9 Top contemporary books like The Precious Jules by Shawn Nocher

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The Precious Jules

By: Shawn Nocher

4.45

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

A deeply felt family narrative that examines the fine line between selfishness and what passes for …

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1. The Elephant Keeper

By: Christopher Nicholson

3.50

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

"I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like; he replied that it was like nothing on earth." … read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Unsaid

By: Neil Abramson

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

As a veterinarian, Helena had mercifully escorted thousands of animals to the other side. Now, havi… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Widows' Adventures

By: Charles Dickinson

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. All the Good Things

By: Clare Fisher

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-one year old Beth is in prison. The thing she did is so bad she doesn't deserve to ever feel… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line

By: Michael Gibney

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The back must slave to feed the belly. . . . In this urgent and unique book, chef Michael Gibney us… read more

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6. Bread Upon the Waters

By: Irwin Shaw

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Stands are a self-reliant family in New York City. Far from wealthy they are still reasonably c… read more

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7. Skylight Confessions

By: Alice Hoffman

4.33

Format: 57 pages,

Writing at the height of her powers, Alice Hoffman conjures three generations of a family haunted b… read more

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8. The Good Father

By: Diane Chamberlain

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Four years ago, nineteen-year-old Travis Brown made a choice: to raise his newborn daughter on his … read more

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9. The French Promise (Luc & Lisette #2)

By: Fiona McIntosh

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Luc and Lisette Ravens - a former French resistance fighter and a one-time British spy - have someh… read more

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10. Skyward

By: Mary Alice Monroe

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

E.R. nurse Ella Majors has seen all the misery that she can handle. Burned-out and unsure of her ne… read more

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11. Rosy Is My Relative

By: Gerald Durrell

4.00

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

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12. A Clergyman's Daughter

By: George Orwell

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutif… read more

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13. The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese

4.45

Format: 724 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. When the Jessamine Grows

By: Donna Everhart

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From one of the most powerful and authentic voices in Southern fiction comes a historical novel wit… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. Where Butterflies Wander

By: Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes the moving story of a family grappling with grie… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Morning in This Broken World

By: Katrina Kittle

4.34

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Kindness of Strangers comes a poignant and life-affirming novel … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Madstone

By: Elizabeth Crook

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With echoes of Lonesome Dove and News of the World, the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Your mother leaned her head on my shoulder. I hardly breathed for having it there. I had certainly never felt so alive and cozy whilst nearly frozen to death."

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"Despite I was tired, it was a comfort to stare at the red and brown stripes of the blanket in the lantern light and move my fingers along them. It was a steady, dependable task, as opposed to every o…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"We had one horse, one mule, and a wagon. We had Horhay with his limp arm and his long past, and Dickie with his hopes for the necklace now dashed and turned to dread of its curse, and me with my ache…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"Had we been in town amongst people, then we might have been merely interested at the news of having a cursed item in our possession. But out in the midst of no place, shielded by only a scanty wall o…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

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18. The Precious Jules

By: Shawn Nocher

4.45

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

A deeply felt family narrative that examines the fine line between selfishness and what passes for … read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Kill Shot (The Fighting Detective #1) by Blair Denholm

19. Kill Shot (The Fighting Detective #1)

By: Blair Denholm

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Missing people. Shocking crimes. Dark secrets. When a fisherman finds a mutilated body on the ed… read more

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  • fiction
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20. Bessie

By: Linda Kass

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Just days after the close of World War II, Bess Myerson—, the college-educated daughter of poor Rus… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The View from Half Dome

By: Jill Caugherty

4.15

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

1934. Isabel longs to escape her squalid San Francisco neighborhood. While her mother struggles to … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. Angeline

By: Anna Quinn

4.03

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

After surviving a tragedy that killed her entire family, sixteen-year-old Meg joins a cloistered co… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. Eternal Deception (The House of Closed Doors)

By: Jane Steen

4.36

Format: 476 pages, Paperback

Love or independence? Few choices remain for Nell and her new family on the Kansas frontier…Kansas,… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. Dry Spells

By: Archana Maniar

4.15

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

"A beautiful, vivid and atmospheric ... story of loss and redemption" - Fiona Valpy A devastating … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Black Silk and Sympathy (Tatty Crowe #1) by Deborah Challinor

25. Black Silk and Sympathy (Tatty Crowe #1)

By: Deborah Challinor

4.15

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

A dazzling new series from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor, exploring the f… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. Mother Doll

By: Katya Apekina

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic novel about the shadow of trauma in Russian history that follows four generations o… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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27. The Lord's Prayer: The Meaning and Power of the Prayer Jesus Taught

By: Adam Hamilton

4.56

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

The power and significance of the prayer Jesus taught.Most Christians know the Lord’s Prayer by hea… read more

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28. The Delta in the Rearview Mirror: The Life and Death of Mississippi's First Winery

By: Di Rushing

4.59

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

After graduating from Mississippi State University in 1976, Di Rushing and her husband, Sam, found … read more

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29. You'll Never Find Us: A Memoir

By: Jeanne Baker Guy

4.38

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In 1977, Jeanne’s German nationalist ex-husband, Klaus, tells her he’s gotten a new job and wants t… read more

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30. The Wartime Matchmakers

By: Lauren Smith

4.43

Format: 650 pages, Kindle Edition

When the world went to war... they fought for love. England, 1939: The world is on the brink of … read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Blooming Of Alison Brennan by Kath  Engebretson

31. The Blooming Of Alison Brennan

By: Kath Engebretson

4.11

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

A family full of secrets…and one girl who must survive. Sixteen-year-old Alison Brennan’s mother, … read more

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18 best-selling fiction books like The Precious Jules by Shawn Nocher

Transform Your Habits

The Elephant Keeper

Christopher Nicholson

3.50

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Unsaid

Neil Abramson

3.56

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The Widows' Adventures

Charles Dickinson

3.89

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All the Good Things

Clare Fisher

3.78

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Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

4.06

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The Extinction of Irena Rey

Jennifer Croft

3.26

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All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

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Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

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