10 best-selling adult fiction books like The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton

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The Last Beekeeper

By: Julie Carrick Dalton

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper is a celebration of found family, an exploration of truth…

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1. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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2. The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

4.14

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. 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

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Go as a River

By: Shelley Read

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, heart-stopping epic of a young woman's journey to becoming, set against the harsh beaut… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Read's Go as a River book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Women endure. That’s what we do."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Loss has nothing to do with what you do deserve and don’t deserve."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"I learned from their subtle relations... that love is a private matter, to be nurtured, and even mourned, between two beings alone. It belongs to them, and no one else, like a secret treasure, like a…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Try as we might to convince ourselves otherwise, the moments of our becoming cannot be carefully plucked like the ripest and most satisfying peach from the bough. In the endless stumble toward oursel…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

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5. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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6. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Only the Beautiful book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • literary fiction
  • fantasy
  • 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

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8. The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson

By: Ellen Baker

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Orphan Train meets Before We Were Yours meets Water for Elephants in this compelling multigeneratio… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Baker's The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Weyward

By: Emilia Hart

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackl… read more

Similar categories in Emilia Hart's Weyward book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
" Altha . A strange name. Soft and yet powerful. Like an incantation."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"It took skill, Violet thought, to make even your handwriting look angry"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"She named me Altha, after all. Not Alice, meaning noble woman, nor Agnes, lamb of God. Altha. Healer."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"I thought he loved me for myself. But you were right. To him I am but an animal, like those he hunts and puts on display"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

Cover of The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

10. 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

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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

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11. Crow Mary

By: Kathleen Grissom

4.33

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the book club classics The Kitchen House and Glory Over Ev… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Grissom's Crow Mary book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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

Similar categories in Erica Bauermeister's No Two Persons book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of The Last Carolina Girl by Meagan Church

13. The Last Carolina Girl

By: Meagan Church

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"Unforgettable, this a powerful debut to savor." — Kim Michele Richardson, New York Times bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Meagan Church's The Last Carolina Girl book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Sometimes the strength you need comes in silence."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

"Sometimes tears are the only words worth sharing."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

"Sometimes yuh gotta love even when it don't make sense."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

"Sometimes family's not who you've been given. It's who you choose."

-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl

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14. The Book of Doors

By: Gareth Brown

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie An… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Brown's The Book of Doors book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It's not the number of books that matters, is it? It's what one does with them."

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

"One does not look at a dog and assume it is the only animal to exist. ~ Edmund Fox"

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

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15. Salvage This World

By: Michael Farris Smith

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In Michael Farris Smith's latest "riveting" epic, a young woman returns home with her child to her … read more

Similar categories in Michael Farris Smith's Salvage This World book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • dystopia
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel

16. The Last Animal

By: Ramona Ausubel

3.47

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

A playful, witty, and resonant novel in which a single mother and her two teen daughters engage in … read more

Similar categories in Ramona Ausubel's The Last Animal book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton

17. The Light Pirate

By: Lily Brooks-Dalton

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set in the near future, this hopeful story of survival and resilience follows Wanda—a luminous chil… read more

Similar categories in Lily Brooks-Dalton's The Light Pirate book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • literary fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Someone will be left behind; this is what love costs."

-Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate

"These women haven't shared their genes, but they have given freely of their memories. Their ideas. Their skills. There is more than one kind of legacy."

-Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate

"After all this time, the aches have grown softer but also deeper. They both know the looping shape of pain--it changes and quiets but never ends. There is a strange comfort in its constancy. Memories…"

-Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate

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18. The Last Beekeeper

By: Julie Carrick Dalton

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper is a celebration of found family, an exploration of truth… read more

Similar categories in Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • climate change fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • nature
  • audiobook
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19. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

Cover of Searching for Van Gogh: A Novel by Donald Lystra

20. Searching for Van Gogh: A Novel

By: Donald Lystra

4.01

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Much more than a Coming-of-Age story"Award-winning author Donald Lystra brings us a who… read more

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21. Blood Up North

By: Fredrick Soukup

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What if your survival depended on the villainy you long despised? Sister and brother. A loyalty … read more

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Transform Your Habits

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Amanda Peters

4.14

Transform Your Habits

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Go as a River

Shelley Read

4.28

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4.64

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Anna Quindlen

4.03

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