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Books like True History of the Kelly Gang
The best books like True History of the Kelly Gang are Oscar and Lucinda, In Cold Blood, and The Executioner's Song. True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey is about colonial injustice, outlaw mythology, class and dispossession. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Oscar and Lucinda
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Peter Carey · Historical fiction
Oscar Hopkins is an English Anglican minister with a gambling compulsion and a terror of almost everything.
A kindred historical fiction read.
Read the summary → - In Cold Blood
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Truman Capote · Memoir
Truman Capote's account of the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas — and of the investigation, capture, trial, and execution of the killers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock — is the founding document of the true crime genre and one of the most admired works of American nonfiction of the twentieth century.
A kindred historical fiction read.
Read the summary → - The Executioner's Song
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Norman Mailer · Memoir
The Executioner's Song is Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who in 1977 became the first person executed in the United States after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty.
A kindred historical fiction read.
Read the summary → - All Quiet on the Western Front
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque · History
All Quiet on the Western Front follows Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier who enlists with his classmates during the First World War after being swept up in patriotic speeches.
A kindred historical fiction read.
Read the summary → - The Cuckoo's Calling
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Robert Galbraith · Mystery
The Cuckoo's Calling was published in 2013 under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith and received modest but positive reviews before an anonymous tip revealed the author was J.K.
Shares identity and performance and loyalty and betrayal with True History of the Kelly Gang.
Read the summary → - The Maltese Falcon
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Dashiell Hammett · Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade is hired by a woman calling herself Miss Wonderly to find her missing sister — a lie within thirty seconds of the novel opening.
Shares identity and performance and loyalty and betrayal with True History of the Kelly Gang.
Read the summary → - A Darker Shade of Magic
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V.E. Schwab · Fantasy
A Darker Shade of Magic is set across four parallel versions of London — Red, Grey, White, and the long-destroyed Black — each existing in the same location but separated by the barriers between worlds.
Both dig into loyalty and betrayal.
Read the summary → - A Game of Thrones
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George R.R. Martin · Fantasy
A Game of Thrones is the first volume of George R.R.
Both dig into loyalty and betrayal.
Read the summary → - An Ember in the Ashes
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Sabaa Tahir · Fantasy
An Ember in the Ashes is set in a Roman Empire-inspired world where the Martial empire has conquered and brutalized the Scholar people for centuries.
Both dig into loyalty and betrayal.
Read the summary → - Conversations with Friends
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Sally Rooney · Literary fiction
Conversations with Friends is told by Frances, a twenty-one-year-old Dublin student who performs spoken-word poetry with her best friend and ex-girlfriend Bobbi.
Both dig into identity and performance.
Read the summary → - Death on the Nile
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Agatha Christie · Mystery
A luxury Nile cruise becomes the setting for one of Agatha Christie's most accomplished locked-room puzzles.
Both dig into identity and performance.
Read the summary → - Great Expectations
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Charles Dickens · Classics
Great Expectations follows Pip, an orphan boy on the Kent marshes who is yanked from modest obscurity into the orbit of wealth and social aspiration when an anonymous benefactor funds his move to London.
Both dig into loyalty and betrayal.
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Books like True History of the Kelly Gang: quick answers
What are the best books like True History of the Kelly Gang?
The best books like True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey are Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with True History of the Kelly Gang, such as colonial injustice, outlaw mythology, class and dispossession.
What should I read after True History of the Kelly Gang?
A natural next read after True History of the Kelly Gang is Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey. A kindred historical fiction read. Other strong choices are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.
What books are similar to True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey?
True History of the Kelly Gang centers on colonial injustice, outlaw mythology, class and dispossession. Books with a similar feel include Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
