A Good Neighborhood
By: Therese Anne Fowler
3.81
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology …
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1. Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children
By: None , Miriam Beloglovsky , None
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2015 Brain Child Award from Tillywig & Toy Media Awards Use loose parts to spark chil… read more
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2. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- adult
- 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
3. 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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- audiobook
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- adult
- drama
4. 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
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
5. First Lie Wins
By: Ashley Elston
4.05
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins
6. Happiness Falls
By: Angie Kim
3.75
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
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- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls
7. 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
8. 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
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
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- audiobook
"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
9. 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
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- 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
10. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
11. Remarkably Bright Creatures
By: Shelby Van Pelt
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
12. Pričakovanja
By: Anja Mugerli
4.21
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
V drugem romanu Anje Mugerli spremljamo zgodbo Jane in Primoža, ki si želita otroka, na to, da je ž… read more
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13. Meter in pol pomladi
By: Petja Rijavec
3.92
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
V čisto običajni ljubljanski soseski živijo čisto običajne družine z malo manj običajnimi zgodbami.… read more
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14. Hello Beautiful
By: Ann Napolitano
4.16
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person wh… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- adult
- audiobook
"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
15. Pineapple Street
By: Jenny Jackson
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, old money Stockton family, followed her heart, t… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- adult
- audiobook
"But you know foundations shouldn't have to be the answer. The real problems are tax laws, anti-labor policies, and the slow expansion of the welfare state," Chip said. Everyone turned and looked at h…"-Jenny Jackson, Pineapple Street
16. Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
17. Family Family
By: Laurie Frankel
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"-Laurie Frankel, Family Family
18. Darling Girls
By: Sally Hepworth
4.04
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"She didn’t do well out of her routine."-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls
"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls
"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls
"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls
19. Maame
By: Jessica George
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the TikTok Book Awards in the Book of the Year, 2023 and the Goodreads Debut and Fi… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist."-Jessica George, Maame
"I can't comprehend living to work, but then I'm afraid of working just to live."-Jessica George, Maame
"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist. Because there’s levels to that sh*t. Like a lasagna."-Jessica George, Maame
"It's about what love is. Which is trust, commitment, empathy, and respect. It means really giving a shit about the other person."-Jessica George, Maame
20. Our Missing Hearts
By: Celeste Ng
3.80
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
A novel about a mother’s unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear. Twelve-year-old Bird Gard… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Succulents would grow anew from a broken-off leaf, pushing roots out into the air, then down into the soil: a piece of its own body, transformed into its child."-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts
"Evidence of his mother, out there, elsewhere, so worried about somebody else's children though she'd left her own behind. The irony of it leached into his veins."-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts
"Why did I tell you so many stories? Because I wanted the world to make sense to you. I wanted to make sense of the world, for you. I wanted the world to make sense."-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts
"And we need their generosity to keep this place open. Or, just as likely, someone got nervous and got rid of it preemptively. Us public libraries--a lot of us just can't take the risk."-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts
21. The Measure
By: Nikki Erlick
3.99
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
22. Mad Honey
By: Jodi Picoult
4.09
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behin… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Being gay or straight,"-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey
"People always talk about their love for you is unconditional. Then you reveal your most private self to them, and you find out how many conditions there are in unconditional love."-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey
"Dark honey from the second harvest. It's made late in the season after the nectar drought at the end of July when the bees turn to goldenrod and sunflowers instead. It's deeper and richer, it tastes …"-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey
"My father taught me that beekeeping is both a burden and a privilege. You don’t bother the bees unless they need your help, and you help them when they need it. It’s a feudal relationship: protection…"-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey
23. Dear Edward
By: Ann Napolitano
4.08
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 o… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"He watches his new life walk into his old life."-Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward
"Take stock of who we are and what we have and then use it for good."-Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward
"Since death is certain, but the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?" Pema Chodron"-Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward
"Because there are so many kids, they run schools like factories, or dare I say, jails. You're put into lines and rows and moved when a bell rings. None of this is conducive to deep thinking or creati…"-Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward
24. A Good Neighborhood
By: Therese Anne Fowler
3.81
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- adult
- drama
25. The Whispers
By: Ashley Audrain
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A pageturner about four suburban families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens--and… read more
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- adult fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
26. The Most Fun We Ever Had
By: Claire Lombardo
3.93
Format: 532 pages, Hardcover
A multigenerational novel in which the four adult daughters of a Chicago couple--still madly in lov… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- adult
- drama
"You're ethereal. My intangible everything."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
"Sometimes it was enough just to listen to voices that weren't your own."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
"The best thing about the cold was the comfort that came from escaping it."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
"Life’s insistence on juxtaposing darkness and light would never cease to amaze him."-Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
27. Kurji pastir
By: Feri Lainšček
4.12
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
Feri Lainšček z romanom Kurji pastir odstira dolgo potlačene spomine in doživeto piše o dogodkih, k… read more
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28. Na Klancu
By: Tina Vrščaj
3.71
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Roman Na Klancu, nagrajen z nagrado modra ptica 2022, je družinski in ljubezenski roman, ki se z do… read more
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- fiction
29. Nihče nikogar ne spozna
By: Katarina Gomboc Čeh
3.90
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Nihče nikogar ne spozna spremlja leto življenja študentke antropologije Maše, ki v politično napete… read more
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- contemporary
30. Prste stran
By: Karmen Petric
3.80
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Paulina, rahlo cinična, muhasta, ob pravih prilikah pa tudi nežna in čustvena Ljubljančanka, sovraž… read more
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- romance
- fiction
31. Spodbude
By: Sanela Banović
4.49
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
Zdravnica, ki ljubi in prebuja Slovence! Po najbolj gledanem TEDx-u ter okoli 650 predavanjih po vs… read more
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