7 must-read fiction books like Forest Gump by Winston Groom

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Forest Gump

By: Winston Groom

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

¿Cómo es posible que una persona con un coeficiente intelectual tan bajo y tan lenta en razonamient…

"Jesus, we forgot the goddamn ape!"

-Winston Groom, Forest Gump

"Jesus, we forgot the goddamn ape!"

-Winston Groom, Forest Gump

"Jesus, we forgot the goddamn ape!"

-Winston Groom, Forest Gump

"The Cracked Eggs, he says, have broken up."

-Winston Groom, Forest Gump

If you liked the fiction plot in Forest Gump by Winston Groom , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Dances with Wolves

By: Michael Blake

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ordered to hold an abandoned army post, John Dunbar found himself alone, beyond the edge of civiliz… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • historical
  • media tie in
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • drama
"There are times when a person wants something so badly that price or condition cease to be obstacles."

-Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves

"He did not belong to the Indians. He did not belong to the whites. And it was not time for him to belong to the stars. He belonged right where he was. He belonged nowhere."

-Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves

"He did not belong to the Indians. He did not belong to the whites. And it was not time for him to belong to the stars. He belonged right where he was now. He belonged nowhere."

-Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves

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2. A Beautiful Mind

By: Sylvia Nasar

4.13

Format: 461 pages, Paperback

Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound—such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model … read more

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  • media tie in
"Nash was respected but not well liked."

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

"A genius with a penis. Isn’t that what we all want?"

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

"Hey Nash! You scared?' 'Terrified,mortified,petrified...stupefied by you!"

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

"His heroes were solitary thinkers and supermen like Newton and Nietzsche."

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

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3. Fatamorgana de amor con banda de música

By: Hernán Rivera Letelier , Rivera Letelier Hernan

4.11

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

En Pampa Unión, el pueblo más cascabelero del desierto, surge una extraña historia de amor entre Be… read more

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  • fiction
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4. Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants

By: Matthew Inman , The Oatmeal

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpantsis the second variety comic collection and fourth book from… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
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5. Wiseguy

By: Nicholas Pileggi

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Wiseguy" is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of li… read more

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6. James Cameron's Titanic

By: Ed W. Marsh , Douglas Kirkland

3.00

Format: 32 pages,

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  • media tie in
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7. Legally Blonde

By: Amanda Brown

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

The hilarious novel that inspired the blockbuster movie-including what's next for Elle Woods! Elle … read more

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  • media tie in
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary - A Photographic Remembrance

By: Anna Quindlen , Anne Frank , Ruud van der Rol , Rian Verhoeven , Tony Langham , None

4.00

Format: 139 pages,

In over one hundred photographs, many which have never been published, this poignant memoir brings … read more

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  • historical
  • classics
Cover of Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank W. Abagnale, Stan Redding

9. Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake

By: Frank W. Abagnale , Stan Redding

4.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

I stole every nickel and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sen… read more

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10. Good Will Hunting

By: Gus Van Sant , Matt Damon , None

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

As director Gus Van Sant observes in the introduction to Matt Damon's and Ben Affleck's screenplay … read more

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11. Việc làng

By: Ngô Tất Tố

4.28

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

"Roi han nhac ca con ga ra thot. Bat dau chat lay cai so, sau moi chat den mieng phao cau. Thinh li… read more

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12. Goodfellas: Screenplay

By: Martin Scorsese , Nicholas Pileggi

2.82

Format: 3 pages, Paperback

'As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster.' Henry Hill grows up in the 19… read more

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13. Sava ceļa gājējs

By: Eriks Ādamsons

4.43

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Pirmais un vienigais Erika Adamsona - dzejnieka un "smalko kaisu" stastnieka - daleji autobiografis… read more

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14. Braveheart

By: Randall Wallace

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

For love of country, for love of maiden, for love of freedom...he became the hammer and scourge of … read more

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15. Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump, #1)

By: Winston Groom

3.80

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Meet Forrest Gump, the lovable, herculean, and surprisingly savvy hero of this remarkable comic ody… read more

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16. Burned Out

By: Dean Mafako

4.30

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

Eric Philson came to the Children's Hospital of Biloxi with a goal ― to build the cardiac intensive… read more

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  • fiction
"The entire belief was insulting to many of us, but nonetheless, the term “top trained,"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"The hypocrisy was too much to bear, the institution was paying over a million dollars for Mr. Hyde to perform “values training"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"When I arrived, I did the job of six people and worked over one hundred hours per week for more than a year until I collapsed in my yard and nearly died!"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"One of the greatest realizations that I clumsily stumbled upon during this process, was that these people didn’t need someone like me to tell them what to do; they needed someone like me to show them…"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

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17. Saint Richard Parker

By: Merlin Franco

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

His search for love and enlightenment across India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia...… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • drama
"See you later, tailgater."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Dark is beautiful, brother."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Tell me, son, what do you seek?"

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"A saint has control over his anger and itches."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

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18. The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

By: Nancy Omeara

4.33

Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition

Tired of the "them or us" politics that the Democrats and Republicans are pushing down our throats?… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • drama
"It became increasingly common to resolve international tensions by legal means. The chant “Criminal Trials, Not Missiles"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"Written twenty years after she held office, this abridged biography is being released now, prior to taking place. Maybe we can learn from history before it happens."

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"I wheeled and dealed with leaders from all over the world on behalf of the American people. In fact, my favorite headline from Washington Speaks magazine was “She Walks, She Talks, She Negotiates"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

"Educate not Legislate Refusing to pass unnecessary laws requires a converse – encouraging education and understanding. We started by slashing the salaries of legislators (Dubbed “Bloodbath on the Bel…"

-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

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19. Zielona Mila

By: Stephen King

4.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

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20. Libar Miljenka Smoje

By: Miljenko Smoje

4.43

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

U ovoj knjizi sakupljeni su Smojini članci i tekstovi objavljivani po raznim časopisima i novinama.… read more

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21. Homecoming Queen

By: Chad Boudreaux

4.31

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

NO ONE EVER LEAVES MIRANDA TWICE Anika Raven faces the challenge of a lifetime. She must rescue … read more

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  • contemporary
  • novels
  • drama
"But things had changed, and now she sat in her car outside her childhood residence staring at an open gate with a fifteen-inch Bowie knife in her lap, thinking. "

-Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen

"Anika nodded, reflecting on her situation as the sirens grew louder. She had some time, but cops, hurricanes, and jealous women weren’t the party favors she’d expected for her homecoming parade."

-Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen

"Ascending the creaky steps, she heard the old timers discussing the weather. But this wasn’t the usual small talk. They ranked Texas storms. Not by category, wind speed, or monetary damage, but by ca…"

-Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen

"Stepping back, Anika smiled at her prisoners and clicked open the Zippo. Its flame hopped to life. Wasting no time, she underhand-tossed the lighter through the air. It hit the middle of its target, …"

-Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen

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Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Sara Pascoe

4.30

Transform Your Habits

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Jonas Jonasson , Rachel Willson-Broyles

2.00

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Merlin Franco

4.34

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