9 Best contemporary books like The Fragile Thread of Hope by Pankaj Giri

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The Fragile Thread of Hope

By: Pankaj Giri

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Finalist of the Amazon Pen To Publish Contest 2017. A moving, inspirational fiction about love, …

"But what's the use of beauty if one's life is drowning in gloom?"

-Pankaj Giri, The Fragile Thread of Hope

"But what's the use of beauty if one's life is drowning in gloom?"

-Pankaj Giri, The Fragile Thread of Hope

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Fragile Thread of Hope by Pankaj Giri , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of You are the Best Wife by Ajay K. Pandey

1. You are the Best Wife

By: Ajay K. Pandey

4.13

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Ajay believes in living for himself; Bhavna teaches him to live for others. Ajay isa planner for li… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. “Life is a journey; we all are born and will die someday. Some celebrate their silver jubilees, so…"

-Ajay K. Pandey, You are the Best Wife

Cover of Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami, None

2. Men Without Women

By: Haruki Murakami , None

3.75

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

A dazzling new collection of short stories—the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, in… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Tobacco’s a killer,"

-Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women

"I need to learn not just to forget but to forgive."

-Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women

"Crying for someone else is nothing to apologize about,"

-Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women

"That's what we all do : endlessly take the long way around."

-Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women

Cover of Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

3. Ego Is the Enemy

By: Ryan Holiday

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive, visionary geniuses who remade the worl… read more

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4. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

By: Brené Brown

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

New York Times best-selling author and professor Brene Brown offers a powerful and inspiring book t… read more

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5. Wings of Fire: An Autobiography

By: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , Arun Tiwari

3.77

Format: None pages,

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil N… read more

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6. Dharmayoddha Kalki: Avatar Of Vishnu

By: Kevin Missal

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and an upsurge in unrighteousness, at that time, I tak… read more

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7. One Indian Girl

By: Chetan Bhagat

3.27

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Hi, I'm Radhika Mehta and I'm getting married this week. I work at Goldman Sachs, an investment ban… read more

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8. Three Thousand Stitches:

By: Sudha Murty

3.87

Format: 272 pages,

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9. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

By: Shehan Karunatilaka

3.92

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Even suicide requires perseverance."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"Why should a Creator watch over you? Wasn't creating you enough?"

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"You were simply a handsome man who enjoyed beautiful boys. Nothing more, nothing less and no one's business."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"Despair always begins as a snack that you nibble on when bored and then becomes a meal that you have thrice a day."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

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10. Do Epic Shit

By: Ankur Warikoo

3.76

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Ankur Warikoo is an entrepreneur and content creator whose deep, witty and brutally honest thoughts… read more

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"Irrational optimism is a founder's death trap!"

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"Safe is better than sorry. Nope. Risk is better than regret."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"Only when you go against the flow will you find your own flow."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"You don't control your results. You always control your inputs."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

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11. The Stationery Shop

By: Marjan Kamali

4.22

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea—extolled by the Wall … read more

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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"He would get out of the car to make sure her knitted scarf protected her nose and mouth against the wind. And they would climb the steps of the gray building labeled “Duxton Senior Center."

-Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop

"The truth is, my young lady, that fate has written the script for your destiny on your forehead from the very beginning. We can't see it. But it's there. And the young, who love so passionately, have…"

-Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop

"Just months ago [...] She would not have understood [...] that time is not linear but circular. There is no past, present, future. Roya was the woman she was today and the seventeen-year-old girl in …"

-Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop

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12. The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

By: Ichiro Kishimi

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our re… read more

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"All you can do in regard to your own life is choose the best path that you believe in."

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"But is being normal, being ordinary, really such a bad thing? Is it something inferior? Or, in truth, isn't everybody normal?"

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"Your unhappiness cannot be blamed on your past or your environment. And it isn’t that you lack competence. You just lack courage. One might say you are lacking in the courage to be happy."

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"Look, no matter how much you want to be Y, you cannot be reborn as him. You are not Y. It's okay for you to be you. However, I am not saying it's fine to be 'just as you are'. If you are unable to re…"

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

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13. The Beekeeper of Aleppo

By: Christy Lefteri

4.17

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable love story of a mother blinded by loss and her husband who insists on their survi… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It takes bravery to cry out, to release what is in your heart."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"Inside the person you know, there is a person you do not know."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"Sometimes we create such powerful illusions, so that we do not get lost in the darkness."

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

"You see?" he whispered. "You see? You have to relax and turn into nature. Then you will be fine"

-Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

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14. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

By: Eric Jorgenson

4.44

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

Getting rich is not just about luck; Happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirati… read more

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"No one in the world is going to beat you at being you."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"Intentions don’t matter. Actions do. That’s why being ethical is hard."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job that’s just good enough."

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

"I don’t buy the everlasting afterlife answers because it’s insane to me, with absolutely no evidence, to believe because of how you live seventy years here on this planet, you’re going to spend etern…"

-Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

Cover of Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living by Héctor  García

15. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

By: Héctor García

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

3 Books Collection Set: Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life The people of Ja… read more

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"Walk slowly and you’ll go far"

-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

"Keep going; don’t change your path."

-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

"Happiness is always determined by your heart."

-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

"when you have a clear purpose, no one can stop you."

-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

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16. Think Like a Monk

By: Jay Shetty

4.20

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Jay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast On Purpose, distills the timeless wis… read more

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"When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time."

-Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk

Cover of Wake Up, Life Is Calling by Preeti Shenoy

17. Wake Up, Life Is Calling

By: Preeti Shenoy

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Ankita has fought a mental disorder, been through hell, and survived two suicide attempts. Now in M… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence by Shrayana Bhattacharya

18. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

By: Shrayana Bhattacharya

4.29

Format: 384 pages, None

In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more

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  • contemporary
"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

"Critics often say that DDLJ, with its emphasis on patriarchal permission for young love, discourages dissent. This argument narrows the space for dissent by legitimizing it only in its most blatant, …"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

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19. Someone Else's Honeymoon

By: Phoebe MacLeod

3.95

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for fans of Jo Watson, Mhairi McFarlane and Portia MacIntosh. When Charley finds herself… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of A Girl to Remember by Ajay K. Pandey

20. A Girl to Remember

By: Ajay K. Pandey

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In every angel a demon hides, And in every demon, an angel strides. Neel is a self-proclaimed demon… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
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21. The Moonlight Child

By: Karen McQuestion

4.14

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping and emotional novel that will leave you wondering about the neighbors next door... On… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of You Only Live Once by Maxine Morrey

22. You Only Live Once

By: Maxine Morrey

4.12

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

When Lily’s husband dies, she moves to the edge of a tiny village, settling into a solitary life, h… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Samsara: Enter the Valley of the Gods by Saksham Garg

23. Samsara: Enter the Valley of the Gods

By: Saksham Garg

3.46

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

WHAT IF YOU CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE KING OF THE GODS? Phones stop working. Smartwatches die o… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of When Love Came Calling by Preeti Shenoy

24. When Love Came Calling

By: Preeti Shenoy

4.03

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Puja, 19, confused, energetic, fiery. Her philosophy - Life is complicated and only super achievers… read more

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  • romance
Cover of Everything I Never Told You by Ajay K Pandey

25. Everything I Never Told You

By: Ajay K Pandey

4.02

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

We can live without religion, but we cannot survive without love. Roshan and Soha were not just cl… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
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26. I Wish I Could Tell Her

By: Ajay K. Pandey

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

If a good-looking face was the definition of beauty, then no one would have loved their ailing and… read more

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  • romance
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27. Something I Never Told You

By: Shravya Bhinder

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

“ She was gone, again; and I failed again and could not tell her how much I loved her.” Ronnie’s fa… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of The Fragile Thread of Hope by Pankaj Giri

28. The Fragile Thread of Hope

By: Pankaj Giri

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Finalist of the Amazon Pen To Publish Contest 2017. A moving, inspirational fiction about love, … read more

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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But what's the use of beauty if one's life is drowning in gloom?"

-Pankaj Giri, The Fragile Thread of Hope

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29. The Girl Next Door

By: Arpit Vageria

3.81

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

After that terrible night fifteen years ago, Ishaan had vowed to never return to his hometown. But … read more

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  • romance

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You are the Best Wife

Ajay K. Pandey

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Haruki Murakami , None

3.75

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3.92

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4.03

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