14 Best fiction books like The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes) by Carl Nordgren

Cover of The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes) by Carl Nordgren

The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

By: Carl Nordgren

3.47

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

In his evocative debut novel Carl Nordgren weaves an ambitious tale about the power of dreams, the …

If you liked the fiction plot in The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes) by Carl Nordgren , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Sing, Unburied, Sing

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction 2017 A searing and profound Southern odyssey. In Jesm… read more

Similar categories in Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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2. Our Man in Havana

By: Graham Greene

3.00

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts, becomes a spy to earn extra income. read more

Similar categories in Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • mystery
  • fiction

3. The Templar's Cross (Sir Law Kintour #1)

By: J.R. Tomlin

3.78

Format: 584 pages,

Sir Law Kintour has returned from the war in France crippled, broke, and in need of a patron. In de… read more

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4. The Inner Circle (Comet Clement, #1)

By: Kevin George

4.07

Format: 112 pages,

1908... Siberia... A tiny comet rips through Earth's atmosphere and explodes above the Tunguska reg… read more

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5. The Peacekeeper (The Good Lands, #1)

By: B.L. Blanchard

3.87

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Against the backdrop of a never-colonized North America, a broken Ojibwe detective embarks on an em… read more

Similar categories in B.L. Blanchard's The Peacekeeper (The Good Lands, #1) book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Stars Don't Lie

By: Boo Walker

4.14

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A man who thought he put his shattered past behind him embarks on a reflective journey home in a he… read more

Similar categories in Boo Walker's The Stars Don't Lie book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • fiction
"One day you’ll realize you worked your whole life to get to a point where you can start living, and the one regret you’ll have is you could have been living all along."

-Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

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7. The Singing Trees

By: Boo Walker

4.23

Format: 429 pages, Kindle Edition

A young artist forges a path of self-discovery in an enriching novel about forgiving the past and e… read more

Similar categories in Boo Walker's The Singing Trees book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When are you going to start getting old like the rest of us?"

-Boo Walker, The Singing Trees

"All the pain that came with loving was absolutely worth it. What was the point of living if you spent it in fear?"

-Boo Walker, The Singing Trees

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8. Greenwood

By: Michael Christie

4.33

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

It's 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting u… read more

Similar categories in Michael Christie's Greenwood book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There is nothing more quieting than an ancient tree"

-Michael Christie, Greenwood

"Do you know what becomes of men like us without the armour of wealth...?"

-Michael Christie, Greenwood

"Maybe trees do have souls. Which makes wood a kind of flesh. And perhaps instruments of wooden construction sound so pleasing to our ears for this reason: the choral shimmer of a guitar; the heartbea…"

-Michael Christie, Greenwood

"Still, Temple has no illusions concerning her library's impact. Her books won't lift anyone from their low station. They won't right wrongs or save wandering souls from perdition or fill grumbling st…"

-Michael Christie, Greenwood

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9. When the Rain Ends

By: Mary Ellen Taylor

4.14

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

From The Brighter the Light author Mary Ellen Taylor comes the emotional story of a mother and daug… read more

Similar categories in Mary Ellen Taylor's When the Rain Ends book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • fiction
Cover of The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding by Lydia Kang

10. The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding

By: Lydia Kang

3.71

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison comes a spellbinding historical mystery about hid… read more

Similar categories in Lydia Kang's The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. A Feather on the Water

By: Lindsay Jayne Ashford

4.35

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

For three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope—lost and found—in this powerful novel by… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Jayne Ashford's A Feather on the Water book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Scarlet Carnation

By: Laila Ibrahim

4.14

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

In an early twentieth-century America roiling with racial injustice, class divides, and WWI, two wo… read more

Similar categories in Laila Ibrahim's Scarlet Carnation book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. A Harvest of Secrets

By: Roland Merullo

4.24

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of From These Broken Streets comes a sweeping novel of love, resistance… read more

Similar categories in Roland Merullo's A Harvest of Secrets book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. A Train to Moscow

By: Elena Gorokhova

3.99

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

In post–World War II Russia, a girl must reconcile a tragic past with her hope for the future in th… read more

Similar categories in Elena Gorokhova's A Train to Moscow book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Creatus (Creatus, #1) by Carmen DeSousa

15. Creatus (Creatus, #1)

By: Carmen DeSousa

3.57

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

Derrick's desire to save one human girl will ignite a war... For four thousand years, creatus ha… read more

Similar categories in Carmen DeSousa's Creatus (Creatus, #1) book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • fiction
Cover of The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes) by Carl Nordgren

16. The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

By: Carl Nordgren

3.47

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

In his evocative debut novel Carl Nordgren weaves an ambitious tale about the power of dreams, the … read more

Similar categories in Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes) book and Carl Nordgren's The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes)

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • native american
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery

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Boo Walker

4.23

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4.33

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3.71

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Lindsay Jayne Ashford

4.35

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Deborah Wilde

4.02

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Aimee Easterling

4.17

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Kate Baray

3.81

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Bella Lore

3.23

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