18 best-selling adult fiction books like California Golden by Melanie Benjamin

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California Golden

By: Melanie Benjamin

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters navigate the turbulent, euphoric early days of California surf culture in this dazzling…

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Cover of The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian

1. The Princess of Las Vegas

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Princess Diana impersonator and her estranged sister find themselves drawn into a dangerous game … read more

Similar categories in Chris Bohjalian's The Princess of Las Vegas book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Happiness Falls by Angie  Kim

2. Happiness Falls

By: Angie Kim

3.75

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more

Similar categories in Angie Kim's Happiness Falls book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"

-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls

Cover of Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki

3. Finding Margaret Fuller

By: Allison Pataki

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central… read more

Similar categories in Allison Pataki's Finding Margaret Fuller book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • feminism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The Invisible Hour

By: Alice Hoffman

3.61

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magi… read more

Similar categories in Alice Hoffman's The Invisible Hour book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"A book doesn't live when it's written. It lives when it's read."

-Alice Hoffman, The Invisible Hour

"Mia now understood that Joel was well aware that once a girl walked into a library she could never be controlled again."

-Alice Hoffman, The Invisible Hour

Cover of Hotel Laguna by Nicola  Harrison

5. Hotel Laguna

By: Nicola Harrison

3.80

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, Hazel Francis left Wichita, Kansas for California, determined to do her part for the war e… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Harrison's Hotel Laguna book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Summer of Songbirds

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

3.97

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Four women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Woodson Harvey's The Summer of Songbirds book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Breakaway

By: Jennifer Weiner

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a warmhearted and empowering new no… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Weiner's The Breakaway book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Little Monsters

By: Adrienne Brodeur

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complica… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Brodeur's Little Monsters book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Our scars are what make us unique. Nothing broken is ever lost."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

"Whenever I paint the truth, no matter how strange, people see themselves in it."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

"To stare into the spiral of a shell was to see the swirl of a galaxy, the logarithmic spiral of life itself, the intertwined miracle of art and science."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

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9. The Spectacular

By: Fiona Davis

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and the glamoro… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Davis's The Spectacular book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"As they moved into the kick line for the big finale, her body tingled with anticipation and suddenly they were kicking in perfect tandem as the audience broke out into applause."

-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular

"She turned to see Peter leaning against the building a few feet away. He wore a navy peacoat and a woolen cap over his head, and some of his curls peeked out from the sides. His eyes were blue and br…"

-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular

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10. The Divorcées

By: Rowan Beaird

3.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Lois Saunders thought marrying the right man would cure her loneliness, but as picture-perfect as h… read more

Similar categories in Rowan Beaird's The Divorcées book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Sandwich by Catherine Newman

11. 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 Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • 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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12. The Beach at Summerly

By: Beatriz Williams

3.89

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Beatriz Williams returns with a ravishing summer read, taking readers bac… read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's The Beach at Summerly book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Roaring Days of Zora Lily by Noelle Salazar

13. The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

By: Noelle Salazar

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The discovery of a hidden label on a famous gown unearths the story of a talented young seamstress … read more

Similar categories in Noelle Salazar's The Roaring Days of Zora Lily book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Life would always throw challenges, but it was up to me to consider each and every one and make a choice about how I would take it on. And I was up to the task."

-Noelle Salazar, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

"No other person should ever get credit for being the best part of who you are. They may have helped shape you, lent you ides, shown you other possibilities, but you are you. Simple as that. Know your…"

-Noelle Salazar, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

"Art, I understood now, was so much more than the sum of its brush strokes, curved clay appendages, or intricate stitching. There were stories woven, kneaded, and scratches into each piece. Blood, swe…"

-Noelle Salazar, The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

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14. Diva

By: Daisy Goodwin

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair … read more

Similar categories in Daisy Goodwin's Diva book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of California Golden by Melanie Benjamin

15. California Golden

By: Melanie Benjamin

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters navigate the turbulent, euphoric early days of California surf culture in this dazzling… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Benjamin's California Golden book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • coming of age
  • feminism
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of All You Have to Do Is Call by Kerri Maher

16. All You Have to Do Is Call

By: Kerri Maher

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A dramatic and inspiring novel based on the true story of the Jane Collective and the brave women w… read more

Similar categories in Kerri Maher's All You Have to Do Is Call book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • feminism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I wish you could understand what it's like to have to stop doing something you love, something important , just because your body is made to carry children. No one else can do this for me...."

-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call

"No matter what you want to call it," Veronica said, steering clear of words like cells and fetus that might further inflame Patty, "it resides inside a fully grown woman with a life to lead. Jane hel…"

-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call

"[She] hadn't given a lot of thought to the many reasons why women needed abortions, but there was such a wide range: maternal health, money, rape and incest, shocking cluelessness about how pregnancy…"

-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call

Cover of The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn

17. 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

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of All the Summers in Between by Brooke Lea  Foster

18. All the Summers in Between

By: Brooke Lea Foster

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When wealthy, impulsive summer girl Margot meets hardworking and steady local girl Thea in the summ… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Lea Foster's All the Summers in Between book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sunset Crowd by Karin Tanabe

19. The Sunset Crowd

By: Karin Tanabe

3.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Rodeo Drive to the French Riviera, Karin Tanabe's The Sunset Crowd is a tale of survival and r… read more

Similar categories in Karin Tanabe's The Sunset Crowd book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers by Sarah  Tomlinson

20. The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers

By: Sarah Tomlinson

3.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Daisy Jones & The Six and Almost Famous , a gripping debut about the complicate… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Tomlinson's The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Husbands & Lovers

By: Beatriz Williams

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—discover … read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's Husbands & Lovers book and Melanie Benjamin's California Golden

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

21 best-selling fiction books like California Golden by Melanie Benjamin

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The Princess of Las Vegas

Chris Bohjalian

3.53

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Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

3.75

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Finding Margaret Fuller

Allison Pataki

4.11

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The Invisible Hour

Alice Hoffman

3.61

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Sunset Crowd by Karin Tanabe

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The Beautiful People

Michelle Gable

3.73

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The Celebrants

Steven Rowley

3.64

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The Paris Novel

Ruth Reichl

3.84

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Hotel Laguna

Nicola Harrison

3.80

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