6 must-read family books like The Balcony by Jane Delury

Cover of The Balcony by Jane Delury

The Balcony

By: Jane Delury

2.91

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. …

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1. If Women Rose Rooted: The Power of the Celtic Woman

By: Sharon Blackie

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

'Rising high up on the heather-covered moorlands, seeping through our bogs, flowing down our stream… read more

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"Menopause is not a medical condition, it is an earthquake, shaking us to our deepest foundations, wiping out the edifices we've so carefully constructed on what we once imagined to be the solid groun…"

-Sharon Blackie, If Women Rose Rooted: The Power of the Celtic Woman

"If women remember that once upon a time we sand with the tongues of seals and flew with the wings of swans, that we forged our own paths through the dark forest while creating a community of its many…"

-Sharon Blackie, If Women Rose Rooted: The Power of the Celtic Woman

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2. The Clasp

By: Sloane Crosley

4.00

Format: 50 pages, Hardcover

Kezia, Nathaniel, and Victor are reunited for the extravagant wedding of a college friend. Now at t… read more

Similar categories in Sloane Crosley's The Clasp book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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3. The Hurricane Sisters

By: Dorothea Benton Frank

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Hurricane season begins early and rumbles all summer long, well into September. Often people's live… read more

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  • fiction
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4. The Book of Ruth

By: Jane Hamilton

3.37

Format: 120 pages,

Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel, this exquisite book confron… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult

5. The Gatecrasher

By: Madeleine Wickham

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Everything's coming up roses for Fleur Daxeny, as she goes through more rich men than she does desi… read more

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6. First Love

By: James Patterson , Emily Raymond

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary portrait of true love that will move anyone who has a first love story of their ow… read more

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7. Close Your Eyes

By: Amanda Eyre Ward

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Close Your Eyes,the author of the bestselling How to Be Lostspins another mesmerizing tale of bu… read more

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8. Irish Eyes (Callahan Garrity Mystery, #8)

By: Kathy Hogan Trocheck

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Ex-cop Callahan Garrity was more than happy to leave the Atlanta P.D. behind her to start her own b… read more

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9. Finding Margaret Fuller

By: Allison Pataki

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central… read more

Similar categories in Allison Pataki's Finding Margaret Fuller book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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10. Under the Rainbow

By: Celia Laskey

3.73

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

When a group of social activists arrive in a small town, the lives and beliefs of residents and out… read more

Similar categories in Celia Laskey's Under the Rainbow book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
"It was a soft kiss that only lasted for about two seconds, but I felt something in my stomach rev, like an old car trying to start. I wanted to see what it would feel like for the engine to turn over."

-Celia Laskey, Under the Rainbow

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11. The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant

By: Kayte Nunn

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A cache of unsent love letters from the 1950s is found in a suitcase on a remote island in this mys… read more

Similar categories in Kayte Nunn's The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Castle Shade (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #17) by Laurie R. King

12. Castle Shade (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #17)

By: Laurie R. King

4.08

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat--all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this ch… read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's Castle Shade (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #17) book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Many ancient peoples believed in a land of shade, where the dead dwell in a twilight underworld. In Hebrew, it is tsalmaveth , the death-shadow. In one of the more peculiar Biblical passages, King Sa…"

-Laurie R. King, Castle Shade (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #17)

"One cannot overlook the number of young women and girls involved,' he pointed out. 'Well they do make up somewhat more than half the population.' 'Yes, and because women are often kept in a position …"

-Laurie R. King, Castle Shade (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #17)

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13. The Morningside

By: Téa Obreht

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a ma… read more

Similar categories in Téa Obreht's The Morningside book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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14. The Waters

By: Bonnie Jo Campbell

3.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the sou… read more

Similar categories in Bonnie Jo Campbell's The Waters book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
"Maybe lions keep their promises not to eat your lambs just until they get hungry."

-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters

"This is a dog town. A dog gets forgiven for his crimes here. A cat has to pay the price for every transgression. Meow."

-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters

"Like any medicine, a tattoo would have its secondary side effect eventually--- might establish who you were or might transform you. Might even poison you."

-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters

"Titus is going to come milk Delilah after seven." There was a long silence before Herself said grimly, "Don't tell me I raised the kind of girl who waits for a man to milk her cow."

-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters

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15. Any Other Family

By: Eleanor Brown

3.67

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters returns with a striking and intimate new… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Brown's Any Other Family book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • family
  • fiction
"Whether it was fate that made them family or the dumb luck of the universe, they are here now, and they are going to go forward together."

-Eleanor Brown, Any Other Family

"It's an amazing thing, she thinks, that we marry a person because we claim to love them so much, and then punish them by making them tolerate all our worst qualities."

-Eleanor Brown, Any Other Family

"There is a strange trick to adoptive motherhood, she has found, a necessary blindness to the bifurcation of your child's life. if you spend all your time thinking about the life your child might have…"

-Eleanor Brown, Any Other Family

"Now Tabitha is forced to truly consider the mechanics of things, to look at events as chance rather than luck, as coincidence rather than fate. Because there are so many families who would love to ad…"

-Eleanor Brown, Any Other Family

Cover of The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer    Ryan

16. The Spies of Shilling Lane

By: Jennifer Ryan

3.71

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir comes a thrilling new WWII story about a … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"That’s it! That’s the measure of success, isn’t it?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"Love is the most crucial thing we have. Above reputation, above beauty, above our kindest actions."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"I realize that death isn’t the part of life to fear the most. It is the fear of not living up to our true potential."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"Why do people get so caught up in their own senseless struggle for status that they forget to enjoy the beauty in others?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

Cover of Studies at the School by the Sea (School by the Sea, #4) by Jenny Colgan

17. Studies at the School by the Sea (School by the Sea, #4)

By: Jenny Colgan

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The long-awaited and never-before published finale in New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colga… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Colgan's Studies at the School by the Sea (School by the Sea, #4) book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Disaster at the Vendome Theater (Verlaque and Bonnet #10) by M.L. Longworth

18. Disaster at the Vendome Theater (Verlaque and Bonnet #10)

By: M.L. Longworth

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Calamity befalls the little Vendome Theater in the tenth installment of the sun- and wine-soaked Pr… read more

Similar categories in M.L. Longworth's Disaster at the Vendome Theater (Verlaque and Bonnet #10) book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • france
  • fiction
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19. The Turtle House

By: Amanda Churchill

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Rock the Boat

By: Beck Dorey-Stein

3.64

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Old friends discover how much has changed (and how much has stayed the same) when they reunite in t… read more

Similar categories in Beck Dorey-Stein's Rock the Boat book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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21. Dear Ann

By: Bobbie Ann Mason

3.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ann Workman is smart but naïve, a misfit who’s traveled from rural Kentucky to graduate school in t… read more

Similar categories in Bobbie Ann Mason's Dear Ann book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
"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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23. Pieces of Blue

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"Bursting with humor, chaos, and raw tenderness." ―Oprah Daily " Pieces of Blue is a brilliant a… read more

Similar categories in Holly Goldberg Sloan's Pieces of Blue book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
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24. The Forgotten Sister

By: Nicola Cornick

3.67

Format: 357 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of the spellbinding historical novels of Philippa Gregory and Kate Morton comes a … read more

Similar categories in Nicola Cornick's The Forgotten Sister book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. The Marriage Sabbatical

By: Lian Dolan

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

What if you could take a vacation from your marriage? A couple decides to give it a shot in this fu… read more

Similar categories in Lian Dolan's The Marriage Sabbatical book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Daughters of the Resistance by Lana Kortchik

26. Daughters of the Resistance

By: Lana Kortchik

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A heart-wrenching novel of love, resilience and courage in World War II, from the author of Sisters… read more

Similar categories in Lana Kortchik's Daughters of the Resistance book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan

27. The Cliffs

By: J. Courtney Sullivan

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A novel of family, secrets, ghosts, and homecoming set on the seaside cliffs of Maine, by the New Y… read more

Similar categories in J. Courtney Sullivan's The Cliffs book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
Cover of Six Days in Rome by Francesca Giacco

28. Six Days in Rome

By: Francesca Giacco

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this decadent, deeply evocative novel, a young artist travels to Rome to heal a broken heart, wh… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Giacco's Six Days in Rome book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle    Moran

29. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

By: Michelle Moran

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Balcony by Jane Delury

30. The Balcony

By: Jane Delury

2.91

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. … read more

Similar categories in Jane Delury's The Balcony book and Jane Delury's The Balcony

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • cultural
  • historical
  • short stories
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • adult
Cover of Woman of Interest: A Memoir by Tracy O'Neill

31. Woman of Interest: A Memoir

By: Tracy O'Neill

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 honoree delivers her first work of nonfiction: a compulsive… read more

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