18 must-read fiction books like In the Midnight Room by Laura McBride

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In the Midnight Room

By: Laura McBride

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the author of the acclaimed novel We Are Called to Rise comes a “jewel of a novel” (BookPage) …

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Cover of I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi

1. I Liked My Life

By: Abby Fabiaschi

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A story from debut author Abby Fabiaschi that is "as absorbing as it is illuminating, and as witty … read more

Similar categories in Abby Fabiaschi's I Liked My Life book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You only confuse hope with power once in life."

-Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

"Make room for who you are by knowing who you’re not."

-Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

"... the most important approval to earn in this life is your own."

-Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

"There are so many things I dare not say I have quietly stopped being me."

-Abby Fabiaschi, I Liked My Life

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2. The Mountain Story

By: Lori Lansens

3.94

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Five days. Four hikers. Three survivors. From Lori Lansens, author of the national bestsellers Rush… read more

Similar categories in Lori Lansens's The Mountain Story book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

3. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake

By: Jenny Wingfield

4.37

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at "the old home… read more

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4. The Flick

By: Annie Baker

3.98

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in … read more

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5. Last House

By: Jessica Shattuck

3.64

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

"An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures an… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Shattuck's Last House book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Amelia's Shadow (Blaze Collection)

By: Marie Benedict

3.62

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

For pilot Ruth Nichols, a soaring rivalry with Amelia Earhart becomes a deep friendship in a short … read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's Amelia's Shadow (Blaze Collection) book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Keeping Lucy

By: T. Greenwood

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Rust & Stardust comes this heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of how … read more

Similar categories in T. Greenwood's Keeping Lucy book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. November Road

By: Lou Berney

3.87

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desper… read more

Similar categories in Lou Berney's November Road book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Lo peor de una infancia infeliz: los momentos felices ocasionales, cuando se te permitía ver por un instante la vida que podrías haber tenido."

-Lou Berney, November Road

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9. Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies

By: Vicky Zimmerman

3.84

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

An unlikely friendship between two stubborn, lonely souls anchors this big-hearted book and dares u… read more

Similar categories in Vicky Zimmerman's Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Fallen Grace (Blaze Collection)

By: Sadeqa Johnson

4.22

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

A single mother in segregated Virginia pushes back on societal prejudice and her own family’s judgm… read more

Similar categories in Sadeqa Johnson's Fallen Grace (Blaze Collection) book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Tune in Tomorrow (Blaze Collection)

By: Melanie Benjamin

3.61

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

An enterprising woman in a man’s world. A vision that changed daytime television. A galvanizing sho… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Benjamin's Tune in Tomorrow (Blaze Collection) book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. The Love Square

By: Laura Jane Williams

3.39

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Joyful and romantic!’ COSMOPOLITAN ‘Full of delicious food, real kindness and sexy men… what’s no… read more

Similar categories in Laura Jane Williams's The Love Square book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. I’ll Leave You With This

By: Kylie Ladd

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

I’ll Leave You With This is a heartbreaking, funny, thought-provoking and honest novel about a brot… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Ladd's I’ll Leave You With This book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Days of Wonder

By: Caroline Leavitt

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt returns with a tantalizing, courageous story abo… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Leavitt's Days of Wonder book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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15. The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream

By: Jeannie Zusy

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine meets Early Morning Riser with a dash of Where’d You Go, Bernad… read more

Similar categories in Jeannie Zusy's The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Last Couple Standing

By: Matthew Norman

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A couple determined not to end up like their divorced friends try a radical experiment—and get in w… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Norman's Last Couple Standing book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Our Little Secret

By: Lisa Jackson

3.79

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

#1  New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson puts a sexy, twisty, gender-reversed spin on Fat… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jackson's Our Little Secret book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of In the Midnight Room by Laura  McBride

18. In the Midnight Room

By: Laura McBride

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the author of the acclaimed novel We Are Called to Rise comes a “jewel of a novel” (BookPage) … read more

Similar categories in Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • literary fiction
  • womens fiction
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
Cover of This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide by Geneen Roth

19. This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide

By: Geneen Roth

3.80

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Geneen Roth, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Women Food and God, explains how to take th… read more

Similar categories in Geneen Roth's This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • audiobook
"Take yourself in. Ask the questions no one ever asked you. Keep going until you know the answer and you know who's asking. Until you realize- it's not far away- that the essence of you, like the sky,…"

-Geneen Roth, This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide

"We are always whirling in the trance of deficiency in which we equate being alone with loneliness, restraint with deprivation, being silent with being empty. I get seduced by the promise of adding ye…"

-Geneen Roth, This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide

"There isn’t a someday. There never was. No one has ever been to the future that you keep putting your life on hold for. All we ever have is now. And if you continually put your life on hold for what …"

-Geneen Roth, This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide

"Every good enough mother teaches her child that no matter how bad it seems- no matter how many rejections or scraped knees or broken bones there are- it is going to be okay. Maybe not the way we want…"

-Geneen Roth, This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide

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20. How to Be Second Best

By: Jessica Dettmann

3.89

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A hilarious and heart-warming debut that captures the dramas, delights and delirium of modern paren… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Dettmann's How to Be Second Best book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • womens fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
"I should have a slogan: Emma Baker - she's what happens when you're busy making other plans."

-Jessica Dettmann, How to Be Second Best

"I should have a slogan: Emma Baker - she's what happens when you you're busy making other plans."

-Jessica Dettmann, How to Be Second Best

"You won't get rid of him that easily. Troy will live a long and annoying life. People like him always do."

-Jessica Dettmann, How to Be Second Best

"Lola is a sociopath in a children's book and TV series, sister of Charlie, one of the great long-suffering brothers of literature."

-Jessica Dettmann, How to Be Second Best

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21. The Year of What If

By: Phaedra Patrick

3.35

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Phaedra Patrick comes a fun, heartfelt novel about a bride-to-be, a fortune… read more

Similar categories in Phaedra Patrick's The Year of What If book and Laura McBride's In the Midnight Room

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

12 must-read contemporary books like In the Midnight Room by Laura McBride

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I Liked My Life

Abby Fabiaschi

4.15

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The Mountain Story

Lori Lansens

3.94

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Keeping Lucy

T. Greenwood

4.11

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Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies

Vicky Zimmerman

3.84

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Hide Your Fear

Kevin O'Brien

4.15

The Book of Joe

Jonathan Tropper

3.82

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Jonathan Tropper

3.76

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Jonathan Tropper

3.76

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