22 must-read fiction books like All I'm Asking by J. Marie Rundquist

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All I'm Asking

By: J. Marie Rundquist

4.11

Format: None pages, ebook

Teacher and single mom Naomi is always biting off more than she can chew. Naomi knows what it’s lik…

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1. I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections

By: Nora Ephron

3.80

Format: 137 pages, Hardcover

Here is the beloved, bestselling author of I Feel Bad About My Neck at her funniest, wisest, and be… read more

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"My religion is Get Over It."

-Nora Ephron, I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections

"I was a journalist and I liked to watch. I was in awe."

-Nora Ephron, I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections

"Here's the thing about dessert--you want it to last. You want to savor it."

-Nora Ephron, I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections

"If this is one of the last days of my life, am I doing exactly what I want to be doing?"

-Nora Ephron, I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections

2. A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1)

By: Caimh McDonnell

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

The First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul… read more

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3. Eleven Liars (Ben Harper, #2)

By: Robert Gold

4.05

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Journalist Ben Harper is on his way home when he sees the flames in the churchyard. The derelict co… read more

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  • fiction
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4. Here One Moment

By: Liane Moriarty

4.15

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? Aside from a delay, there will be no probl… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. There's No Coming Back from This

By: Ann Garvin

3.95

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

“The show must go on” takes on a whole new meaning for one single mom in a witty and emotional nove… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Scarlet Carnation

By: Laila Ibrahim

4.14

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

In an early twentieth-century America roiling with racial injustice, class divides, and WWI, two wo… read more

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  • fiction
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7. Dominicana

By: Angie Cruz

4.11

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Mamá has lived long enough to learn a man doesn’t know what he thinks until a woman makes him think it."

-Angie Cruz, Dominicana

"César picks it up and pulls out a chicken by its neck. Welcome to America, he says. He hands it to me. I look into its glassed-over eyes. . . . I've held plenty of chickens before, plucked, chopped, …"

-Angie Cruz, Dominicana

"When Juan gets mad, it's as if my dependence on him fuels the transformation in his body from concern, to anger, to fury. The veins in his neck swell, his eyes bulge, and he yells, You want trouble f…"

-Angie Cruz, Dominicana

"Puffer fish inflate into a ball when they feel threatened as a warning to predators. The males work endlessly on designing their territories to attract a mate. Burrowing diligently with their fins, r…"

-Angie Cruz, Dominicana

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8. Breathing in Reverse

By: Densie Webb

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A chance encounter with a celebrity, an impromptu video, and a shiny new espresso machine all added… read more

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9. Smells Like Tween Spirit

By: Laurie Gelman

4.08

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Even with the cutthroat days of being Class Mom behind her, as a freshly minted mat mom of the Pion… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career

By: Kristi Coulter

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, and a grueling decade inside Amazon, from the… read more

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11. The Scenic Route

By: Christina Baker Kline

4.02

Format: 43 pages, Kindle Edition

Driven by desperation to hit the road, a woman sees her life come into view in a powerful short sto… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Stillness can’t really exist ... because even when we’re not moving, we’re breathing, and breath is movement."

-Christina Baker Kline, The Scenic Route

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12. The Other Side of Disappearing

By: Kate Clayborn

3.76

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly tran… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Mother May I

By: Joshilyn Jackson

3.83

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A novel of domestic suspense in which a mother must decide how far she is willing to go to protect … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare

By: Kimberly Brock

3.53

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl. What happened to the Lost Colony … read more

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  • fiction
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15. At Least You Have Your Health

By: Madi Sinha

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Behind the wholesome veneer of a wellness clinic lies a dangerous secret in this compelling women's… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. People Like Them

By: Minka Kent

4.09

Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition

Nobody’s perfect—although one beautiful couple certainly comes close. Discover the cracks beneath t… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. The Fake Out

By: Sharon M. Peterson

4.04

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

I can’t lock up the library until the guy asleep at his desk leaves. Thank the universe for audiobo… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. All I'm Asking

By: J. Marie Rundquist

4.11

Format: None pages, ebook

Teacher and single mom Naomi is always biting off more than she can chew. Naomi knows what it’s lik… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • queer
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19. Jackpot Summer

By: Elyssa Friedland

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy liv… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Neena Lee Is Seeing Things

By: Sheila Athens

4.33

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

When a travel writer haunted by old ghosts comes face to face with a new one—who just happens to be… read more

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  • fiction
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21. Welcome to the Neighborhood

By: Lisa Roe

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming and life-affirming story of family dynamics, mother/daughter relationships, and seco… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. Friends with Secrets

By: Christine Gunderson

4.16

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In a funny and suspenseful debut, Christine Gunderson explores the myth of the perfect mother, the … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. Until Next Summer

By: Ali Brady

4.00

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Two former best friends each find love at an adults-only summer camp in this romantic and nostalgic… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. Releasing the Reins: A Novel

By: Catherine Matthews

4.72

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

Secrets hiding on the tundra…In the dawning of summer, the rugged landscape of rural Alaska sets th… read more

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25. Soul Dancing

By: Gail Priest

4.63

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

When ninety-year-old Shirlene Foster dies, she is shocked to wake up in another woman’s body. Even … read more

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26. Somebody Knows

By: Pamela Ungashick

4.62

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

Audrey Mae Scott has felt the sting of her mother’s whipping stick far too many times. Unlike her l… read more

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27. A Life Unraveled

By: Jill Hannah Anderson

4.30

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Kindergarten teacher Lily Gallo is a happily married mother of three who considers her life perfect… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. All They Ask Is Everything

By: Hadley Leggett

4.42

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

In this hopeful debut about the silent struggles of motherhood, three very different women want cus… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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29. Closer to Home

By: Jill Hannah Anderson

4.65

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in 1977 ~ Joleigh Moore lives an almost-reclusive life on her small farm in Missouri. But … read more

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  • fiction
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30. Secrets of the Blue Moon

By: Jan Heidrich-Rice

4.73

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Redemption awaits her…but only if she confronts all her ghosts.Marnie Putnam is devastated by her h… read more

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31. Love's Journey Home

By: Gabi Coatsworth

4.73

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Their relationship seemed destined for heartache. A terminal diagnosis would teach them the true me… read more

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Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

4.15

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There's No Coming Back from This

Ann Garvin

3.95

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Angie Cruz

4.11

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4.08

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Traci Borum

4.09

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Jeanette Minniti

4.21

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Amy Fillion

4.25

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Kerry Lonsdale

4.11

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