19 must-read fiction books like The North Line by Matt Riordan

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The North Line

By: Matt Riordan

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Matt Riordan’s debut novel, a college student in need of quick money finds work on an Alaskan fi…

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1. Nothing but the Bones

By: Brian Panowich

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With lyrical prose and hard-hitting depictions of the hardscrabble life in the rural south, Brian P… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Nothing but the Bones book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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2. Sandwich

By: Catherine Newman

3.75

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Newman's Sandwich book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

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3. How to Read a Book

By: Monica Wood

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more

Similar categories in Monica Wood's How to Read a Book book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."

-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book

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4. April May June July

By: Alison B. Hart

3.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A triumphant family story and sharply observed exploration of privilege, identity, and love in all … read more

Similar categories in Alison B. Hart's April May June July book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. The Mother Act

By: Heidi Reimer

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Set against the sparkling backdrop of the theater world, this propulsive debut follows the complica… read more

Similar categories in Heidi Reimer's The Mother Act book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees

By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Nezhukumatathil's Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • adult
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7. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • adventure
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

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8. Missing White Woman

By: Kellye Garrett

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The truth is never skin deep.   It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City… read more

Similar categories in Kellye Garrett's Missing White Woman book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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9. Same As It Ever Was

By: Claire Lombardo

4.00

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the pla… read more

Similar categories in Claire Lombardo's Same As It Ever Was book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Parenthood was a persistent cruelty, a constant, simultaneous desire to be together and apart."

-Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was

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10. Spitting Gold

By: Carmella Lowkis

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously haunting debut for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Penner set in 19th-century Paris, b… read more

Similar categories in Carmella Lowkis's Spitting Gold book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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11. The Unwedding

By: Ally Condie

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie in this bold novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling autho… read more

Similar categories in Ally Condie's The Unwedding book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"Interesting, her mind noted, that she would accept an increase in the risk of death over looking rude."

-Ally Condie, The Unwedding

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12. Skin & Bones

By: Renée Watson

4.39

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Skin & Bones book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The God of the Woods

By: Liz Moore

4.27

Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more

Similar categories in Liz Moore's The God of the Woods book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of The North Line by Matt Riordan

14. The North Line

By: Matt Riordan

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Matt Riordan’s debut novel, a college student in need of quick money finds work on an Alaskan fi… read more

Similar categories in Matt Riordan's The North Line book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • adventure
  • coming of age
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) by Paul Doiron

15. Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15)

By: Paul Doiron

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods… read more

Similar categories in Paul Doiron's Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • mystery thriller
  • adventure
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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16. Trust Her

By: Flynn Berry

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters find they can't outrun their past in the riveting new thriller from the New York Times … read more

Similar categories in Flynn Berry's Trust Her book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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17. 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

Similar categories in Elyssa Friedland's Jackpot Summer book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

Similar categories in Helen Phillips's Hum book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Clara Reads Proust by Stéphane Carlier

19. Clara Reads Proust

By: Stéphane Carlier

3.59

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, pep… read more

Similar categories in Stéphane Carlier's Clara Reads Proust book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • coming of age
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Tell It to Me Singing by Tita Ramírez

20. Tell It to Me Singing

By: Tita Ramírez

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Cuban American family is sent into a tailspin when the ailing matriarch confesses the first of se… read more

Similar categories in Tita Ramírez's Tell It to Me Singing book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Burn

By: Peter Heller

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emer… read more

Similar categories in Peter Heller's Burn book and Matt Riordan's The North Line

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult

14 Top contemporary books like The North Line by Matt Riordan

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

Transform Your Habits

How to Read a Book

Monica Wood

4.29

Transform Your Habits

April May June July

Alison B. Hart

3.47

Transform Your Habits

The Mother Act

Heidi Reimer

4.18

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Transform Your Habits

Real Americans

Rachel Khong

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

Transform Your Habits

How to Read a Book

Monica Wood

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Drinking from Graveyard Wells: Stories (Contemporary Poetry And Prose)

Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

4.40

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