14 Top fiction books like The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee

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The Great Mistake

By: Jonathan Lee

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of High Dive comes an enveloping, exultant novel of New York City at the …

"...life amounts, above all else, to the recruiting of witnesses."

-Jonathan Lee, The Great Mistake

"An alleyway is a disappointed road, waiting for someone to widen it."

-Jonathan Lee, The Great Mistake

"His family feared he might one day succumb to the catastrophe of being a poet."

-Jonathan Lee, The Great Mistake

"Love. This was the way not to fall into forgetting. Love, and a good publicist."

-Jonathan Lee, The Great Mistake

If you liked the fiction plot in The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Association of Small Bombs

By: Karan Mahajan

3.57

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2016 When brothers Tushar and Nakul Khurana, two Delhi scho… read more

Similar categories in Karan Mahajan's The Association of Small Bombs book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Yes, madam,"

-Karan Mahajan, The Association of Small Bombs

"The roots of shame run deep."

-Karan Mahajan, The Association of Small Bombs

"No action is safe from meaning."

-Karan Mahajan, The Association of Small Bombs

"Silence is the small man’s only defense."

-Karan Mahajan, The Association of Small Bombs

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2. Bones and Silence (Dalziel & Pascoe, #11)

By: Reginald Hill

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

One woman dead and one threatening to die set Yorkshire's police superintendent Dalziel and Inspect… read more

Similar categories in Reginald Hill's Bones and Silence (Dalziel & Pascoe, #11) book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook

3. When the Killing's Done

By: T. Coraghessan Boyle

4.36

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Womencomes an action- packed adventure about endangered animals … read more

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4. Kummer aller Art

By: Mariana Leky

4.15

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Alle wirken innerlich blitzblank, nur in unserem Inneren sieht es aus wie bei Hempels unterm Sofa, … read more

Similar categories in Mariana Leky's Kummer aller Art book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Lügen, die wir uns erzählen (German Edition)

By: Anne Freytag

4.23

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Helene ist siebenundvierzig, Mutter zweier Teenager, attraktiv und beruflich so erfolgreich, dass s… read more

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6. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

By: Sly Stone

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more

Similar categories in Sly Stone's Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • audiobook
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7. Männer sterben bei uns nicht

By: Annika Reich

3.25

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In einem prachtvollen Anwesen am See leben sie zusammen, die Frauen einer Familie, denen die Männer… read more

Similar categories in Annika Reich's Männer sterben bei uns nicht book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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8. Tell

By: Joachim B. Schmidt

4.25

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

Joachim B. Schmidt greift nach den Schweizer Kronjuwelen und macht aus der ›Tell‹-Saga einen Pagetu… read more

Similar categories in Joachim B. Schmidt's Tell book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • historical
  • fiction
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9. Susanna

By: Alex Capus

3.56

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

Alte Gewissheiten gelten nicht mehr, neue sind noch nicht zu haben. In New York wird die Brooklyn B… read more

Similar categories in Alex Capus's Susanna book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The Great Mistake

By: Jonathan Lee

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of High Dive comes an enveloping, exultant novel of New York City at the … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • audiobook
  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
"...life amounts, above all else, to the recruiting of witnesses."

-Jonathan Lee, The Great Mistake

"An alleyway is a disappointed road, waiting for someone to widen it."

-Jonathan Lee, The Great Mistake

"His family feared he might one day succumb to the catastrophe of being a poet."

-Jonathan Lee, The Great Mistake

"Love. This was the way not to fall into forgetting. Love, and a good publicist."

-Jonathan Lee, The Great Mistake

Cover of Edith Holler by Edward Carey

11. Edith Holler

By: Edward Carey

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse—and the m… read more

Similar categories in Edward Carey's Edith Holler book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Der Trost der Schönheit by Gabriele von Arnim

12. Der Trost der Schönheit

By: Gabriele von Arnim

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Trost finden. In einer Welt, die so überwältigend, ängstigend, fordernd sein kann. Trost finden im … read more

Similar categories in Gabriele von Arnim's Der Trost der Schönheit book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • audiobook
"Nur, wenn wir auch fühlen, was wir wissen, können wir es begreifen."

-Gabriele von Arnim, Der Trost der Schönheit

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13. Der Erinnerungsfälscher

By: Abbas Khider

3.95

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

Said Al-Wahid hat seinen Reisepass überall dabei, auch wenn er in Berlin-Neukölln nur in den Superm… read more

Similar categories in Abbas Khider's Der Erinnerungsfälscher book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • fiction
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14. Up With the Sun

By: Thomas Mallon

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A look back at the life of a little-known, C-list celebrity striver who met a bad end in New York C… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mallon's Up With the Sun book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • queer
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15. Isidor: Ein jüdisches Leben

By: Shelly Kupferberg

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Isidor Geller hat es geschafft: Er ist Kommerzialrat, Berater des österreichischen Staates, Mul… read more

Similar categories in Shelly Kupferberg's Isidor: Ein jüdisches Leben book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • audiobook
Cover of Der neunte Arm des Oktopus (Der neunte Arm des Oktopus #1) by Dirk Roßmann

16. Der neunte Arm des Oktopus (Der neunte Arm des Oktopus #1)

By: Dirk Roßmann

3.05

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Eine Klima-Allianz - unsere letzte Chance? Der Klimawandel - eine Katastrophe ungeahnten Ausmaße… read more

Similar categories in Dirk Roßmann's Der neunte Arm des Oktopus (Der neunte Arm des Oktopus #1) book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Die Inkommensurablen by Raphaela Edelbauer

17. Die Inkommensurablen

By: Raphaela Edelbauer

3.59

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

In fiebriger Erregung warten die Einwohner Wiens am 31. Juli 1914 das Verstreichen des deutschen Ul… read more

Similar categories in Raphaela Edelbauer's Die Inkommensurablen book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
Cover of Ogni coincidenza ha un'anima by Fabio Stassi

18. Ogni coincidenza ha un'anima

By: Fabio Stassi

3.76

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

«Mi chiamo Vince Corso. Ho quarantacinque anni, sono orfano e per campare prescrivo libri alla gent… read more

Similar categories in Fabio Stassi's Ogni coincidenza ha un'anima book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The End of Nightwork

By: Aidan Cottrell-Boyce

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Pol suffers from a very rare hormonal disorder that ages him erratically; when he was thirteen, his… read more

Similar categories in Aidan Cottrell-Boyce's The End of Nightwork book and Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Ung mans färd mot natt by Håkan Nesser

20. Ung mans färd mot natt

By: Håkan Nesser

3.75

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Nionde boken i serien om kommissarie Barbarotti read more

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21. Tiefes, dunkles Blau (Ein Zürich-Krimi #1)

By: Seraina Kobler

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Kurz nachdem Seepolizistin Rosa Zambrano in einer Kinderwunschpraxis am Zürichsee Eizellen einfrier… read more

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Karan Mahajan

3.57

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4.29

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4.49

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