18 must-read fiction books like Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale

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Take Nothing With You

By: Patrick Gale

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of A Place Called Winter comes a new novel of boyhood, coming of age, a…

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1. A Year of Marvellous Ways

By: Sarah Winman

3.87

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Cornwall, 1947. Marvellous Ways is a ninety-year-old woman who's lived alone in a remote creek for … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Winman's A Year of Marvellous Ways book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"He dived into a bottomless pit of sleep"

-Sarah Winman, A Year of Marvellous Ways

"You have to risk failure to become excellent."

-Sarah Winman, A Year of Marvellous Ways

"There was no point in tears outliving eyes, so she let them fall."

-Sarah Winman, A Year of Marvellous Ways

"Coming back from the dead is not quite the same as coming back to life."

-Sarah Winman, A Year of Marvellous Ways

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2. The Story of the Night

By: Colm Tóibín

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of Brooklynand The Master, a powerful, brave, and moving novel set in… read more

Similar categories in Colm Tóibín's The Story of the Night book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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3. Any Human Heart

By: William Boyd

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Logan Gonzago Mountstuart, writer, was born in 1906, and died of a heart attack on October 5, 1991,… read more

Similar categories in William Boyd's Any Human Heart book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. At Swim, Two Boys

By: Jamie O'Neill

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Praised as "a work of wild, vaulting ambition and achievement" by Entertainment Weekly, Jamie O'Nei… read more

Similar categories in Jamie O'Neill's At Swim, Two Boys book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer

5. Where My Heart Used to Beat

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.95

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The new bestseller from the author of Birdsongand A Week in December. "You don't live the life I h… read more

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6. The Other Side of the Bridge

By: Mary Lawson

4.22

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the beloved #1 national bestseller Crow Lake comes an exceptional new novel of j… read more

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7. Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary

By: Nina Stibbe

3.66

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

How do I get rid of the mosquitoes infesting the garden? Should my kids be drinking so much? And wh… read more

Similar categories in Nina Stibbe's Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • audiobook
  • contemporary
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8. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Water book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Earth book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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10. In Memoriam

By: Alice Winn

4.53

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more

Similar categories in Alice Winn's In Memoriam book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"It’s intimate."

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Call me Sidney,"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Where’s the rest of it?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Do you believe in magic?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

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11. River East, River West

By: Aube Rey Lescure

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION Set against the backdrop of developing modern Chin… read more

Similar categories in Aube Rey Lescure's River East, River West book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"They each had puzzle pieces that might never lock into a flat smooth hole."

-Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West

"She was alone and grown. And had somehow done the worst thing a Chinese woman could do, whore herself out to a white man"

-Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West

"She told her mother the most important, most devastating thing that had happened to her and somehow it had turned into a fight."

-Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West

"She still said nothing. You are fifteen and this is living life, she thought. She'd be like Serena or Blair or those girls on TV. Powerful."

-Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West

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12. Restless Dolly Maunder

By: Kate Grenville

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more

Similar categories in Kate Grenville's Restless Dolly Maunder book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. A Song of Me and You

By: Mike Gayle

3.95

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Helen and Ben parted as heartbroken 18-year-olds and went their very separate ways.Twenty years lat… read more

Similar categories in Mike Gayle's A Song of Me and You book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Frank and Red

By: Matt Coyne

4.57

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes, the friend you need is the one you never saw coming. Frank and Red are a mess. F… read more

Similar categories in Matt Coyne's Frank and Red book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Blessings

By: Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this gay coming-of-age novel from an astonishing young talent, s… read more

Similar categories in Chukwuebuka Ibeh's Blessings book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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16. Deadly Animals

By: Marie Tierney

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Finding a dead body is not normal. But Ava is not a normal teenager. In this chilling debut mystery… read more

Similar categories in Marie Tierney's Deadly Animals book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)

By: Richard Coles

3.87

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3) book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale

18. Take Nothing With You

By: Patrick Gale

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of A Place Called Winter comes a new novel of boyhood, coming of age, a… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • music
  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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19. Storm

By: Stephanie Merritt

3.87

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful French chateau Jo Lawless is still grieving her husband when his oldest friends invite… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Merritt's Storm book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Dry Spell by Clare Chambers

20. A Dry Spell

By: Clare Chambers

3.91

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - WINNER of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-T… read more

Similar categories in Clare Chambers's A Dry Spell book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • fiction
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21. The Last Romeo

By: Justin Myers

3.46

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

James is 34 and fed up. His six-year relationship with Adam has imploded, he hates his job making u… read more

Similar categories in Justin Myers's The Last Romeo book and Patrick Gale's Take Nothing With You

  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Why wait until I was dead, for someone else to tell my story?"

-Justin Myers, The Last Romeo

"If only men knew how charming, how attractive it is to admit fault. To say they fudged it, to confess they don’t know something, to be willing to learn. It’s hot. Refreshing."

-Justin Myers, The Last Romeo

10 best-selling contemporary books like Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale

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A Year of Marvellous Ways

Sarah Winman

3.87

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Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary

Nina Stibbe

3.66

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Water

John Boyne

4.33

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Earth

John Boyne

4.34

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20 Best fiction books like Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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Born on a Tuesday

Elnathan John

3.00

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Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Evenings and Weekends

Oisín McKenna

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Blessings

Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

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