12 must-read contemporary books like Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston

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Diary of a Somebody

By: Brian Bilston

3.82

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Brian Bilston has decided to write a poem every day for a year while he tries to repair his ever-de…

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1. A Crime in the Neighborhood

By: Suzanne Berne

3.89

Format: 197 pages,

An auspicious debut novel by a young writer who will remind readers of Anne Lamott and Anne Tyler C… read more

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  • fiction

2. The Firework-Maker's Daughter

By: Philip Pullman , S. Saelig Gallagher

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

A thousand miles ago, in a country east of the jungle and south of the mountains, there lived a fir… read more

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3. Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life

By: Nina Stibbe

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the 1980s Nina Stibbe wrote letters home to her sister in Leicester describing her trials and tr… read more

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4. The Man Who Didn't Fly

By: Margot Bennett

4.20

Format: 141 pages, Hardcover

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5. Four Children and It

By: Jacqueline Wilson

1.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The new bestseller from Jacqueline Wilson, creator of Tracy Beaker, Hetty Feather and The Illustrat… read more

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6. Icons of England

By: Bill Bryson

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and… read more

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7. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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  • audiobook
  • book club
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Island in the Sun

By: Katie Fforde

3.85

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

When Cass is asked by her father to take on an unusual photography project in the Caribbean Island … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Queen Macbeth

By: Val McDermid

3.77

Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition

Shakespeare fed us the myth of the Macbeths as murderous conspirators. But now Val McDermid drags t… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

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  • audiobook
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

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11. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

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12. Broken Light

By: Joanne Harris

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Bernie Moon is feeling invisible. She's given her life to other people - her husband, her son, her … read more

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  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
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13. A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma

By: Noreen Masud

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A surprising and lyrical journey—part memoir, part nature book—meditating on the meaning of "flatne… read more

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  • audiobook
"We tell stories to make them visible. Or we tell stories so that we don’t have to look at them any longer."

-Noreen Masud, A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma

"Supposedly trauma transcends language and time, and is therefore untellable. Perhaps sometimes it does and is. But I think traumatized people do know how to tell their stories. What’s difficult is th…"

-Noreen Masud, A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma

"Supposedly, trauma transcends language and time, and is therefore untellable. Perhaps sometimes it does, and is. But I think traumatized people do know how to tell their stories. What’s difficult is …"

-Noreen Masud, A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma

"I was held captive by this unyielding, silent space, and I began to understand two things. The flatness wasn’t an absence - not in the way we might assume it is - but something strong and original an…"

-Noreen Masud, A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma

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14. The Happiest Ever After

By: Milly Johnson

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you could write your own perfect storyline...? The heartwarming, feelgood novel from the… read more

Similar categories in Milly Johnson's The Happiest Ever After book and Brian Bilston's Diary of a Somebody

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Maureen (Harold Fry #3)

By: Rachel Joyce

3.95

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes a moving novel told from… read more

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  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
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16. Frank and Red

By: Matt Coyne

4.57

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes, the friend you need is the one you never saw coming. Frank and Red are a mess. F… read more

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  • audiobook
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne

By: Freya North

4.25

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

When your present meets your past, what do you take with you – and what do you leave behind? Ea… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston

18. Diary of a Somebody

By: Brian Bilston

3.82

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Brian Bilston has decided to write a poem every day for a year while he tries to repair his ever-de… read more

Similar categories in Brian Bilston's Diary of a Somebody book and Brian Bilston's Diary of a Somebody

  • poetry
  • british literature
  • diary
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • book club
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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19. Limelight

By: Daisy Buchanan

3.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Frankie has a love-hate relationship with the spotlight. She secretly craves attention, but she is … read more

Similar categories in Daisy Buchanan's Limelight book and Brian Bilston's Diary of a Somebody

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Hotel Milano

By: Tim Parks

3.50

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling writer of Italian Ways, Europa and The Hero's Way, a story set during the firs… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. A Slice of Fried Gold: Taste my Memories

By: Nick Frost

3.83

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

From 'Spaced' and 'Hot Fuzz' to 'Paul' and 'Truth Seekers', Nick Frost has lit up our screens for d… read more

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  • audiobook

14 must-read fiction books like Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston

Transform Your Habits

A Crime in the Neighborhood

Suzanne Berne

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Water

John Boyne

4.33

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Island in the Sun

Katie Fforde

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Queen Macbeth

Val McDermid

3.77

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16 best-selling fiction books like The Happiest Ever After by Milly Johnson

Transform Your Habits

Island in the Sun

Katie Fforde

3.85

Transform Your Habits

An Ideal Husband

Erica James

4.11

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The Wedding of the Year

Jill Mansell

4.14

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The Happiest Ever After

Milly Johnson

4.42

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