28 Best fiction books like The Exchange by Jon Langford

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The Exchange

By: Jon Langford

3.67

Format: 3 pages, ebook

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1. Bryony and Roses

By: T. Kingfisher

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim hi… read more

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  • fiction
"Oh dear God, no, stop!" Fumblefoot gave her a reproachful look. Stop what? I have broken into an enchanted manor house and my pony has crapped on the floor. Oh God. -Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher"

-T. Kingfisher, Bryony and Roses

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2. Death By Scrabble

By: Charlie Fish

3.77

Format: 4 pages, ebook

A game of Scrabble has serious consequences. read more

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  • short stories
  • humor
  • fiction
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3. Never Let You Go

By: Chevy Stevens

3.98

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Eleven years ago, Lindsey Nash escaped into the night with her young daughter and left an abusive r… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Doctor Zhivago

By: Boris Pasternak , John Bayley , Manya Harari , Max Hayward

4.01

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family … read more

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  • fiction
"Only the superfluous is sordid"

-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

"The last moments slipped by, one by one, irretrievable."

-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

"Only the familiar transformed by genius is truly great."

-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

"And the strong are dominated by the weak and the ignoble."

-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

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5. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happin… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"Would you walk away from Omelas?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"Of course I didn’t read James and sit down and say, Now I’ll write a story about that “lost soul."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

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6. Hide and Seek (Helen Grace, #6)

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Prison is no place for a detective Helen Grace was one of the country's best police investigators.… read more

Similar categories in M.J. Arlidge's Hide and Seek (Helen Grace, #6) book and Jon Langford's The Exchange

  • fiction

7. The Demon King (Seven Realms, #1)

By: Cinda Williams Chima

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Times are hard in the mountain city of Fellsmarch. Reformed thief Han Alister will do almost anythi… read more

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8. The Case of The Lower Case Letter

By: None

3.29

Format: 368 pages, ebook

The famous lexical semanticist Professor Edgar Nettleston had been found dead, a gunshot wound to t… read more

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9. The Necklace

By: Guy de Maupassant , Gary Kelley

3.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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10. Old God's Time

By: Sebastian Barry

3.85

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-de immòbil, feliç i inútil"

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-se immòbil, feliç i inútil"

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

"No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying."

-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time

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11. His Happy Place (Getaway, #2)

By: Zakiya Dalila Harris

3.33

Format: 50 pages, Kindle Edition

A quiet weekend in the wilderness, just the two of them. How romantic. But new love turns to terror… read more

Similar categories in Zakiya Dalila Harris's His Happy Place (Getaway, #2) book and Jon Langford's The Exchange

  • short stories
  • fiction
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12. Uncharted Waters (Getaway, #1)

By: Sally Hepworth

3.54

Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition

“Speak your truth.” An icebreaker leads to unintended consequences for two strangers aboard a luxur… read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's Uncharted Waters (Getaway, #1) book and Jon Langford's The Exchange

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Murder at the Royal Ruby

By: Nita Prose

3.17

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

The curtain rises, and the chandelier falls—taking the star of the show down with it. An ambitious … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Signal Moon: A Short Story

By: Kate Quinn

4.33

Format: 57 pages, Kindle Edition

A short story about an impossible connection across two centuries that could make the difference be… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"It fucking matters. What I do, our kind, signal technicians—it descends straight from you guys."

-Kate Quinn, Signal Moon: A Short Story

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15. Slot Machine Fever Dreams

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.14

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s called Sin City for a reason. Dark secrets emerge when a young bartender meets a stranger on a… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Mosquito

By: B.A. Paris

3.63

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

After his marriage fails, he hopes a vacation in France will relax and restore him. But fate has so… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Hostage

By: Clare Mackintosh

3.90

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

You can save hundreds of lives. Or the one that matters most... The atmosphere on board the ina… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Our reactions are shaped by the people around us, by the way they behave toward us. [Mina Holbrook]"

-Clare Mackintosh, Hostage

"Lo que siento por ella fluye por cada una de las venas de mi cuerpo, por cada terminación nerviosa, hasta convertirse en una pasión devoradora: amor incondicional, ilimitado... Y miedo."

-Clare Mackintosh, Hostage

"Did you know you can -feel- people looking at you? Never experienced that? You're lucky.It burns like acid on the back of your neck, even before you hear the whispers, the sniggers. [George Fleet]"

-Clare Mackintosh, Hostage

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18. Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

By: Patricia Briggs

4.40

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must stop a disaster of world-shattering proportions… read more

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  • fiction
"Locks only eve keep out people who aren't determined to come in."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

"Fine. When they shovel our frozen corpses out next spring, they can put 'They thought it would be fun' on our gravestone."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

"Saddest thin in the world is listening to a nineteen minutes of a twenty-minute sex scene," said Sherwood in a mock-mournful voice."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

"Are you embarrassed that your audiobook started in the middle of a very hot sex scene between three men in a swimming pool?" asked Sherood politely. "There's no reason to be embarrassed about that."

-Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

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19. Territory of Light

By: Yūko Tsushima

3.59

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Territory of Light is the luminous story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her three-yea… read more

Similar categories in Yūko Tsushima's Territory of Light book and Jon Langford's The Exchange

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Why were children the only ones who ever got to melt down?"

-Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light

"During the night, there had been a sound of water on the other side of the wall. In my sleep I was looking out from the fourth-floor bedroom at nearby buildings bathed in rain, gleaming with neon and…"

-Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light

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20. The Newspaper Nanny

By: Maren Moore

3.43

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B095Z4P7R4 When I stumbled across my dream job in th… read more

Similar categories in Maren Moore's The Newspaper Nanny book and Jon Langford's The Exchange

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. The Bookstore Sisters

By: Alice Hoffman

4.02

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes a heartfelt short story about family, in… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Oh, you're moonlight," he'd said. "Harder to see, but there for those who look."

-Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

"A lot of people don’t know what to do about grief. I don’t blame you for a thing."

-Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

"I don't think I'm the smart sister," Isabel said. "You are," Sophie told her. "You just have a lot to learn."

-Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

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22. The Scenic Route

By: Christina Baker Kline

4.02

Format: 43 pages, Kindle Edition

Driven by desperation to hit the road, a woman sees her life come into view in a powerful short sto… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Stillness can’t really exist ... because even when we’re not moving, we’re breathing, and breath is movement."

-Christina Baker Kline, The Scenic Route

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23. How I Met My Husband

By: Alice Munro

3.61

Format: 14 pages, None

How I Met My Husband is a short story written by Alice Munro, first published in 1974 as a part of … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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24. The Heart of a Mother

By: Julie Clark

3.67

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

A fateful decision from the past haunts a wealthy Californian. Desperate to make things right, she … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. Belle Mer (Getaway, #4)

By: Luanne Rice

3.51

Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition

On the New England coast, an irresistible vacation rental draws a woman into the sinister secrets o… read more

Similar categories in Luanne Rice's Belle Mer (Getaway, #4) book and Jon Langford's The Exchange

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. Catch Her in a Lie (Steinbeck and Reed, #0,5)

By: Jess Lourey

3.71

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

Two agents on the trail of a serial killer. A mother and daughter on the trip of a lifetime. Fates … read more

Similar categories in Jess Lourey's Catch Her in a Lie (Steinbeck and Reed, #0,5) book and Jon Langford's The Exchange

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. People Like Them

By: Minka Kent

4.09

Format: 56 pages, Kindle Edition

Nobody’s perfect—although one beautiful couple certainly comes close. Discover the cracks beneath t… read more

Similar categories in Minka Kent's People Like Them book and Jon Langford's The Exchange

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Stockholm (Getaway, #3) by Catherine Steadman

28. Stockholm (Getaway, #3)

By: Catherine Steadman

3.60

Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition

An extravagant anniversary trip turns into a desperate scramble for survival in an unsettling short… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Shell Game (Getaway, #6) by Rumaan Alam

29. Shell Game (Getaway, #6)

By: Rumaan Alam

2.31

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

An extended family’s Cape Cod vacation reveals uncomfortable truths that threaten one man’s illusio… read more

Similar categories in Rumaan Alam's Shell Game (Getaway, #6) book and Jon Langford's The Exchange

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. Breakfast

By: John Steinbeck

3.71

Format: None pages, None

Breakfast is a simple short story by John Steinbeck in which purity of living is described. The sto… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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31. The Exchange

By: Jon Langford

3.67

Format: 3 pages, ebook

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Exch978.shtml Fiction, Short Story “Hello, s… read more

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  • short stories
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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Lisa Jewell

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