19 must-read contemporary books like Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

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Similar categories in Elin Hilderbrand's The Five-Star Weekend book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• fiction
• contemporary
• adult
• audiobook

"She weighs the decision for a moment, then butters the baguette and pops it in her mouth. It's so delicious that she doesn't care if they have to roll her off the island in a wheelbarrow."

-Elin Hilderbrand, The Five-Star Weekend

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• adult
• fiction
• audiobook

"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

Similar categories in Mary Kubica's She's Not Sorry book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook

"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook

"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Teacher book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook

Similar categories in Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook

"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• family
• fiction
• contemporary
• adult
• audiobook

"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

Similar categories in Alex Michaelides's The Fury book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook

"Character is fate"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"Love is mutual respect, and constancy- and friendship"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"Do not despair at being different. For that very difference, initially such a source of shame, so humiliating, and painful, will one day become a badge of honor and pride"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"I'd never seen Lana lose control. I won't say it wasn't frightening; but then, uncontained emotion is always distressing to be around, isn't it? Particularly when it's from someone you love."

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

Similar categories in Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• adult
• audiobook

"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

Similar categories in Bonnie Garmus's Lessons in Chemistry book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• fiction
• contemporary
• adult
• audiobook

"Sometimes I think," she said slowly, "that if a man were to spend a day being a woman in America, he wouldn't make it past noon."

-Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

"(On religion) "I think it lets us off the hook. I think it teaches us that nothing is really our fault; that something or someone else is pulling the strings; the ultimately, we're not to blame for t…"

-Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

"Whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change - and change is what we're chemically designed to do. So when you wake up tomorrow, make this pledge. No more holding yourself b…"

-Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

Similar categories in Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• family
• fiction
• contemporary
• adult
• audiobook

"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• fiction
• contemporary
• adult
• audiobook

"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's The Heiress book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook

"One rarely finds salvation in Florida."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

"Sometimes it's fun to give people enough rope with which to hang themselves."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's Darling Girls book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• australia
• adult
• audiobook

"She didn’t do well out of her routine."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

Similar categories in Jodi Picoult's Mad Honey book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook

"Being gay or straight,"

-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

"People always talk about their love for you is unconditional. Then you reveal your most private self to them, and you find out how many conditions there are in unconditional love."

-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

"Dark honey from the second harvest. It's made late in the season after the nectar drought at the end of July when the bees turn to goldenrod and sunflowers instead. It's deeper and richer, it tastes …"

-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

"My father taught me that beekeeping is both a burden and a privilege. You don’t bother the bees unless they need your help, and you help them when they need it. It’s a feudal relationship: protection…"

-Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

Similar categories in Jojo Moyes's Someone Else's Shoes book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• fiction
• contemporary
• adult
• audiobook

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's The It Girl book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook

"The usual. Soft focus, syrupy memories of April and her potential. Sad-faced pictures of h to add a prurient kick to the piece-a hint of scandal, maybe. A student rivalry. A sniff of drugs, or promis…"

-Ruth Ware, The It Girl

"The usual. Soft focus, syrupy memories of April and her potential. Sad-faced pictures of her friends and family pondering all they've lost. Anecdotes about punting and May balls and bright futures. A…"

-Ruth Ware, The It Girl

Similar categories in Gillian McAllister's Wrong Place Wrong Time book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• mystery thriller
• fiction
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook

Similar categories in Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• adult fiction
• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• family
• adult
• australia
• audiobook

"That was the secret of a happy marriage. Step away from the rage."

-Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

"The body could find balance between opposing forces. The mind could do the same."

-Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

"Watching someone have a panic attack was like looking in the eyes of someone trapped behind glass, drowning right in front of you."

-Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

"In case she can't get what's in her head and her heart on the canvas. Maybe she's afraid of being afraid. That she'll be so paralyzed by fear she won't do a thing, she'll just stand there with her pa…"

-Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

Similar categories in Lucy Foley's The Paris Apartment book and Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall

• mystery thriller
• fiction
• contemporary
• mystery
• thriller
• adult
• audiobook