9 Top contemporary books like Half a Heart by Karen McQuestion

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Half a Heart

By: Karen McQuestion

4.38

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling author Karen McQuestion comes a moving novel about broken hearts…and what it takes…

If you liked the contemporary plot in Half a Heart by Karen McQuestion , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Stars Don't Lie

By: Boo Walker

4.14

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A man who thought he put his shattered past behind him embarks on a reflective journey home in a he… read more

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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"One day you’ll realize you worked your whole life to get to a point where you can start living, and the one regret you’ll have is you could have been living all along."

-Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

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2. 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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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • drama
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3. A Storm of Infinite Beauty

By: Julianne MacLean

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • drama
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4. A Different Kind of Gone

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.19

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

The truth behind a teenage girl’s disappearance becomes something to conceal in a gripping novel ab… read more

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  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • drama
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5. The Promise of Tomorrow

By: Mary Ellen Taylor

4.30

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of The Brighter the Light comes the moving story about one woman’s reason for leavi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. The Winter Waif

By: Lynette Rees

4.30

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

'A touching and at times heart-rending story' Rosie Clarke All she wants is a place to call home...… read more

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7. The Last Orphan (The Last Orphan Books Book 1)

By: Jeffrey Lowder

4.26

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

2020 Winner New York City Big Book award 2020 Distinguished Favorite-Western Fiction by Independent… read more

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  • fiction
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8. The Pick-Pocket Orphans

By: Lindsey Hutchinson

4.47

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Thirteen-year-old Alice Truelove can’t take another day of her father’s cruelty. Better a life on t… read more

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9. The Austrian Bride

By: Helen Parusel

4.44

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Austria, 1938 After years of hardship, Ella is full of hope for a better future for Austrians, a… read more

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  • fiction
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10. The Girl She Left Behind

By: Jo Bartlett

4.24

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

A family in turmoil... Phoebe Spencer left home a long time ago, desperate to get away from her … read more

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  • fiction
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11. Half a Heart

By: Karen McQuestion

4.38

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling author Karen McQuestion comes a moving novel about broken hearts…and what it takes… read more

Similar categories in Karen McQuestion's Half a Heart book and Karen McQuestion's Half a Heart

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • womens fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • abuse
  • drama
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12. An Unfinished Story

By: Boo Walker

4.35

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

A grieving widow and a disenchanted writer form an unexpected bond in a novel about second chances … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Settling the Wind

By: Kari August

4.20

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

The harsh and rugged Colorado frontier of 1875 is not the type of place most would consider suitabl… read more

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14. The Tuscan Orphan

By: Siobhan Daiko

4.13

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

1944 - When an air raid strikes the hospital she’s been working in, Carrie’s life irrevocably chang… read more

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  • fiction
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15. My Sister's Baby

By: Louise Guy

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Your sister once saved your life… Would you repay her with the child she’s always dreamed of? Li… read more

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  • contemporary
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16. A Good Enough Mother

By: Sheila Norton

4.11

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Mia is telling me a story. It’s about a princess, who lives in a castle, on a street that bears a r… read more

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17. The Family Next Door

By: Caroline Finnerty

4.25

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

On the quiet street of St Brigid’s Terrace in Dublin, Eileen Murphy lives alone at number 26 with h… read more

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  • fiction
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18. The Red Road: Book One of the McGinn Family Saga

By: J.E. McCarthy

4.26

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

First Place Winner, Fall 2023 Historical FictionThere’s no greater duty than family…In the heart of… read more

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  • fiction
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19. The Widow's Watcher

By: Eliza Maxwell

4.39

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

From Eliza Maxwell, the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl, comes a gripping novel about t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Jenna didn't have emotions to spare for other people's pain."

-Eliza Maxwell, The Widow's Watcher

"Is there anything so empty as something that's once been full?"

-Eliza Maxwell, The Widow's Watcher

"Connections were what kept people tied to the world. Without connections, there was nothing left to stop them from simply floating away. Somtehing as simple as a stranger on the other end of the line…"

-Eliza Maxwell, The Widow's Watcher

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20. Dancing with the Sun

By: Kay Bratt

4.22

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Wish Me Home comes a heart-racing tale of resilience and hope. Wh… read more

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  • audiobook
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Last Orphan Escape (The Last Orphan Books Book 2) by Jeffrey Lowder

21. The Last Orphan Escape (The Last Orphan Books Book 2)

By: Jeffrey Lowder

4.42

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

September 7-11, 1861. The Mountain Meadows Massacre.On the orders of local Mormon church leaders, 1… read more

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15 Best fiction books like Half a Heart by Karen McQuestion

Transform Your Habits

The Stars Don't Lie

Boo Walker

4.14

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Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

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A Storm of Infinite Beauty

Julianne MacLean

4.31

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A Different Kind of Gone

Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.19

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The Last Time I Saw You

Jo Leevers

4.04

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In the Midnight Rain

Barbara O'Neal

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

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No Place Like Home: A Novel

Barbara O'Neal

4.51

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