22 must-read audiobook books like The Shape of Family by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

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The Shape of Family

By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

3.81

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

From the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son comes a poignant, u…

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1. The Way the Crow Flies

By: Ann-Marie MacDonald

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Paperback

The optimism of the early sixties, infused with the excitement of the space race and the menace of … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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2. When the Moon is Low

By: Nadia Hashimi

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Mahmoud's passion for his wife Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she's ever known.… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

3. Kit's Law

By: Donna Morrissey

3.00

Format: 282 pages,

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4. I'll Be Seeing You

By: Suzanne Palmieri , Loretta Nyhan , Suzanne Hayes

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

I'll Be Seeing You is a deeply moving union of style and charm. Filled with unforgettable character… read more

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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

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

By: Colm Tóibín

3.82

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly movi… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Real Americans

By: Rachel Khong

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

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9. Family Family

By: Laurie Frankel

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"

-Laurie Frankel, Family Family

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10. The Museum of Failures

By: Thrity Umrigar

4.13

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • india
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Because, ultimately everybody's story was written in scars."

-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures

"He had often thought of Bombay as the museum of failures, an exhibit hall filled with thwarted dreams and broken promises."

-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures

"Of course, there were unhappy people everywhere on earth, and if you catalogued all their griefs and disappointments, every place could be considered a museum of failures. One could argue that this w…"

-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures

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11. The Lost Book of Bonn

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.95

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Shape of Family

By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

3.81

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

From the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son comes a poignant, u… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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13. The Bittlemores

By: Jann Arden

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
  • audiobook
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15. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. A New Season

By: Terry Fallis

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From beloved and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a novel unlike any of his others. A thoughtf… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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17. Un simple dîner

By: Cécile Tlili

3.65

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"Dans le miroir de la salle de bains, elle se dévisage, et se voit telle que les amis d’Étienne von… read more

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  • fiction
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18. The Inheritance

By: Joanna Goodman

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compu… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Une façon d'aimer

By: Dominique Barbéris

3.20

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"Il n'était pas très grand ; des cheveux bruns, peignés en arrière et crantés, le front haut, une c… read more

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20. The Forgotten Home Child

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The Home for Unwanted Girls meets Orphan Train in this unforgettable novel about a young girl caugh… read more

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  • canada
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Secret History of Audrey James

By: Heather Marshall

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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22. The Choice

By: Penny Hancock

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Renee Gulliver appears to have it all: a beautiful house overlooking a scenic estuary on England’s … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist by Donna Morrissey

23. Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist

By: Donna Morrissey

4.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE 2022 ATLANTIC BOOK AWARDS’ EVELYN RICHARDSON NON-FICTION AWAR… read more

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  • canada
  • audiobook
"Pride goes before common sense."

-Donna Morrissey, Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist

"Our tales do more than dismantle social standings and generate camaraderie and entertainment. They create a space for one's past, touching its flesh through memory and shedding a light that illuminat…"

-Donna Morrissey, Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist

"...friends can be the caregivers of our hearts. They fill the empty chambers and warm them with cheer. They revive the spirit through hope and transform pain into learning and learning into laughter.…"

-Donna Morrissey, Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist

"She laughed. 'Ahh, Donna, luv, I've missed you.' She leaned forward. 'And you've no need to race anywhere; you've already won the biggest of all races--' 'What race? Aside from that screenplay compet…"

-Donna Morrissey, Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist

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24. The Offing

By: Roz Nay

3.86

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Two young women are trapped in a deadly chase through the beautiful, dangerous waters around Austra… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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25. How the Light Gets In

By: Joyce Maynard

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Maynard's How the Light Gets In book and Shilpi Somaya Gowda's The Shape of Family

  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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26. Only Sisters

By: Lilian Nattel

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

One sister runs away and the other stays behind. But what happens when the dutiful sister has to im… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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27. Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters

By: Anita Kushwaha

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

For readers of Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s "Secret Daughter" and Nancy Richler’s "The Imposter Bride", a … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

28. Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other

By: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

3.31

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

INSTANT #1 TORONTO STAR and GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLERSophie Grégoire Trudeau invites readers on a d… read more

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  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of Trouver refuge by Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot

29. Trouver refuge

By: Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot

3.43

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

Tout est allé très vite : d’abord des gestes d’intimidation, puis des menaces directes. Un soir, Sa… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite

30. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

By: Jessica Waite

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of Health for All: A Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada by Jane Philpott

31. Health for All: A Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada

By: Jane Philpott

4.35

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

An Instant #1 National Bestseller • From one of Canada's most respected and high-profile health pro… read more

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  • canada

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