18 must-read literary fiction books like When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky by Margaret Verble

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When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

By: Margaret Verble

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Louise Erdrich meets Karen Russell in this deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pul…

If you liked the literary fiction plot in When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky by Margaret Verble , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Find Me

By: Laura van den Berg

2.88

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

After two acclaimed story collections, Laura van den Berg brings us Find Me, her highly anticipated… read more

Similar categories in Laura van den Berg's Find Me book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
"Didn't I know the worst dangers weren't the obvious ones?"

-Laura van den Berg, Find Me

"Is there any greater mystery than the separateness of each person?"

-Laura van den Berg, Find Me

"A great convulsion of the earth, or at least our American corner of it. Isn't that what we have all lived through?"

-Laura van den Berg, Find Me

"Ever wanted to test your own level of invisibility? Write out your obituary and see how many people you are survived by."

-Laura van den Berg, Find Me

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2. Hoagland on Nature: Essays

By: Edward Hoagland

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Edward Hoagland is not only one of the best writers of our time; he is also one of the keenest obse… read more

Similar categories in Edward Hoagland's Hoagland on Nature: Essays book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

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3. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement

By: Peter Matthiessen , None

4.00

Format: 199 pages,

In 1975, a fatal shoot-out between FBI agents and American Indians resulted in the deaths of two ag… read more

Similar categories in Peter Matthiessen's In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

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4. As We Are Now

By: May Sarton

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

So begins May Sarton's short, swift blow of a novel, about the powerlessness of the old and the rag… read more

Similar categories in May Sarton's As We Are Now book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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5. So Big

By: Edna Ferber

4.07

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Author Edna Ferber described the story of So Big as being about a "material man, son of his earth-g… read more

Similar categories in Edna Ferber's So Big book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I want you to see all kinds,"

-Edna Ferber, So Big

"Where are you going this hot day, Mis’ DeJong?"

-Edna Ferber, So Big

"You just go until you come to a closed door. And you say "Open Sesame!" and there you are."

-Edna Ferber, So Big

"About mistakes it's funny. You've got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs, they get mad."

-Edna Ferber, So Big

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6. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more

Similar categories in Jesmyn Ward's Let Us Descend book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."

-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend

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9. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's James book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Calling for a Blanket Dance

By: Oscar Hokeah

4.25

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man struggling to find stren… read more

Similar categories in Oscar Hokeah's Calling for a Blanket Dance book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We danced, the way Kiowas danced, when called by our people, by our ancestors, to help each other heal."

-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance

"Driving out of Lawton, I laid my hand onto Ever's quilt and traced my fingertips around the edges of the bird pattern. I couldn't help but wonder, tla, couldn't help but worry: Would my grandson ever…"

-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance

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11. North Woods

By: Daniel Mason

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Mason's North Woods book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. 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

Similar categories in James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. A Grandmother Begins the Story

By: Michelle Porter

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Porter's A Grandmother Begins the Story book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Different ways to tell a story. Some tellers make a noise to announce the coming of the story for get someone else to call everyone's attention. Some wait for people to gather around, for the quiet t…"

-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story

"People get themselves ready to die. They start going through their memories and bringing out their stories one by one as if there was a photo album in their head and they've got to get through it bef…"

-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story

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14. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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15. The Great Divide

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.70

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more

Similar categories in Cristina Henríquez's The Great Divide book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"

-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide

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16. The Vaster Wilds

By: Lauren Groff

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited g… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Groff's The Vaster Wilds book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"For what is a girl but a vessel made to hold the desires of men."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"O put the memory away, girl, she told herself sternly. For the sorrow could eat you entire."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"And humans were not made to be always alone; humans survive only in the company of other humans."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"Against the resistance of other minds, one's thoughts are pulled out of their comfortable shapes, and true thinking begins."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

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17. Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favo… read more

Similar categories in Darcie Little Badger's Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • magical realism
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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18. Woman of Light

By: Kali Fajardo-Anstine

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano fa… read more

Similar categories in Kali Fajardo-Anstine's Woman of Light book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The fact that the protection she craved from men was mostly to ward off incidents with other men frightened her."

-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light

"Mama had once told Luz that being raped was worse than being murdered. And Luz wondered how that could be. To be raped and to live seemed more desirable than to no longer exist. Luz did not want to f…"

-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light

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19. Four Thousand Paws: Caring for the Dogs of the Iditarod: A Veterinarian's Story

By: Lee Morgan

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An intimate account―the first from a trail veterinarian―of the canines who brave the challenges of … read more

Similar categories in Lee Morgan's Four Thousand Paws: Caring for the Dogs of the Iditarod: A Veterinarian's Story book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Morningside

By: Téa Obreht

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a ma… read more

Similar categories in Téa Obreht's The Morningside book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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21. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir

By: Deborah Jackson Taffa

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Jackson Taffa's Whiskey Tender: A Memoir book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • native american
  • indigenous
"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"

-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir

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22. Warrior Girl Unearthed

By: Angeline Boulley

4.34

Format: 396 pages, Hardcover

Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more

Similar categories in Angeline Boulley's Warrior Girl Unearthed book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Some friendships can endure anything."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."

-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed

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23. A Council of Dolls

By: Mona Susan Power

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native Amer… read more

Similar categories in Mona Susan Power's A Council of Dolls book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Shame invades one's thoughts like a parasite, twists them like wet laundry until all sense is wrung out."

-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls

"When Winona whispered her memories to me in later years, she said that Whitestone Hill was the day the world ended. I never asked what she meant, how the world could be gone when the sun was still in…"

-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls

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24. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more

Similar categories in Helen Simonson's The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers. by Sy Montgomery

25. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.

By: Sy Montgomery

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and  New York Times  bestseller Sy Montgome… read more

Similar categories in Sy Montgomery's Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers. book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • adult
  • audiobook
"Never give up on a turtle. Because turtles never give up."

-Sy Montgomery, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.

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26. When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

By: Margaret Verble

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Louise Erdrich meets Karen Russell in this deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pul… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. Daughter of the Merciful Deep

By: Leslye Penelope

4.01

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historic… read more

Similar categories in Leslye Penelope's Daughter of the Merciful Deep book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Drawing Deena by Hena Khan

28. Drawing Deena

By: Hena Khan

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Amina’s Voice and Amina’s Song comes a tenderhearted middle grade … read more

Similar categories in Hena Khan's Drawing Deena book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • fiction
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29. Telephone of the Tree

By: Alison McGhee

4.18

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable story of grief and the support of community as a young girl, faced with aching los… read more

Similar categories in Alison McGhee's Telephone of the Tree book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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30. A Song over Miskwaa Rapids

By: Linda LeGarde Grover

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A fifty-year-old mystery converges with a present-day struggle over family, land, and history   Wh… read more

Similar categories in Linda LeGarde Grover's A Song over Miskwaa Rapids book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

  • literary fiction
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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31. Driving Home Naked: And Other Misadventures of a Country Veterinarian

By: Melinda G. McCall

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Have you ever driven home from work wearing nothing but a pair of rubber boots? For Dr. Melinda McC… read more

Similar categories in Melinda G. McCall's Driving Home Naked: And Other Misadventures of a Country Veterinarian book and Margaret Verble's When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky

25 Best fiction books like When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky by Margaret Verble

Transform Your Habits

Find Me

Laura van den Berg

2.88

Transform Your Habits

As We Are Now

May Sarton

3.50

Transform Your Habits

So Big

Edna Ferber

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

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21 best-selling fiction books like Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

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North Woods

Daniel Mason

4.15

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Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

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Real Americans

Rachel Khong

4.04

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