17 best-selling fiction books like Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle

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Hieroglyphics

By: Jill McCorkle

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Jill McCorkle has long been one of our wryest, warmest, wisest storytellers. In Hieroglyphics, she…

"I am homesick and I am timesick . . . I miss all that no longer is," Lil says."

-Jill McCorkle, Hieroglyphics

"I am homesick and I am timesick . . . I miss all that no longer is," Lil says."

-Jill McCorkle, Hieroglyphics

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1. The Cloud of Unknowing

By: Anonymous , James Walsh

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Widely considered a hallmark of Western literature and spirituality, The Cloud of Unknowing is an a… read more

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2. The Cove

By: Ron Rash

3.77

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This lyrical, heart-rending tale, as mesmerizing as its award-winning predecessor Serena, shows onc… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. Look Homeward, Angel

By: Thomas Wolfe

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning, classic coming-of-age novel written by one of America's foremost Southern writers A l… read more

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4. This Dark Road to Mercy

By: Wiley Cash

3.50

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

The critically-acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home returns… read more

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5. 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
  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Trackers

By: Charles Frazier

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain and Varina, a stunning new novel that p… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Wiltson, every time you open your mouth, it's like you're competing against yourself to say something stupider than yesterday. And you always win."

-Charles Frazier, The Trackers

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7. North Woods

By: Daniel Mason

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Day

By: Michael Cunningham

3.57

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"

-Michael Cunningham, Day

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9. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp

By: Leonie Swann

3.51

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another—with the help of a… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Absolution

By: Alice McDermott

3.81

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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11. Help Wanted

By: Adelle Waldman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Vaster Wilds

By: Lauren Groff

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited g… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"For what is a girl but a vessel made to hold the desires of men."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"O put the memory away, girl, she told herself sternly. For the sorrow could eat you entire."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"And humans were not made to be always alone; humans survive only in the company of other humans."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"Against the resistance of other minds, one's thoughts are pulled out of their comfortable shapes, and true thinking begins."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

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13. Kantika

By: Elizabeth Graver

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

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14. American Spirits

By: Russell Banks

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From one of America’s most celebrated storytellers come three dark, interlocking tales about the re… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Even As We Breathe

By: Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Even As We Breathe introduces the reader to twenty-year-old Cowney Sequoyah and the mountains of we… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Hieroglyphics

By: Jill McCorkle

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Jill McCorkle has long been one of our wryest, warmest, wisest storytellers. In Hieroglyphics, she… read more

Similar categories in Jill McCorkle's Hieroglyphics book and Jill McCorkle's Hieroglyphics

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • relationships
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am homesick and I am timesick . . . I miss all that no longer is," Lil says."

-Jill McCorkle, Hieroglyphics

Cover of Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton

17. Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation

By: Maud Newton

3.34

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed writer goes searching for the truth about her wildly unconventional Southern family–an… read more

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  • family
  • audiobook
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18. The Book of Thorns

By: Hester Fox

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"Betrayal, loss, love, redemption, and justice collide in this masterpiece of a novel. You won’t wa… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Reunion

By: Elise Juska

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of the “uniquely poignant” (Entertainment Weekly) novel The Blessings comes… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Kudzu Queen

By: Mimi Herman

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“Funny, sad, and tender… Mimi Herman has written a novel that possesses a true and hard won underst… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook

8 best-selling contemporary books like Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Day

Michael Cunningham

3.57

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Leonie Swann

3.51

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Help Wanted

Adelle Waldman

3.62

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James

Percival Everett

4.54

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Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

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Table for Two

Amor Towles

4.26

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Adelle Waldman

3.62

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