13 Best novels books like The Altruists by Andrew Ridker

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The Altruists

By: Andrew Ridker

3.30

Format: 304 pages, None

A vibrant and perceptive novel about a father’s plot to win back his children’s inheritance. Art…

"Era una di quelle mattine in cui non detestavi il mestiere di professore. In cui ricordavi che lo scopo dello studio era la ricerca della bellezza. Era cercare bellezza e verità e, dopo averle trovate, tracciarvi intorno delle linee. Per vivere felici all'interno di quelle mura."

-Andrew Ridker, The Altruists

"Era una di quelle mattine in cui non detestavi il mestiere di professore. In cui ricordavi che lo scopo dello studio era la ricerca della bellezza. Era cercare bellezza e verità e, dopo averle trovate, tracciarvi intorno delle linee. Per vivere felici all'interno di quelle mura."

-Andrew Ridker, The Altruists

If you liked the novels plot in The Altruists by Andrew Ridker , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Confusion of Languages

By: Siobhan Fallon

3.63

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A searing debut novel from the award-winning author of You Know When the Men are Gone, about jealou… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There was so much he could have said and chose not to. “I didn’t pry into your past, Margaret. I don’t pry into your life before we met, so don’t do it to me."

-Siobhan Fallon, The Confusion of Languages

"I want to believe he's trying; isn't that what this is all about, what everything is all about, marriage, parenting, life? Just trying to do the best you can as often as you can?"

-Siobhan Fallon, The Confusion of Languages

"We depend on this give-and-take when living abroad. You can’t exile yourself from your homeland and not always feel that tidal pull of return. Those minor details, the commercial jingles and pop song…"

-Siobhan Fallon, The Confusion of Languages

"Sure, people stare… I think it’s curiosity. Most of the time if I give a big smile, the person looks totally shocked to have been caught and will smile back. They go from a sort of blankness to this …"

-Siobhan Fallon, The Confusion of Languages

2. The Admissions

By: Meg Mitchell Moore

3.95

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The Admissions brilliantly captures the frazzled pressure cooker of modern life as a seemingly perf… read more

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3. The Imperfectionists

By: Tom Rachman

4.07

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachman's wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy… read more

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4. De uverdige

By: Roy Jacobsen

3.73

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

I Roy Jacobsens roman De uverdige følger vi en gjeng gutter og jenter fra en bygård på østkanten i … read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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5. Każde serce to wrota. Patyki i kości (Zbłąkane dzieci, #1-2)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.69

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Nagroda Hugo dla najlepszego cyklu 2022 Pierwsze dwie książki cyklu Zbłąkane dzieci Seanan McGuire… read more

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6. Come and Get It

By: Kiley Reid

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a profe… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen."

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

"Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much ti…"

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

"Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart. "Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie." "But I'm not saying it like …"

-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

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7. Wellness

By: Nathan Hill

4.00

Format: 611 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about mar… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"It's an altogether manic and ceaseless conversation, a conversation that feels sometimes like falling down stairs, barely keeping upright, taken by gravity, skipping, grasping, and then somehow landi…"

-Nathan Hill, Wellness

"Behind curtains, this, he thinks, is what lovers do—they are alchemists and architects; pioneers and fabulists; they make one thing another; they invent the world around them. So he says, ‘Yes I beli…"

-Nathan Hill, Wellness

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8. Little Monsters

By: Adrienne Brodeur

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complica… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Our scars are what make us unique. Nothing broken is ever lost."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

"Whenever I paint the truth, no matter how strange, people see themselves in it."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

"To stare into the spiral of a shell was to see the swirl of a galaxy, the logarithmic spiral of life itself, the intertwined miracle of art and science."

-Adrienne Brodeur, Little Monsters

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9. Pete and Alice in Maine

By: Caitlin Shetterly

3.38

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold in New York Cit… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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10. I've Tried Being Nice: Essays

By: Ann Leary

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary offers a literary feast of humor and wisdom told from t… read more

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  • audiobook
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11. Marschlande

By: Jarka Kubsova

4.21

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

Zwei Frauen, die Jahrhunderte trennen – der Wunsch nach Selbstbestimmung, der sie verbindet »Marsch… read more

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  • roman
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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12. The Vixen

By: Francine Prose

3.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Critically acclaimed, bestselling author Francine Prose returns with a dazzling new novel set in th… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Armoede uitgelegd aan mensen met geld

By: Tim 'S Jongers

4.16

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

In een land geregeerd door welvarende, hogeropgeleide mensen wordt op een beperkte en soms zelfs sc… read more

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  • audiobook
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14. Reunion

By: Elise Juska

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of the “uniquely poignant” (Entertainment Weekly) novel The Blessings comes… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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16. The Men Can't Be Saved

By: Ben Purkert

3.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A knockout debut novel that tackles a haunting question: What do our jobs do to our souls? Seth is … read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Altruists

By: Andrew Ridker

3.30

Format: 304 pages, None

A vibrant and perceptive novel about a father’s plot to win back his children’s inheritance. Art… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Ridker's The Altruists book and Andrew Ridker's The Altruists

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • roman
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • novels
  • adult
  • drama
"Era una di quelle mattine in cui non detestavi il mestiere di professore. In cui ricordavi che lo scopo dello studio era la ricerca della bellezza. Era cercare bellezza e verità e, dopo averle trovat…"

-Andrew Ridker, The Altruists

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18. The Material

By: Camille Bordas

3.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A single momentous day transforms the lives of students and professors at a school for stand-up com… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. De hangmatbelegger (Dutch Edition)

By: Yoran Brondsema

4.21

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

FEIT 1: door gewoon te sparen verlies je geld. Inflatie vreet elk jaar aan je spaarrekening, waardo… read more

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20. The Rich People Have Gone Away

By: Regina Porter

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wai… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Edge Case

By: YZ Chin

3.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Editors' Choice When her husband suddenly disappears, a young woman must uncove… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook

15 Best fiction books like The Altruists by Andrew Ridker

Transform Your Habits

The Confusion of Languages

Siobhan Fallon

3.63

Transform Your Habits

De uverdige

Roy Jacobsen

3.73

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Come and Get It

Kiley Reid

3.38

Transform Your Habits

Wellness

Nathan Hill

4.00

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After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

3.75

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Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

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