21 must-read fiction books like The Inheritance by Joanna Goodman

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The Inheritance

By: Joanna Goodman

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compu…

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1. Last House

By: Jessica Shattuck

3.64

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

"An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures an… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Shattuck's Last House book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

Similar categories in Janet Skeslien Charles's Miss Morgan's Book Brigade book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. 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

Similar categories in Rachel Khong's Real Americans book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • adult 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

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4. The Lost Book of Bonn

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.95

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Labuskes's The Lost Book of Bonn book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Expiration Dates

By: Rebecca Serle

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper yo… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Serle's Expiration Dates book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We have to be cracked open sometimes. We have to be cracked open sometimes to let anything good in. What I see now, emerging in the mirror, is this one, simple truth: learning to be broken is learnin…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"There is nothing more terrifying than lying in a hospital bed and knowing your mom can't fix it. That she can't make it better. That no amount of bargaining with any doctor will carry you -- the both…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"Joel and I don’t work because he’s my person, we work because I feel like I can be every bad and impossible version of myself with him. I can change. And it’s not even that I know he’ll still love me…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"I often wonder what our responsibility is to other people, how much we owe them. Whose job is it to look out for our own happiness, Us, or the people who love us? It's both, of course. We owe ourselv…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

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6. Sandwich

By: Catherine Newman

3.75

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Newman's Sandwich book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

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7. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Graham's The Secret Keeper book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
  • audiobook
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8. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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

Similar categories in Hillary Yablon's Sylvia's Second Act book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Goddess of Warsaw

By: Lisa Barr

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire, the harrowing and ultimately triumphan… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Barr's The Goddess of Warsaw book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Inheritance by Joanna Goodman

11. The Inheritance

By: Joanna Goodman

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compu… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • womens fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Nosy Neighbors

By: Freya Sampson

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two neighbors-at-war band together to stop a dangerous criminal in their midst in this enthralling … read more

Similar categories in Freya Sampson's Nosy Neighbors book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Same As It Ever Was

By: Claire Lombardo

4.00

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the pla… read more

Similar categories in Claire Lombardo's Same As It Ever Was book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Parenthood was a persistent cruelty, a constant, simultaneous desire to be together and apart."

-Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was

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14. Middletide

By: Sarah Crouch

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping and intensely atmospheric debut, disquiet descends on a small town after the suspi… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crouch's Middletide book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. A Great Country

By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more

Similar categories in Shilpi Somaya Gowda's A Great Country book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • canada
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Secret History of Audrey James

By: Heather Marshall

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more

Similar categories in Heather Marshall's The Secret History of Audrey James book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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17. 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

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's How to Age Disgracefully book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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

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18. 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

Similar categories in Courtney Walsh's The Summer of Yes book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • romance
  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. 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

Similar categories in Ethan Joella's The Same Bright Stars book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

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21. When the World Fell Silent

By: Donna Jones Alward

4.39

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of loss, hope and redemption against the most impossible odds. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. … read more

Similar categories in Donna Jones Alward's When the World Fell Silent book and Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance

  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook

12 Best contemporary books like The Inheritance by Joanna Goodman

Transform Your Habits

Real Americans

Rachel Khong

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Expiration Dates

Rebecca Serle

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Sylvia's Second Act

Hillary Yablon

4.00

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21 best-selling fiction books like A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Last House

Jessica Shattuck

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

Colm Tóibín

3.82

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