The Museum of Ordinary People
By: Mike Gayle
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, Jess is about to do the hardest thing she's ever…
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1. The Paris Daughter
By: Kristin Harmel
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more
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- adult fiction
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"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter
2. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
3. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
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- contemporary
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"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
4. Amazing Grace Adams
By: Fran Littlewood
3.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick Bernadette , Eleanor Oliph… read more
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- audiobook
5. The Secret Book of Flora Lea
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.07
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more
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- audiobook
- adult fiction
- fiction
- books about books
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea
"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea
6. No Two Persons
By: Erica Bauermeister
4.09
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s N… read more
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"All that matters is that we try. pg. 79"-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Guilt is easier to drown in than any sorrow. pg. 245"-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Always start with words. Words last. Tell me a secret from your day."-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Did you know that otters sleep holding hands? All night long, so they don't lose each other."-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
7. The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley
By: Courtney Walsh
4.19
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness. Isadora Bentley follows the… read more
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- chick lit
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- audiobook
8. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
4.04
Format: 339 pages, Paperback
Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
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- contemporary
9. The Wishing Game
By: Meg Shaffer
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Make a wish. . . . Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents … read more
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"Hate is a knife without a handle. You can't cut something with it without cutting yourself."-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Another thing I learned in therapy?" Angie said. "The kids in dysfunctional families who act out and rebel are the ones who are the healthiest mentally. They're the ones who see that something's wron…"-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
"Once, he'd loved the ocean. Loved seeing it every morning, every night. Seeing all its facets, all its faces. Not many people knew what the sea looked like in all seasons, under all phases of the moo…"-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game
10. The Burnout
By: Sophie Kinsella
3.69
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Sasha has had it. She cannot bring herself to respond to another inane, “urgent” (but obviously not… read more
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"The ride is it!"-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout
"If you’re not kind, never mind."-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout
"You do not need an unkind man in your life right now. Or ever."-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout
"Maybe I can’t commune with nature, but I sure as hell can commune with carbs."-Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout
11. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
By: Colleen Oakley
4.05
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more
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"He stilled midair, and then a slow grin spread across his lips. “Do you even know how to work that thing?"-Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
12. Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
By: Clare Pooley
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Co… read more
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"Ljubav je najveći rizik od svih, no život bez nje je besmislen."-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
"Postoje neki problemi koje zaista ne možeš riješiti. Samo moraš naći način da s njima živiš."-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
"Katkad ti sudbina jednostavno pokaže kojim putem da ideš i nemaš drugu opciju nego poći. A ako je ovo tvoja sudbina, dogodit će se. Samo čekaj. Ni u kom slučaju nije gotovo dok nije gotovo."-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
"But sometimes when you put two very different people together, a kind of magic, an alchemy, occurs. Bea said I was like eggs and sugar, and she was flour and butter, and when you mixed us together, w…"-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
13. The Last Love Note
By: Emma Grey
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of … read more
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"She's one of the golden threads running through each of our lives. Hope, in human form."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
"If I stay very still and very open, our energies feel so close it's as if we can almost touch in this place where love is infinite. Limitless."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
"I've learned that love outlives death. It holds steady through despair. It won't fade, even as time elapses and distance increases and your world shifts."-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
14. The Museum of Ordinary People
By: Mike Gayle
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, Jess is about to do the hardest thing she's ever… read more
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- 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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16. The Good Part
By: Sophie Cousens
4.03
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
By the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, a downtrodden twenty-six-year… read more
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17. The Unmaking of June Farrow
By: Adrienne Young
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance,… read more
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"[He] was the kind of handsome that was carved from forests and rivers. He had the look of someone who'd spent his life in the sun, hands in the dirt. Every color, curve, and angle of him was shaped w…"-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow
"I didn't care that this crossed the line of keeping my distance or confusing boundaries. In that moment, I needed there to be no space between the three of us. I needed to feel us together, with no b…"-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow
"My eyes focused on the chart that hung on the wall behind him. It was a diagram of the human heart, with detailed renderings of the muscle and tissue, and I immediately thought how fortunate I would …"-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow
18. 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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"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
19. The Summer of Yes
By: Courtney Walsh
4.06
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A near-death experience catapults workaholic junior editor Kelsey Worthington into changing her lif… read more
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20. If We're Being Honest
By: Cat Shook
3.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For fans of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange and All Adults Here by Emma Straub, Cat Shook’s deb… read more
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"As it turns out porn does not automatically make a computer implode."-Cat Shook, If We're Being Honest
21. The Same Bright Stars
By: Ethan Joella
3.87
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Three generations of Schmidts have run their family’s beachfront restaurant, and Jack has been at t… read more
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