6 must-read book club books like The Boy With Two Hearts by Hamed Amiri

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The Boy With Two Hearts

By: Hamed Amiri

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Herat, Afghanistan, 2000. A mother speaks out against the fundamentalist leaders of her country. Me…

If you liked the book club plot in The Boy With Two Hearts by Hamed Amiri , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. No Matter What: An Adoptive Family's Story of Hope, Love and Healing

By: Sally Donovan

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

'I love you, no matter what.' This book tells the uplifting true story of an ordinary couple who bu… read more

Similar categories in Sally Donovan's No Matter What: An Adoptive Family's Story of Hope, Love and Healing book and Hamed Amiri's The Boy With Two Hearts

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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2. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

By: Lola Shoneyin

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

African-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with The Secret Lives of Babi Segi's Wives,… read more

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3. 44 Scotland Street (44 Scotland Street, #1)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.07

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 1 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinb… read more

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4. The Trial (Women's Murder Club #15.5)

By: James Patterson , Maxine Paetro

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

"I'm not on trial. San Francisco is." An accused murderer called Kingfisher is about to go on trial… read more

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5. Scenes of a Graphic Nature

By: Caroline O'Donoghue

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

'Do you know what céad mile fáilte means?' 'A hundred thousand welcomes.' 'Not a hundred thousand… read more

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6. The Beekeeper of Aleppo

By: Christy Lefteri

4.17

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable love story of a mother blinded by loss and her husband who insists on their survi… read more

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  • book club
"Inside the person you know, there is a person you do not know."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"It takes bravery to cry out, to release what is in your heart."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"Sometimes we create such powerful illusions, so that we do not get lost in the darkness."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"You see?" he whispered. "You see? You have to relax and turn into nature. Then you will be fine"

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

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7. How to Live When You Could Be Dead

By: Deborah James

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER'Deborah James has captured the heart of the nation' - The Duke and… read more

Similar categories in Deborah James's How to Live When You Could Be Dead book and Hamed Amiri's The Boy With Two Hearts

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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8. Songbirds

By: Christy Lefteri

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the prize-winning author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, a stunning novel about the disappearance … read more

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  • book club
"Now that I could hear this woman’s song—a melody that told a story I couldn’t understand—I hoped with all of my heart that it wasn’t too late."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"As if she couldn’t quite allow herself to enjoy the pleasures of one world without being pulled into the other. Her home was always waiting for her."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"You see, when you clump people together and don’t understand their personal stories, you can make up any bullshit and convince yourself it’s the truth."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

"Yes, I love thinking about beginnings. I don’t like endings, though I suppose I’m like most people in that. An ending can be staring you right in the face without you knowing it."

-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

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9. Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

By: Lara Prior-Palmer

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk, this is the extraordinary debut memoir of a young woma… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Sport is war in disguise."

-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

"Horse lovers have excessive feeling."

-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

"Horse smell is the same the world over"

-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

"Maybe home is just all that we leave behind."

-Lara Prior-Palmer, Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

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10. The Passenger

By: Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

3.95

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing a… read more

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11. War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

By: David Nott

4.54

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

For more than 25 years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world’s most dangerous co… read more

Similar categories in David Nott's War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line book and Hamed Amiri's The Boy With Two Hearts

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"As the Koran says in Surah 5:32: whoever saves a life, it shall be as though he had saved the lives of all mankind."

-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

"The boy's death turned me into a person marked by war: it was the Sarajevo equivalent of a campaign medal, although not one to wear with pride."

-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

"I remember the three of us – Mum, Dad and me – all being in tears as we looked at my grades and considered the consequences. I went out into the garden and tried to make sense of it all. Yes, I could…"

-David Nott, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line

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12. Julia

By: Sandra Newman

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia… read more

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"У цьому весь жах. Ти не маєш вибору, а все ж мусиш діяти точно так, ніби маєш."

-Sandra Newman, Julia

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13. Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

By: Alexandra Potter

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny and heartfelt novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here and why life isn't … read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Potter's Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up book and Hamed Amiri's The Boy With Two Hearts

  • book club
"I'm not saying this to be trite or to make you feel better, but believe me when I say this: the people who matter will see you, no matter what."

-Alexandra Potter, Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

"I don't want to spend whatever time I have left looking backwards. I want to look forwards. To new things. New places. New adventures. Otherwise I'm just living a life where a part of me is missing."

-Alexandra Potter, Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

"Because sometimes happiness isn't a choice. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you can't find joy. Which is why I've decided to stop beating myself up by desperately seeking happiness and give my…"

-Alexandra Potter, Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

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14. Sisters Under the Rising Sun

By: Heather Morris

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz… read more

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15. All the Lonely People

By: Mike Gayle

4.17

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Hubert Bird is not alone in being alone. He just needs to realise it. In weekly phone calls to … read more

Similar categories in Mike Gayle's All the Lonely People book and Hamed Amiri's The Boy With Two Hearts

  • book club
"Smiler, this damn tea so weak it nearly a fortnight!"

-Mike Gayle, All the Lonely People

"That's the funny thing about life. Extraordinary things can happen to ordinary people like you and me, but only if we open ourselves up enough to let them."

-Mike Gayle, All the Lonely People

"I've got a question for you . . . What are you doing on Saturday night?' Hubert stared at her confused. 'Me . . . me . . . got no plans.' 'Good,' she replied. 'In that case you're taking me to the fi…"

-Mike Gayle, All the Lonely People

"For the rest of the day Hubert couldn't stop grinning. He grinned in the lift on the way back down to the warehouse. He grinned as he passed Mr Coulthard yelling at the new lads. And he grinned all t…"

-Mike Gayle, All the Lonely People

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16. For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy (Modern Plays)

By: Ryan Calais Cameron

4.65

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me Father figures and… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Calais Cameron's For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy (Modern Plays) book and Hamed Amiri's The Boy With Two Hearts

  • plays
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17. The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.

By: Amanda Brown

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown. Insights into the world of a Prison Doct… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Brown's The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison. book and Hamed Amiri's The Boy With Two Hearts

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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18. The Pianist from Syria: A Memoir

By: Aeham Ahmad

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Aeham Ahmad was born a second-generation refugee—the son of a blind violinist and carpenter who rec… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • book club
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19. 999 - My Life on the Frontline of the Ambulance Service

By: Dan Farnworth

4.14

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Dan Farnworth brings vividly to life his astonishing experiences as a medic working on the frontlin… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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20. The Boy With Two Hearts

By: Hamed Amiri

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Herat, Afghanistan, 2000. A mother speaks out against the fundamentalist leaders of her country. Me… read more

Similar categories in Hamed Amiri's The Boy With Two Hearts book and Hamed Amiri's The Boy With Two Hearts

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • book club
  • plays
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21. Better Left Unsaid

By: Tufayel Ahmed

3.91

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Three siblings. Three promises. Three lifetimes of saying all the wrong things… Since their moth… read more

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Shelley Read

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