20 Top fiction books like An Impossible Return by Caroline Laurent

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An Impossible Return

By: Caroline Laurent

4.19

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse An epic love story set against a backdrop of injustice, d…

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1. The Light on Farallon Island

By: Jen Wheeler

3.88

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

From debut author Jen Wheeler comes a spellbinding tale about the dangers a nineteenth-century woma… read more

Similar categories in Jen Wheeler's The Light on Farallon Island book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Fire and the Ore

By: Olivia Hawker

4.07

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Three spirited wives in nineteenth-century Utah. One husband. A compelling novel of family, sisterh… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's The Fire and the Ore book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Night Angels

By: Weina Dai Randel

4.22

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the Mass Book Awards 2024 From the author of The Last Rose of Shanghai comes a pr… read more

Similar categories in Weina Dai Randel's Night Angels book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Sing, Wild Bird, Sing

By: Jacqueline O'Mahony

4.12

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

A courageous woman journeys from nineteenth-century Ireland to the American West in a powerful nove… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline O'Mahony's Sing, Wild Bird, Sing book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Where Waters Meet

By: Zhang Ling

3.86

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

A daughter discovers the dramatic history that shaped her mother’s secret life in an emotional and … read more

Similar categories in Zhang Ling's Where Waters Meet book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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6. Swan Light

By: Phoebe Rowe

4.21

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweeping, emotional tale of hope and perseverance, Swan Light weaves together the stories of two … read more

Similar categories in Phoebe Rowe's Swan Light book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There were as many parts of a story as there were people who remembered it."

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

"It was the story of the wrecks that hadn't happened, of the lives people got to keep living because of a light in the darkness ..."

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

"But shipwrecks were rarely like that, she’d learned later, proud and upright, perched whimsically on the seafloor. Wrecks were wrecked, sure and violent. Shattered and flattened, rotting edges under …"

-Phoebe Rowe, Swan Light

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7. Local

By: Jessica Machado

3.66

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful, lush memoir about a Hawaiian woman who ran away from paradise to discover who she is an… read more

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8. The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1)

By: Damyanti Biswas

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

On the dark streets of Mumbai, the paths of a missing dancer, a serial killer, and an inspector wit… read more

Similar categories in Damyanti Biswas's The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1) book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • adult
  • fiction
"Endings are overrated."

-Damyanti Biswas, The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1)

"We men are strange beasts. Love us and we run from you. Leave us, and you’re never far from our thoughts."

-Damyanti Biswas, The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1)

"When you close yourself off from people because they might end up hurting you, you shut out not only the hurt, but life itself. You have no control over what will happen to you, but you can choose wh…"

-Damyanti Biswas, The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1)

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9. A Castle in Brooklyn

By: Shirley Russak Wachtel

3.79

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

Spanning decades, an unforgettable novel about reckoning with the past, the true nature of friendsh… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Russak Wachtel's A Castle in Brooklyn book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Wild, Beautiful, and Free

By: Sophfronia Scott

4.31

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Born the daughter of an enslaved woman and a Louisiana plantation owner, Jeannette Bébinn is raised… read more

Similar categories in Sophfronia Scott's Wild, Beautiful, and Free book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Well Behaved Wives

By: Amy Sue Nathan

3.99

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect wives, imperfect lives, and upending the rules of behavior in 1960s America. Law school … read more

Similar categories in Amy Sue Nathan's Well Behaved Wives book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Five Winters

By: Kitty Johnson

3.99

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A bighearted novel about motherhood, friendship, moving on, and love of all kinds. Ever since Beth… read more

Similar categories in Kitty Johnson's Five Winters book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • romance
  • fiction
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13. Through a Darkening Glass

By: R.S. Maxwell

3.90

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

A mesmerizing World War II mystery about a Londoner who flees the city to write a novel and finds a… read more

Similar categories in R.S. Maxwell's Through a Darkening Glass book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Halfway to You

By: Jennifer Gold

4.31

Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition

An ambitious podcaster and her reclusive interviewee embark on a life-altering journey to uncover l… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Gold's Halfway to You book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. When the World Goes Quiet

By: Gian Sardar

4.32

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

In the final days of World War I, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a po… read more

Similar categories in Gian Sardar's When the World Goes Quiet book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Direction of the Wind

By: Mansi Shah

4.09

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartfelt story that spans continents and generations, about a young woman who searches for answe… read more

Similar categories in Mansi Shah's The Direction of the Wind book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • historical
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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17. The Fires

By: Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir

3.78

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

From Icelandic author Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir comes a heart-wrenching thriller about a woman’… read more

Similar categories in Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir's The Fires book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • fiction
Cover of Split by Alida Bremer

18. Split

By: Alida Bremer

2.66

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Nazis, spies, romance, and murder collide in prewar eastern Europe in a mesmerizing historical nove… read more

Similar categories in Alida Bremer's Split book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. An Impossible Return

By: Caroline Laurent

4.19

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse An epic love story set against a backdrop of injustice, d… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • historical
  • france
  • mauritius
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • social issues
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20. Daughter of Fire

By: Sofia Robleda

3.97

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

For a young woman coming of age in sixteenth-century Guatemala, safeguarding her people’s legacy is… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Robleda's Daughter of Fire book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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21. The Moonflowers

By: Abigail Rose-Marie

4.39

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

In a powerful and poignant novel, an artist unravels her mysterious family history and its generati… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Rose-Marie's The Moonflowers book and Caroline Laurent's An Impossible Return

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

9 Best adult books like An Impossible Return by Caroline Laurent

Transform Your Habits

The Fire and the Ore

Olivia Hawker

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Where Waters Meet

Zhang Ling

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1)

Damyanti Biswas

3.72

Transform Your Habits

A Castle in Brooklyn

Shirley Russak Wachtel

3.79

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21 must-read fiction books like Through a Darkening Glass by R.S. Maxwell

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The Light on Farallon Island

Jen Wheeler

3.88

Transform Your Habits

A Thousand Recipes for Revenge (Chefs of the Five Gods, #1)

Beth Cato

3.88

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Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (Whimbrel House, #1)

Charlie N. Holmberg

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Stroke of Winter

Wendy Webb

3.99

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