18 Best contemporary books like Night of Miracles (Mason, #2) by Elizabeth Berg

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Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

By: Elizabeth Berg

4.02

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

A delightful novel about surprising friendships, community, and the way small acts of kindness can …

"Lincoln sits on the chair and removes his shoes. Then he climbs in bed beside his mother, who does not respond. Jason hopes no one comes in and tells Lincoln to get off the bed. Because he would have to kill that person. He sits in the chair and watches as Lincoln touches his mother's hand, then holds it. "The puppy has a name," he tells her. Nothing. Lincoln moves closer to Abby and closes his eyes."

-Elizabeth Berg, Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

If you liked the contemporary plot in Night of Miracles (Mason, #2) by Elizabeth Berg , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The Wonder of Charlie Anne

By: Kimberly Newton Fusco

4.20

Format: None pages,

Charlie Anne is devastated when her father must go north to build roads after the Depression hits. … read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Newton Fusco's The Wonder of Charlie Anne book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • fiction
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2. House of Daughters

By: Sarah-Kate Lynch

3.82

Format: 224 pages,

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Similar categories in Sarah-Kate Lynch's House of Daughters book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
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3. Twelve Times Blessed

By: Jacquelyn Mitchard

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

It is True Dickinson's birthday and her best friends havegathered on this snowy night to celebrate.… read more

Similar categories in Jacquelyn Mitchard's Twelve Times Blessed book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
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4. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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5. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

Similar categories in Anna Quindlen's After Annie book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

4.14

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Go as a River

By: Shelley Read

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, heart-stopping epic of a young woman's journey to becoming, set against the harsh beaut… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Read's Go as a River book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Women endure. That’s what we do."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Loss has nothing to do with what you do deserve and don’t deserve."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"I learned from their subtle relations... that love is a private matter, to be nurtured, and even mourned, between two beings alone. It belongs to them, and no one else, like a secret treasure, like a…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Try as we might to convince ourselves otherwise, the moments of our becoming cannot be carefully plucked like the ripest and most satisfying peach from the bough. In the endless stumble toward oursel…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

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9. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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10. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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11. Summers at the Saint

By: Mary Kay Andrews

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Summers at the Saint book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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12. The Little Liar

By: Mitch Albom

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Gree… read more

Similar categories in Mitch Albom's The Little Liar book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dead men tell no lies, but their truths must be unearthed."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"But the lies you tell by daylight leave you lonesome in the dark."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"The sad thing is, by the time you share what a loved one wants to hear, they no longer want to hear it."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

"...a lie told once is easy to expose, but a lie told a thousand times can look like the truth. And destroy the world."

-Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

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13. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

By: James McBride

4.00

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more

Similar categories in James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Absolution

By: Alice McDermott

3.81

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more

Similar categories in Alice McDermott's Absolution book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

Similar categories in Amor Towles's Table for Two book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

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16. Within Arm's Reach

By: Ann Napolitano

3.48

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A tender and perceptive debut novel about three generations of an Irish American family jarred into… read more

Similar categories in Ann Napolitano's Within Arm's Reach book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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18. No Two Persons

By: Erica Bauermeister

4.09

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s N… read more

Similar categories in Erica Bauermeister's No Two Persons book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"All that matters is that we try. pg. 79"

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

"Guilt is easier to drown in than any sorrow. pg. 245"

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

"Always start with words. Words last. Tell me a secret from your day."

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

"Did you know that otters sleep holding hands? All night long, so they don't lose each other."

-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons

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19. Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the grand finale of "queen of the beach read" Elin Hilderbrand's beloved Nantucket novels, there… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Swan Song (Nantucket, #4) book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Spend your winter on sunlit shores in the New York Times bestselling follow-up to Winter in Paradis… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2) book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Lust is great in the bedroom, but like is better at breakfast, lunch and dinner."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"She is not a baton to be handed back and forth between them, nor a prize to be won. She is her own person."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

"Ava adores carols that evoke London streets during a new snowfall, the Yule log, brightly lit windows on a square of stately brick homes."

-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)

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21. Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Travel to the bright Caribbean one last time in the satisfying conclusion to the nationally bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3) book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When you're in love, every day is like a present you get to open."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

"Anyone can fall in love, but not just anyone can achieve forgiveness and acceptance and real, deep respect for his or her former partner the way these two have."

-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

Cover of Night of Miracles (Mason, #2) by Elizabeth Berg

22. Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

By: Elizabeth Berg

4.02

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

A delightful novel about surprising friendships, community, and the way small acts of kindness can … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2) book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Lincoln sits on the chair and removes his shoes. Then he climbs in bed beside his mother, who does not respond. Jason hopes no one comes in and tells Lincoln to get off the bed. Because he would have…"

-Elizabeth Berg, Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

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23. Sandwich

By: Catherine Newman

3.75

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Newman's Sandwich book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

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24. Beyond That, the Sea

By: Laura Spence-Ash

4.24

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, tenderhearted love story, Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash tells the story of t… read more

Similar categories in Laura Spence-Ash's Beyond That, the Sea book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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25. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

By: Colleen Oakley

4.05

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Oakley's The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He stilled midair, and then a slow grin spread across his lips. “Do you even know how to work that thing?"

-Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

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26. How to Read a Book

By: Monica Wood

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more

Similar categories in Monica Wood's How to Read a Book book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."

-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book

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27. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)

By: Steven Rowley

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons

28. The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

By: Annie Lyons

4.31

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

It's never too late to start living. Infused with the emotional power of Me Before You and the i… read more

Similar categories in Annie Lyons's The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Life is precious and as long as we have a reason to continue, we should follow that path."

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

"Why is life so sad sometimes?"..."Perhaps it's the universe's way of making you appreciate the happier times"

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

"I always used to think it was silly when people said life was short, but I completely get that now. We're here for such a limited time. The least we can do is try to be kind to the people around us. …"

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

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29. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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30. Odvaha

By: Markéta Lukášková

4.29

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Je odvaha říct ano, nebo je odvaha říct ne? Mladá Židovka Ada si svůj život po válce představovala … read more

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31. Falska toner och söta vinbär (Huskvarnasviten, #5)

By: Ewa Klingberg

3.68

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

Sommaren står i full blom då Therese anländer till den anrika gården Brunstorp i Småland. Här ska h… read more

Similar categories in Ewa Klingberg's Falska toner och söta vinbär (Huskvarnasviten, #5) book and Elizabeth Berg's Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

  • romance

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5.00

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