look Away: A memoir of identity & acceptance by Danielle Laidley

29. Don't Look Away: A memoir of identity & acceptance

By: Danielle Laidley

4.32

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

'It's an inspiring, disarming, and deeply moving book, and it deserves to be widely read.' Craig Si… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Laidley's Don't Look Away: A memoir of identity & acceptance book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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30. The Bright Side

By: Jack Riewoldt

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his gritty and inspirational memoir, Jack Riewoldt reveals all about his remarkable AFL career a… read more

Similar categories in Jack Riewoldt's The Bright Side book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography
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31. From the Heart

By: Trent Cotchin

4.06

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

When Trent Cotchin was handed the reins of Richmond Football Club's team in 2013, he was a 22-year-… read more

Similar categories in Trent Cotchin's From the Heart book and Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

  • biography

23 best-selling audiobook books like The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Safe Haven

Shankari Chandran

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Time of My Life

Myf Warhurst

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Unbreakable

Jelena Dokic

4.16

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27 best-selling audiobook books like Time of My Life by Myf Warhurst

Transform Your Habits

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

4.13

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Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here

Heather Rose

3.96

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