19 Best fiction books like The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston

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The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

By: Anna Johnston

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a warm, life-affirming…

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Cover of By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

1. By Any Other Name

By: Jodi Picoult

4.19

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about … read more

Similar categories in Jodi Picoult's By Any Other Name book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Here One Moment

By: Liane Moriarty

4.15

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? Aside from a delay, there will be no probl… read more

Similar categories in Liane Moriarty's Here One Moment book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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3. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Strout's Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

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4. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's How to Age Disgracefully book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

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6. The Night We Lost Him

By: Laura Dave

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years, one that m… read more

Similar categories in Laura Dave's The Night We Lost Him book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

By: Richard Osman

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna  Johnston

8. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

By: Anna Johnston

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a warm, life-affirming… read more

Similar categories in Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • australia
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir

By: Sandie Docker

4.35

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Sisters Eleanor and Maggie have been running the Lyrebird Lake Ladies’ Choir for years. The choir m… read more

Similar categories in Sandie Docker's The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • australia
Cover of The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

10. The Life Impossible

By: Matt Haig

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight L… read more

Similar categories in Matt Haig's The Life Impossible book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"And, like so many of life's fun things, it will begin with minimally invasive radiofrequency-based vein ablation surgery."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

"When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

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11. The Booklover's Library

By: Madeline Martin

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about a mother and daughter in wartime England and the power of the books that… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Martin's The Booklover's Library book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman

12. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's never too late for new beginnings. On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The Creeper

By: Margaret Hickey

4.18

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Victim ... or killer?For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s high c… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's The Creeper book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • australia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. 17 Years Later

By: J.P. Pomare

4.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Is the truth sometimes best left buried? A crime masterpiece by bestselling author J. P. Pomare… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Pomare's 17 Years Later book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. What Does It Feel Like?

By: Sophie Kinsella

4.66

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story—by turns heartbreaking and life-… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kinsella's What Does It Feel Like? book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Sequel (The Book Series, #2) book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid, #2.5) by Nita Prose

17. The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid, #2.5)

By: Nita Prose

3.81

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Molly the Maid has a whole new mystery to solve this holiday when a Secret Santa gift exchange rais… read more

Similar categories in Nita Prose's The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid, #2.5) book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Libby Lost and Found

By: Stephanie Booth

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Libby Lost and Found is a book for people who don't know who they are without the books they love. … read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Booth's Libby Lost and Found book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel

By: Sophie Green

3.98

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

Sophie Green, Top Ten bestselling author of The Bellbird River Country Choir and Weekends with the … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Green's Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak

20. The Banned Books Club

By: Brenda Novak

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

She left her hometown following a scandal—but family loyalty is dragging her back… Despite their… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Novak's The Banned Books Club book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Seachangers

By: Meredith Appleyard

4.03

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

A thoughtful, charming and sensitive story about aging, resilience and the delight of rediscovery. … read more

Similar categories in Meredith Appleyard's The Seachangers book and Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  • contemporary

18 Top contemporary books like The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston

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By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

4.19

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Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

4.19

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

4.19

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The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

4.15

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Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

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