11 Best contemporary books like Belonging by Jill Fordyce

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Belonging

By: Jill Fordyce

4.28

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Appealing to readers of Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing, Kristin Hannah’s Firefly Lane, and An…

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1. A Three Dog Life

By: Abigail Thomas

3.68

Format: 346 pages,

When Abigail Thomas's husband was hit by a car, it destroyed his short-term memory and consigned hi… read more

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2. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

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  • fiction
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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3. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

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  • fiction
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5. The Fiction Writer

By: Jillian Cantor

3.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The Fiction Writer follows a writer hired by a handsome billionaire to write about his family histo… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"That's what writing fiction was, wasn't it? Processing your own life, answering all those questions in any way you wanted to, since fictional worlds operated with their own language and their own rul…"

-Jillian Cantor, The Fiction Writer

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6. 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

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  • fiction
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7. The Paris Novel

By: Ruth Reichl

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Par… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"That is the most expensive spice in the world. It comes from the Valley of Flowers, where everyone's hands are red from separating the saffron from the blossoms. Each flower has just three strands, s…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The fat was bubbling in a pot on the stove. The potatoes went in, were snatched out, then plunged back in. They emerged crisp and golden; Richard sprinkled them with salt and piled them on a platter,…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle of black encircled each opalescent heart; she thought of orchids. Triangles of le…"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

"A waiter set a small tart of caramelized pears before each of them and added a dab of licorice ice cream. Next came bananas topped with passion fruit and black pepper, little pirouettes of pleasure. …"

-Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

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8. The Great Divide

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.70

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"

-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide

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9. The Truth about the Devlins

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at… read more

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  • fiction
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10. Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)

By: Elin Hilderbrand

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the grand finale of "queen of the beach read" Elin Hilderbrand's beloved Nantucket novels, there… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Mockingbird Summer

By: Lynda Rutledge

4.25

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful and emotional coming-of-age novel set amid the turmoil and profound changes of the 1960s… read more

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  • fiction
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12. How to Read a Book

By: Monica Wood

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."

-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book

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13. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too

By: Ijeoma Oluo

4.46

Format: 256 pages, ebook

From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an ey… read more

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14. 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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  • fiction
Cover of The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church

15. The Girls We Sent Away

By: Meagan Church

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

“[A]n important and vital story. With exquisite writing, Church exposes a murky little pocket of hi… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Fortune Seller

By: Rachel Kapelke-Dale

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale e… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Crook, philanderer, asshole. Champion, genius, father. How are you supposed to weigh up someone's life?"

-Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Fortune Seller

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17. The Fallen Woman's Daughter

By: Michelle Cox

4.20

Format: 419 pages, Kindle Edition

When eight-year-old Nora arrives at the Park Ridge School for Girls in 1932, she is sure there’s be… read more

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  • fiction
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18. Red River Road

By: Anna Downes

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

Anna Downes's extraordinary next thriller Red River Road follows a woman desperate to discover what… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Bad Liar (Broussard and Fourcade, #3)

By: Tami Hoag

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Masterful #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag is back with a riveting, emotionally power… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. The Paris Gown

By: Christine Wells

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From perennially popular historical novelist Christine Wells, the delightful tale of three young wo… read more

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  • fiction
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21. Belonging

By: Jill Fordyce

4.28

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Appealing to readers of Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing, Kristin Hannah’s Firefly Lane, and An… read more

Similar categories in Jill Fordyce's Belonging book and Jill Fordyce's Belonging

  • fiction
  • contemporary

19 must-read fiction books like Belonging by Jill Fordyce

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Transform Your Habits

The Fiction Writer

Jillian Cantor

3.19

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Girls We Sent Away by Meagan Church

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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