19 Best fiction books like Unseen City by Amy Shearn

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Unseen City

By: Amy Shearn

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

*GOLD MEDAL winner in the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards in Literary Fiction* In a city tee…

If you liked the fiction plot in Unseen City by Amy Shearn , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Crosstalk

By: Connie Willis

4.15

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Science fiction icon Connie Willis brilliantly mixes a speculative plot, the wit of Nora Ephron, an… read more

Similar categories in Connie Willis's Crosstalk book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • fiction

2. The Hundred-Year House

By: Rebecca Makkai

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents' wealth but nevertheless … read more

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3. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • mystery
  • fiction
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4. The Golden Gate

By: Amy Chua

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Berkeley, California, in 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan has just left the swanky Claremont… read more

Similar categories in Amy Chua's The Golden Gate book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Mercy Street

By: Jennifer Haigh

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh is a… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Haigh's Mercy Street book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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6. Worry

By: Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha meets No One Is Talking About This in a debut that follows two twenty-something siblings… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Tanner's Worry book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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7. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

By: Colm Tóibín

3.82

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly movi… read more

Similar categories in Colm Tóibín's Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2) book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Chances Are...

By: Richard Russo

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Russo--in his first stand-alone novel in a decade--comes a … read more

Similar categories in Richard Russo's Chances Are... book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"The only thing a warrior cannot fight is her own fierce nature."

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

"Fear is what makes us human and it is in overcoming fear that we show our strength."

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

"I don't know this song. They haven't taught me it to us at school." " When in doubt, just do what I do, Robs. Hum if you don't know the words"

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

"Bang, bang, bang. Bang, bang, bang. It seemed that only policemen and social workers—people who wanted to take you away—announced their arrival in that way."

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

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9. Joan Is Okay

By: Weike Wang

3.67

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be… read more

Similar categories in Weike Wang's Joan Is Okay book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"I wasn't a genius in the end, but a girl could still hope."

-Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay

"A woman who twirls her hair while speaking is a woman never to be taken seriously"

-Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay

"The average Joe in America is expected to move 11.3 times in his life. Who knows about Average Jane."

-Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay

"Proud to be an American, a feeling that I lacked but also a phrase that I didn't think applied to me."

-Weike Wang, Joan Is Okay

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10. One Woman Show

By: Christine Coulson

3.92

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A sly and stylish novel—remarkably told through museum wall labels—about a twentieth-century woman … read more

Similar categories in Christine Coulson's One Woman Show book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Leonard and Hungry Paul

By: Ronan Hession

4.15

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In this startling debut, Ronan Hession tells the story of two thirty-something men who take care of… read more

Similar categories in Ronan Hession's Leonard and Hungry Paul book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"You may wish to note the above"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

"It was strange that after all the years of getting the kids to be independent, she would feel so daunted at having her life back. But it was the nature of being a parent. The kids' lives are their ow…"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

"Leonard wore a new feeling of peace. He had always associated peace with the idea of happiness, as if it were some sort of steady state that happiness turned into when it was for real. But now he rea…"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

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12. Reluctant Immortals

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.54

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

For fans of Mexican Gothic, from three-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes … read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's Reluctant Immortals book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I don’t envy her for it. The thing about making it to old age is that not everyone else will. That means you get to sit back and watch the world slip away from you, one tragedy at a time."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, Reluctant Immortals

"The thing about making it to old age is that not everyone else will. That means you get to sit back and watch the world slip away from you, one tragedy at a time. First it was her friends, the Texan …"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, Reluctant Immortals

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13. Victim

By: Andrew Boryga

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bald-faced lies, and Javier Perez is will… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Boryga's Victim book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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14. Idlewild

By: James Frankie Thomas

4.14

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

James Frankie Thomas’s Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense… read more

Similar categories in James Frankie Thomas's Idlewild book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"What we mean to say, but what Ms Spider is not equipped to understand, is that Iago is gay in the way that all the best fictional murderers are gay. Norman Bates, Tom Ripely, The titular Third Man, a…"

-James Frankie Thomas, Idlewild

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15. Saint X

By: Alexis Schaitkin

3.39

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Schaitkin's Saint X book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"I guess the thing I'm most afraid of is that my life won't be what it can be."

-Alexis Schaitkin, Saint X

"My mother could always be counted on to prattle on about something we both knew neither of us carried about."

-Alexis Schaitkin, Saint X

"What a relief to find, in middle age, that there are still interests waiting inside of you to be discovered..."

-Alexis Schaitkin, Saint X

"It's a relief to be on a straightforward beach vacation. No endangered species or ancient city walls to capture."

-Alexis Schaitkin, Saint X

Cover of Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

16. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

Similar categories in Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Long Island Compromise book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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17. Clara Reads Proust

By: Stéphane Carlier

3.59

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, pep… read more

Similar categories in Stéphane Carlier's Clara Reads Proust book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Banal Nightmare

By: Halle Butler

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, th… read more

Similar categories in Halle Butler's Banal Nightmare book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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19. Unseen City

By: Amy Shearn

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

*GOLD MEDAL winner in the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards in Literary Fiction* In a city tee… read more

Similar categories in Amy Shearn's Unseen City book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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20. Tell Me One Thing

By: Kerri Schlottman

4.31

Format: 232 pages, Audiobook

2023 Literary Fiction Best Book Finalist of the American Book Fest 2024 Spring Book Award Winner o… read more

Similar categories in Kerri Schlottman's Tell Me One Thing book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Earth to Moon: A Memoir

By: Moon Unit Zappa

4.42

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheis… read more

Similar categories in Moon Unit Zappa's Earth to Moon: A Memoir book and Amy Shearn's Unseen City

  • audiobook

14 Best literary fiction books like Unseen City by Amy Shearn

Transform Your Habits

Mercy Street

Jennifer Haigh

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Worry

Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Transform Your Habits

Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

Colm Tóibín

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Chances Are...

Richard Russo

3.70

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19 best-selling fiction books like Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang

Transform Your Habits

The Swimmers

Julie Otsuka

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Happiness Falls

Angie Kim

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Disorientation

Elaine Hsieh Chou

3.84

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