13 Top fiction books like Forgiveness Road by Mandy Mikulencak

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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…

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Cover of Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie's Story by Freddie Owens

1. Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie's Story

By: Freddie Owens

3.88

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Alt Cover: ISBN 1475084498 (ISBN13: 9781475084498) A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten b… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Dry Grass of August

By: Anna Jean Mayhew

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this beautifully written debut, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in… read more

Similar categories in Anna Jean Mayhew's The Dry Grass of August book and Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. Lula Mae

By: None

3.84

Format: 640 pages,

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4. The Education of Dixie Dupree

By: Donna Everhart

3.46

Format: None pages, ebook

In 1969, Dixie Dupree is eleven years old and already an expert liar. Sometimes the lies are for he… read more

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5. 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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6. I Will Close My Eyes: A Novel

By: Amy Fillion

4.24

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

"Beautifully written and so inspiring!" -Amazon reviewer"One of the most heartfelt, touching books … read more

Similar categories in Amy Fillion's I Will Close My Eyes: A Novel book and Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • fiction
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7. They Call Her Dirty Sally

By: Amy Matayo

4.42

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, the town of Silver Bell, Arkansas has quietly mourned the hospital fire that claimed the… read more

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  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Luck works best when it isn't pressed more than once."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"I was a drunk teenager once, and that combination goes together about as well as gasoline and a Zippo lighter."

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." --nursery rhyme, and the first lie we learned in school"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

"Isn't that what every child wants even well into adulthood --- the opportunity to look their parents in the eye and see a glimmer of pride shining back at them?"

-Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

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8. The Moonshiner's Daughter

By: Donna Everhart

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Set in North Carolina in 1960 and brimming with authenticity and grit, The Moonshiner's Daughter ev… read more

Similar categories in Donna Everhart's The Moonshiner's Daughter book and Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
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9. Threshing of Straw

By: Kim Catron

4.51

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A grandmother who only ever wanted to protect her two little girls. A mother who did the unthinkabl… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Whispering Winds of Appalachia

By: John Ellington

4.46

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Life-long friendships, class differences, terrible mistakes, and the beauty of unspoiled nature ar… read more

Similar categories in John Ellington's Whispering Winds of Appalachia book and Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Out of the Dust

By: Joyce E. Patterson

4.24

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

Two of America’s worst economic disasters occurred during the same period. One was the crash of the… read more

Similar categories in Joyce E. Patterson's Out of the Dust book and Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • historical fiction
Cover of Where Courage Began: Velma's Story by G.L. Gooding

12. Where Courage Began: Velma's Story

By: G.L. Gooding

4.18

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

A blizzard rages outside a ramshackle Iowa farmhouse in February of 1921. Five-year-old Velma and h… read more

Similar categories in G.L. Gooding's Where Courage Began: Velma's Story book and Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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13. Quilly

By: Jan Strickland

4.55

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

What was it like to be biracial in the early 1900’s in a small white southern town where the divisi… read more

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  • historical fiction
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14. Tobacco Rose

By: Florence Love Karsner

4.33

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

South Georgia 1955. Racial tensions lead to riots in the South. An old black woman named Rosie and … read more

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  • historical fiction
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15. Tomorrow's Bread

By: Anna Jean Mayhew

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the author of the acclaimed The Dry Grass of August comes a richly researched yet lyrical Sout… read more

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  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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16. Arkansas Summer

By: Anne Moose

4.51

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Arkansas Summer is a powerful novel about love and racial terror in the Jim Crow South. It's 1955, … read more

Similar categories in Anne Moose's Arkansas Summer book and Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • historical fiction
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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 Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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 Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
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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 Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
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20. The Cicada Tree

By: Robert Gwaltney

4.09

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

The summer of 1956, a brood of cicadas descends upon Providence Georgia, a natural event with super… read more

Similar categories in Robert Gwaltney's The Cicada Tree book and Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The Things We Left Unsaid

By: Emma Kennedy

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A LIFETIME OF SECRETS. A SUMMER OF NEW BEGINNINGS. _____________________ "So tender and thoughtful.… read more

Similar categories in Emma Kennedy's The Things We Left Unsaid book and Mandy Mikulencak's Forgiveness Road

  • literary fiction
  • fiction

5 Top adult books like Forgiveness Road by Mandy Mikulencak

Transform Your Habits

They Call Her Dirty Sally

Amy Matayo

4.42

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The Moonshiner's Daughter

Donna Everhart

4.23

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Tomorrow's Bread

Anna Jean Mayhew

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Forgiving Kind

Donna Everhart

4.35

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The Book Club

Roisin Meaney

4.27

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A Song of Me and You

Mike Gayle

3.95

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I Know It’s You

Susan Lewis

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Love Untold

Ruth Jones

4.33

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