Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
By: Olivia Ford
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food Nothing…
Want to Read $ 14.99"To want something, she realized, was to make yourself vulnerable to losing it."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
"It's sometimes easy to feel left behind at my age, as if the world has a future and you have no place in it...but I hope to discover that there is meaning and adventure still to be found."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
"...the strongest couples I know have grown together, supporting their partner's changes rather than harnessing or fearing them. It's a bit like growing roses - you don't get to choose exactly which way the stems unfurl, but if you help them climb you get the pleasure of watching them flourish."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
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1. 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
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
2. How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
By: Kristen Perrin
3.80
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
Frances Adams always said she'd be murdered. She was right. It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams … read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"My favourite chess saying is very simple: You can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’ - Rutherford Gravesdown"-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
"You stupid b*tch, you think you're so worthy? You deserve nothing but a hole in the ground. You're a wh*re and a liar, and I swear if you don't stop this I'll snap your scrawny neck like a twig."-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
"Don’t worry, Annie, I’m not going to murder you.’ ‘I appreciate that, Saxon,’ I reply. ‘I’m not going to murder you either.’ And then we both smile, because this is such a strange thing to say ten mi…"-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
"You little b*tch, you think you can stand in my way? You're so used to getting what you want, with your perfect pretty face. If you don't stop I swear I'll ruin that face. I'll put your bones in a bo…"-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
3. 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
4. The Husbands
By: Holly Gramazio
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
5. 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
- 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
6. 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
- 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
7. The Paris Novel
By: Ruth Reichl
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- food
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"The fat was bubbling in a pot on the stove. The potatoes went in, were snatched out, then plunged back in. They emerged crisp and golden; Richard sprinkled them with salt and piled them on a platter,…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle of black encircled each opalescent heart; she thought of orchids. Triangles of le…"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
"A waiter set a small tart of caramelized pears before each of them and added a dab of licorice ice cream. Next came bananas topped with passion fruit and black pepper, little pirouettes of pleasure. …"-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel
8. Sipsworth
By: Simon Van Booy
4.26
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die discovers an unexpected reason to liv… read more
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- adult fiction
- british literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
9. The Rom-Commers
By: Katherine Center
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- family
- adult
- audiobook
"We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers
"If my life were a screenplay, I'd end the story right there and roll credits - and then maybe rewind and watch it again."-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers
"But, it was okay. We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers
"Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them."-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers
10. 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
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- 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
11. 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
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- romance
- adult 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
12. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
By: Olivia Ford
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food Nothing… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Olivia Ford's Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame book and Olivia Ford's Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
- romance
- adult fiction
- british literature
- food
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- family
- adult
- audiobook
"To want something, she realized, was to make yourself vulnerable to losing it."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
"It's sometimes easy to feel left behind at my age, as if the world has a future and you have no place in it...but I hope to discover that there is meaning and adventure still to be found."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
"...the strongest couples I know have grown together, supporting their partner's changes rather than harnessing or fearing them. It's a bit like growing roses - you don't get to choose exactly which w…"-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
13. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
By: Helen Simonson
3.96
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- british literature
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
14. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
15. Sylvia's Second Act
By: Hillary Yablon
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Her husband’s cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn’t going to take it anymore… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
16. The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
By: Samuel Burr
3.86
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties th… read more
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- adult fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"As far as she was concerned, it was something people didn't do enough of: to take a few moments to yourself, when your mind was at its clearest. To reflect on the endless possibilities of the day str…"-Samuel Burr, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
17. Nosy Neighbors
By: Freya Sampson
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Two neighbors-at-war band together to stop a dangerous criminal in their midst in this enthralling … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
18. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
By: Kirsten Miller
4.19
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
19. How to Age Disgracefully
By: Clare Pooley
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully
"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully
20. The Wedding People
By: Alison Espach
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"Phoebe feels powerless to help. She imagines this what mothers often feel."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. to Take things out of the world and make them only yours."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
21. The Briar Club
By: Kate Quinn
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
