8 Top nonfiction books like Murder in the Afternoon by Ella Jo Sadler

Murder in the Afternoon

By: Ella Jo Sadler

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Cover of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

3.91

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies s… read more

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"Liberty! -- Electric word!"

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Cover of The Cades Cove Story by A. Randolph Shields

2. The Cades Cove Story

By: A. Randolph Shields

3.85

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

Mr. Shields tells the fascinating story of this beautiful, lively, mountain community. Learn about … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1) by William Kent Krueger

3. Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

By: William Kent Krueger

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Cork is having difficulty dealing with the marital meltdown th… read more

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"What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve."

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

"Word is you heard the Windigo too." I did. The difference is I'm ready for the son of a bitch." --Cork O'Connor"

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

" "He looked at his hands. Big hands. How useless a man’s hands were, he thought, when it came to fixing the important things." "

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

" They fasted the rest of the day and breathed in the smoke of a cedar fire. At first light next morning, they blackened their faces with the cedar ash, a sign to the spirits of the deep woods that th…"

-William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

Cover of Necessary Lies (Necessary Lies, #1) by Diane Chamberlain

4. Necessary Lies (Necessary Lies, #1)

By: Diane Chamberlain

3.80

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Diane Chamberlain delivers a breakout book about a small southern town fifty yea… read more

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5. This Tender Land

By: William Kent Krueger

3.66

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A sister novel to Ordinary Grace. It's the story of a wealthy farmer found dead in a place called B… read more

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6. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

By: Linda Sue Park

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Long Walk to Waterbegins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2… read more

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7. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)

By: Ann Brashares

3.76

Format: 234 pages,

Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn't look all that great: they were worn, dirty, and … read more

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8. Bear in the Back Seat I: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By: Kim DeLozier , Carolyn Jourdan

4.60

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Wall Street Journal and Audible Best Seller! This is the first volume in a series of true stories f… read more

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Cover of The Boy from the Woods (Wilde, #1) by Harlan Coben

9. The Boy from the Woods (Wilde, #1)

By: Harlan Coben

3.95

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Thirty years ago, Wilde was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. N… read more

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Cover of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

10. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

By: Katherine May

3.86

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knoc… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The problem with “everything"

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

"Much to my regret, I have yet to befriend a robin."

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

"The only thing breaking me was pretending to be like everyone else."

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

"You need to live a life that you can cope with, not the one that other people want."

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Cover of The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

11. 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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"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

Cover of Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (Stephanie Plum, #29) by Janet Evanovich

12. Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (Stephanie Plum, #29)

By: Janet Evanovich

4.17

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Stephanie Plum breaks the rules, flirts with disaster, and shows who’s boss in this “fast and fun” … read more

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Cover of A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci

13. A Calamity of Souls

By: David Baldacci

4.53

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo … read more

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14. Just a Regular Boy

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.46

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

An orphaned boy raised by a survivalist wends his way into the real world in an emotional novel abo… read more

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  • family
Cover of Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight (Stephanie Plum, #28) by Janet Evanovich

15. Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight (Stephanie Plum, #28)

By: Janet Evanovich

4.11

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

When Stephanie Plum is woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of footsteps in her apartme… read more

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Cover of Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4) by Elle Cosimano

16. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)

By: Elle Cosimano

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend away. They … read more

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"We can't go in there, Vero! Do you know what happens to women who go into creepy basements? Murder! Murder happens to women to go into creepy basements."

-Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)

Cover of Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

17. Bright Lights, Big Christmas

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Homewreckers and The Santa Suit, co… read more

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  • family
Cover of Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins

18. Out of the Clear Blue Sky

By: Kristan Higgins

4.22

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A funny and surprising new novel about second chances--and why the lies we tell ourselves are the m… read more

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  • family
"What no one tells you is that there will be a last time you ever carry your child. A last time you tuck them in. A last time they run into your arms off the school bus. All through his infancy, Dylan…"

-Kristan Higgins, Out of the Clear Blue Sky

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19. One of Our Own

By: Lucinda Berry

3.93

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

A suicide prevention hotline volunteer answers a call that turns her world upside down in this edge… read more

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Cover of Bushwhacker: Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand by Samuel S. Hildebrand

20. Bushwhacker: Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand

By: Samuel S. Hildebrand

4.08

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Bushwhackers in the American Civil War operated as guerrillas, outside the normal chain of military… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. The Santa Suit

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Mary Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author of Hello, Summer , comes a novella cel… read more

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"Ezra kissed Ivy's right and then left palm. "Your hands". Then he clasped both her hands between his. "Ours"

-Mary Kay Andrews, The Santa Suit

Cover of The Whole Town's Talking (Elmwood Springs, #4) by Fannie Flagg

22. The Whole Town's Talking (Elmwood Springs, #4)

By: Fannie Flagg

3.67

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening at th… read more

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"Whenever Ida pointed celery at him, she meant business."

-Fannie Flagg, The Whole Town's Talking (Elmwood Springs, #4)

"The problem was that Norvaleen had been in denial and also in McDonald's, eating the cheeseburger special with fries. Evidently, the Diet Coke had not evened out the calories. What a shock."

-Fannie Flagg, The Whole Town's Talking (Elmwood Springs, #4)

23. Murder in the Afternoon

By: Ella Jo Sadler

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • family
Cover of The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raines

24. The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning

By: Ben Raines

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An NPR Best Book of the Year. The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved peop… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. A Very Typical Family

By: Sierra Godfrey

3.47

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

All families are messy. Some are disasters. Natalie Walker is the reason her older brother and s… read more

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  • family
Cover of Into the Mist: Tales of Death and Disaster by David Brill

26. Into the Mist: Tales of Death and Disaster

By: David Brill

3.98

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Carefully crafted book titles allow the reader to peek through a tiny opening and experience a glim… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Historic Tales of St. Louis (Forgotten Tales) by Mark Zeman

27. Historic Tales of St. Louis (Forgotten Tales)

By: Mark Zeman

4.40

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Tales That Made St. Louis St. Louis may be known as the Gateway to the West, but its history h… read more

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28. Everything All at Once

By: Stephanie Catudal

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  Bestseller  An intimate and evocative memoir one woman’s experience with the univer… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • family
Cover of Land Between The Lakes Outdoor Handbook: Your Complete Guide for Hiking, Camping, Fishing, and Nature Study in Western Tennessee and Kentucky by Johnny Molloy

29. Land Between The Lakes Outdoor Handbook: Your Complete Guide for Hiking, Camping, Fishing, and Nature Study in Western Tennessee and Kentucky

By: Johnny Molloy

4.00

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Land Between The Lakes Outdoor Handbook, by Johnny Molloy, is the only comprehensive guide to the m… read more

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30. Something in the Water

By: Catherine Steadman

3.56

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you? Erin is a do… read more

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"We all lose the things we love the most."

-Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water

"Sometimes you're the lamp post, and sometimes you're the dog."

-Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water

"How quickly what is good can become not good enough through comparison. Maybe best never to see it."

-Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water

"But one thought does break through. It has the echo of something familiar. The thought is: I don’t need to come back to this elevator at all, do I? I don’t need to ever come back to this hotel. I cou…"

-Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water

Cover of Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine by Victoria Cosner

31. Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

By: Victoria Cosner

3.42

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Body snatcher. Grave robber. Mad scientist. Brilliant surgeon. Delve into the macabre world of St. … read more

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  • nonfiction

6 Best family books like Murder in the Afternoon by Ella Jo Sadler

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Just a Regular Boy

Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.46

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Bright Lights, Big Christmas

Mary Kay Andrews

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Out of the Clear Blue Sky

Kristan Higgins

4.22

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Ella Jo Sadler

4.38

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Transform Your Habits

The Summer Book Club

Susan Mallery

3.84

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The Friendship Club

Robyn Carr

3.82

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Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #2)

Jenny Colgan

3.60

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Viola Shipman

4.02

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