5 best-selling classics books like Nick by Michael Farris Smith

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Nick

By: Michael Farris Smith

3.15

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith pulls Nick Carraway out of the shadows and into …

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Cover of Never Come Morning by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Nelson Algren, None

1. Never Come Morning

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Nelson Algren , None

4.11

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

"An unusual book and a brilliant book." —The New York Times "One of the finest works of American… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"When I burn please bury me deep Somewhere on West Division Street Put a bottle beneat' my head 'n a bottle beneat' my feet"

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Never Come Morning

"The great trains howling from track to track all night. The taut and telegraphic murmur of ten thousand city wires, drawn most cruelly against a city sky. The rush of city waters, beneath the city st…"

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Never Come Morning

"Nor all your piety nor all your preaching, nor all your crusades nor all your threats can stop one girl from going on the turf, can stop one mugging, can keep one promising youth from becoming a drug…"

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Never Come Morning

"I bet you think fellas are the ones to remember a girl -- don't you?" He shook his head hurriedly, that he'd always thought that. "Fellas have all the fun 'n she just sees one right after another, so…"

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Never Come Morning

Cover of Fender Lizards by Joe R. Lansdale

2. Fender Lizards

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

The unmistakable accent of the Piney Woods of East Texas rolls from the pages of Fender Lizards, Jo… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby

By: Sarah Churchwell

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Tracing the genesis of a masterpiece, a Fitzgerald scholar follows the novelist as he begins work o… read more

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4. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

By: Nathan Englander

3.78

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

These eight new stories from the celebrated novelist and short-story writer Nathan Englander displa… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction

5. So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures

By: Maureen Corrigan

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It's a staple on almost every high school reading list in the country. It's a book that has remaine… read more

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  • classics

6. Road Rage: Two Novellas

By: Stephen King , Richard Matheson , Joe Hill , Stephen Lang

4.08

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Road Rage unites Richard Matheson's classic "Duel" and the contemporary work it inspired--two power… read more

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7. The Unwitting

By: Ellen Feldman

3.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In CIA parlance, those who knew were "witting." Everyone else was among the "unwitting." On a brigh… read more

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8. The Palace Thief

By: Ethan Canin

5.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

"Extraordinary for its craft and emotional effect . . . [Ethan Canin is] a writer of enormous talen… read more

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9. Valentine Princess (The Princess Diaries, #7.75)

By: Meg Cabot

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Valentine Princess (A Princess Diaries Book, Vol. 7 3/4) read more

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Cover of This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

10. This Side of Paradise

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.64

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the a… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"A squalid phantasmagoria of breath"

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Amory: I love you. Rosalind: I love you- now."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Good luck to you and bad luck to your theories."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

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11. Beautiful Little Fools

By: Jillian Cantor

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

USA Today bestselling author Jillian Cantor reimagines and expands on the literary classic The Grea… read more

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  • retellings
  • classics
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. On Fire

By: Larry Brown

4.02

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

NOW WITH A FOREWORD BY RON RASH AND AN APPRECIATION BY DWIGHT GARNER “One of the finest books I kn… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality by Mike Sielski

13. The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality

By: Mike Sielski

4.07

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

"A compelling origin story of a time that really wasn’t so long ago but through the lens of tragedy… read more

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  • audiobook
"Somebody says I can't do something, and I want to go out and do it on purpose and do it in an unbelievable way."

-Mike Sielski, The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality

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14. Salt the Water

By: Candice Iloh

3.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging auth… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Black Spire (Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, #2) by Delilah S. Dawson

15. Black Spire (Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, #2)

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.90

Format: 569 pages, Kindle Edition

Walk the ancient streets, meet the colorful characters, and uncover the secret history of Star Gal… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Even without his helmet, the man was a symphony in red."

-Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire (Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, #2)

"He would never be another Poe Dameron----no one but Poe was Poe-----but the Resistance could use all the steady, bighearted people it could get."

-Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire (Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, #2)

"Sometimes the Force challenges us," the older woman said. "And we don't find out until later why we had to suffer. Every setback contains hidden blessings."

-Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire (Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, #2)

"I get it." She nodded at Grana. "Keeping your head down is a good way to stay safe. You avoid trouble." ..... "But if you keep letting bullies bully other people, eventually they run out of other peo…"

-Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire (Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, #2)

Cover of Library for the War-Wounded by Monika Helfer

16. Library for the War-Wounded

By: Monika Helfer

2.75

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The internationally bestselling novel- a daughter's portrait of her WWII veteran father, assembled … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Nick

By: Michael Farris Smith

3.15

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith pulls Nick Carraway out of the shadows and into … read more

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  • retellings
  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hayley Aldridge Is Still Here by Elissa R. Sloan

18. Hayley Aldridge Is Still Here

By: Elissa R. Sloan

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes comes yet another sharp, page-turning novel abo… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance (Miss Morton Mysteries, #3) by Catherine Lloyd

19. Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance (Miss Morton Mysteries, #3)

By: Catherine Lloyd

3.98

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Social standing is everything in Regency England—and no one knows better than Miss Caroline Morton,… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Semi-Famous: A True Story of Near Celebrity by Josh Sundquist

20. Semi-Famous: A True Story of Near Celebrity

By: Josh Sundquist

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Social media star and comedian Josh Sundquist takes readers on his hilarious journey to the fringes… read more

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  • audiobook
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21. Fat Witch Summer

By: Lizzy Ives

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Dumplin’ meets The Craft in this body-positive fantasy novel for fans of summer road trips, female … read more

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  • fiction

12 best-selling fiction books like Nick by Michael Farris Smith

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Never Come Morning

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Nelson Algren , None

4.11

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Fender Lizards

Joe R. Lansdale

3.10

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

Nathan Englander

3.78

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This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.64

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Inferno Squad (Star Wars: Battlefront, #2)

Christie Golden

3.66

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Claudia Gray

4.73

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Star Wars Novelizations, #9)

Rae Carson

3.88

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3.81

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