14 Best fiction books like This I Know by Eldonna Edwards

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This I Know

By: Eldonna Edwards

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set in a small Midwest town in the late 1960s and helmed by an unforgettable young protagonist—comp…

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Cover of The Orphans of Race Point by Patry Francis

1. The Orphans of Race Point

By: Patry Francis

4.01

Format: 524 pages, Paperback

Set on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a suspenseful page-turning saga of love, murder, and the true meani… read more

Similar categories in Patry Francis's The Orphans of Race Point book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
"That night, Hallie was relieved when Linda Soares, the town librarian who'd spent years trying to impress Nick with her low-cut shirts and book recommendations, joined them for dinner."

-Patry Francis, The Orphans of Race Point

"...but the truth is, the more hours I spend in contemplation, the less I know about God-and the more I realize how arrogant it is for us poor humans to squeeze the Infinite into our limited definitio…"

-Patry Francis, The Orphans of Race Point

"For some reason, she thought of how the old people wept when they played fado music at the annual Portuguese Festival. Saudade , her great-aunt Del called it: homesick music. But according to her fat…"

-Patry Francis, The Orphans of Race Point

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2. Promised to the Crown

By: Aimie K. Runyan

4.09

Format: 148 pages,

In her illuminating debut novel, Aimie K. Runyan masterfully blends fact and fiction to explore the… read more

Similar categories in Aimie K. Runyan's Promised to the Crown book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore

3. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen

By: Susan Gregg Gilmore

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to return to the place where you began, to arrive at the place where you belong.… read more

Similar categories in Susan Gregg Gilmore's Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Crossing Oceans

By: Gina Holmes

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Jenny Lucas swore she'd never go home again. But being told you're dying has a way of changing thin… read more

Similar categories in Gina Holmes's Crossing Oceans book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • fiction
  • contemporary

5. The Life She Was Given

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

2.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

From acclaimed author Ellen Marie Wiseman comes a vivid, daring novel about the devastating power o… read more

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6. The Last Suppers

By: Mandy Mikulencak

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"A gorgeous novel that finds beauty in the most unlikely of places." --Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Tim… read more

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7. The Taster

By: V.S. Alexander

3.50

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Amid the turbulence of World War II, a young German woman finds a precarious haven closer to the so… read more

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8. The Illusionist's Apprentice

By: Kristy Cambron

3.94

Format: 128 pages,

Harry Houdini's one-time apprentice holds fantastic secrets about the greatest illusionist in the w… read more

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9. A Cup of Dust: a Novel of the Dust Bowl (Pearl Spence #1)

By: Susie Finkbeiner

0.00

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Where you come from isn't who you are Ten-year-old Pearl Spence is a daydreamer, playing make-belie… read more

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10. The Road to Bittersweet

By: Donna Everhart

4.00

Format: 120 pages,

Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, The Road to Bittersweet is a beautifully written, evocative acco… read more

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11. 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 Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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

Cover of The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson by Ellen Baker

12. 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 Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
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13. October in the Earth

By: Olivia Hawker

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

In Depression-era Kentucky, a defiant wife embarks on an impulsive and liberating journey in a powe… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's October in the Earth book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Still Waters

By: Matt Goldman

3.77

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

If you’re reading this email, I am dead. I know this will sound strange, but someone has been tryin… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goldman's Still Waters book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • fiction
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15. Between Earth and Sky

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.34

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On a quiet Philadelphia morning in 1906, a newspaper headline catapults Alma Mitchell back to her p… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's Between Earth and Sky book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Over My Shoulder

By: Patricia Dixon

4.22

Format: 454 pages, Paperback

Girl meets boy. They fall in love. Sounds simple? It isn’t. When Freya falls for the manipulati… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Dixon's Over My Shoulder book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • fiction
Cover of This I Know by Eldonna Edwards

17. This I Know

By: Eldonna Edwards

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set in a small Midwest town in the late 1960s and helmed by an unforgettable young protagonist—comp… read more

Similar categories in Eldonna Edwards's This I Know book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
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18. The Forgiving Kind

By: Donna Everhart

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this masterful new novel, set in 1950s North Carolina, the acclaimed author of The Road to Bitte… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Forgiving Kind book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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19. Forgiveness Road

By: Mandy Mikulencak

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author whose historical fiction has been compared to The Help, comes a powerful… read more

Similar categories in Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road book and Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate

20. 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 Eldonna Edwards's This I Know

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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 My Other Left: a wicked pissah memoir on finding your way by charlene  alofs

21. My Other Left: a wicked pissah memoir on finding your way

By: charlene alofs

3.57

Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition

Charlene is a joy to have in class, but she lacks confidenceand needs constant reassurance.”~Mrs. M… read more

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