17 Top fiction books like Daphne by Will Boast

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Daphne

By: Will Boast

3.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Elegantly written and profoundly moving, this spellbinding debut affirms Boast’s reputation as a “n…

"You do the best with the data you have."

-Will Boast, Daphne

"The human brain is the universe's most implausible science experiment."

-Will Boast, Daphne

"Your whole deal sounds kind of hard." "Well, I guess you just keep pulling."

-Will Boast, Daphne

"In a world where everyone was trying to radiate success while praying for actual profits, Brooke's margins narrowed and narrowed."

-Will Boast, Daphne

If you liked the fiction plot in Daphne by Will Boast , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. A Pocketful of Crows

By: Joanne Harris , Bonnie Helen Hawkins , Joanne M. Harris

3.83

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

I am as brown as brown can be, And my eyes as black as sloe; I am as brisk as brisk can be, And … read more

Similar categories in Joanne Harris's A Pocketful of Crows book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • romance
  • retellings
  • mythology
  • fiction
"If only I had patience. If only I could sleep till spring. If only I were the hawthorn tree, too old to love, too wise to hate."

-Joanne Harris, A Pocketful of Crows

"How can you fly with a stone around your neck? How can you run with a chain on your feet? 'But I love him,' I said. That's the stone. That's the chain, said the hawthorn. And until you can give them …"

-Joanne Harris, A Pocketful of Crows

"And if I never have a veil, or a golden ring on my hand, I will still have you, my love, and that wil be enough for me. Sleep well, love, and dream of me. And know that, if I were to live for a thous…"

-Joanne Harris, A Pocketful of Crows

"And if I never have a veil, or a golden ring on my hand, I will still have you, my love, and that will be enough for me. Sleep well, love, and dream of me. And know that, if I were to live for a thou…"

-Joanne Harris, A Pocketful of Crows

2. Breadcrumbs

By: Anne Ursu , Erin Mcguire

4.03

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. They had been best friends since they were six,… read more

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  • fiction
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3. I'll Be Your Blue Sky

By: Marisa de los Santos

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author revisits the characters from her beloved novels Love Walked In… read more

Similar categories in Marisa de los Santos's I'll Be Your Blue Sky book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary

4. We'll Always Have Paris

By: Sue Watson

3.77

Format: None pages,

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5. Where the Heart Is

By: Billie Letts

3.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation wa… read more

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6. The Queen of Hearts

By: Kimmery Martin

3.59

Format: 320 pages,

A debut novel that pulses with humor and empathy and explores the heart's capacity for forgiveness.… read more

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7. The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By: Amy Tan

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Flexibound

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more

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  • audiobook
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

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8. Daughters of Sparta

By: Claire Heywood

3.88

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships--but now … read more

Similar categories in Claire Heywood's Daughters of Sparta book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • adult
  • mythology
"He helped her to rule without ever trying to rule her."

-Claire Heywood, Daughters of Sparta

"Sometimes we must be led by duty, and sometimes by what is right....The trick is to know when these things are the same, and when they are not. [Tyndoreos]"

-Claire Heywood, Daughters of Sparta

"None of this was Agatha's fault, Helen knew that in her honest heart. And yet she resented her. For doing what she could not, for being what she was not, for giving her daughter what she had not. Whe…"

-Claire Heywood, Daughters of Sparta

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9. Creatures

By: Crissy Van Meter

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

On the eve of Evangeline’s wedding, a dead whale is trapped in the harbor of Winter Island, the gro… read more

Similar categories in Crissy Van Meter's Creatures book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Friday I'm in Love

By: Camryn Garrett

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Library Binding

It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen but what if Mahalia had a Coming Out Party? A love letter to roma… read more

Similar categories in Camryn Garrett's Friday I'm in Love book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. Indelicacy

By: Amina Cain

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In "a strangely ageless world somewhere between Emily Dickinson and David Lynch" (Blake Butler), a … read more

Similar categories in Amina Cain's Indelicacy book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I hated March more than any other month, with its promises of warmth that never came"

-Amina Cain, Indelicacy

"I would listen to a bird cry, or the cat and the dog scratching around. In those moments I felt like a giant ear."

-Amina Cain, Indelicacy

"In books I found even more strongly my desire to write, to write back to them and their jagged, perfect words. I found life that ran close to my own"

-Amina Cain, Indelicacy

"Why is empty space a comfort and a relief? It's not because I project myself there; it's because I can't. It shows me my projections, but they haven't left my mind. Empty space remains empty, always.…"

-Amina Cain, Indelicacy

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12. The Trail of Lost Hearts

By: Tracey Garvis Graves

3.98

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestselling author Tracey Garvis Graves takes readers on a life affirming journey, w… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Garvis Graves's The Trail of Lost Hearts book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Three Things About Elsie

By: Joanna Cannon

3.80

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

There are three things you should know about Elsie. The first thing is that she’s my best friend. … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Cannon's Three Things About Elsie book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I will watch Harry Potter before I die."

-Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie

"When your days are small, routine is the only scaffolding that holds you together."

-Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie

"...I've spent so long standing at the edge that when I finally turn away, I doubt there is anyone in this world who will even notice."

-Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie

"You always think "one day", don't you, and then you realize, you've reached the point when you've reached the point when you've run out of them."

-Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie

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14. It Had to Be You

By: Georgia Clark

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The author of the novel The Bucket List returns with a witty and heartfelt romantic comedy featurin… read more

Similar categories in Georgia Clark's It Had to Be You book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I like this... Let's always believe in the best in each other. That's how we'll make it work."

-Georgia Clark, It Had to Be You

Cover of Sunrise on Half Moon Bay by Robyn Carr

15. Sunrise on Half Moon Bay

By: Robyn Carr

3.90

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Sometimes the happiness we’re looking for has been there all along… Adele and Justine have never… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Carr's Sunrise on Half Moon Bay book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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17. Shiner

By: Amy Jo Burns

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

On a lush mountaintop trapped in time, two women vow to protect each other at all costs-and one you… read more

Similar categories in Amy Jo Burns's Shiner book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Anne Michaels's Held book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

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19. The Other's Gold

By: Elizabeth Ames

3.20

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Assigned to the same suite during their freshman year at Quincy-Hawthorne College, Lainey, Ji Sun, … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Ames's The Other's Gold book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What she couldn't understand was people who didn't imagine everything."

-Elizabeth Ames, The Other's Gold

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20. In the Company of Killers

By: Bryan Christy

3.40

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

"Immensely talented… Christy’s muscular, vivid writing and John le Carré-esque talent for thrusting… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Christy's In the Company of Killers book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Truth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction can be more illuminating."

-Bryan Christy, In the Company of Killers

"Desire is opportunity. It creates leverage. It was a basic rule of tradecraft.... A man without desire was invisible... There are no truly invisible men, Klay reminded himself. Every person wants som…"

-Bryan Christy, In the Company of Killers

"He [Tom Klay]'d watched people tend to corpses thousands of times. They straightened eyeglasses, fixed neckties, picked away bits of makeup, adjusted stray hair. They leaned into caskets and kissed t…"

-Bryan Christy, In the Company of Killers

Cover of Daphne by Will Boast

21. Daphne

By: Will Boast

3.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Elegantly written and profoundly moving, this spellbinding debut affirms Boast’s reputation as a “n… read more

Similar categories in Will Boast's Daphne book and Will Boast's Daphne

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • retellings
  • greek mythology
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 21st century
  • adult
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"You do the best with the data you have."

-Will Boast, Daphne

"The human brain is the universe's most implausible science experiment."

-Will Boast, Daphne

"Your whole deal sounds kind of hard." "Well, I guess you just keep pulling."

-Will Boast, Daphne

"In a world where everyone was trying to radiate success while praying for actual profits, Brooke's margins narrowed and narrowed."

-Will Boast, Daphne

12 Top contemporary books like Daphne by Will Boast

Transform Your Habits

I'll Be Your Blue Sky

Marisa de los Santos

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Creatures

Crissy Van Meter

3.63

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Friday I'm in Love

Camryn Garrett

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Indelicacy

Amina Cain

3.59

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17 Top fiction books like In the Company of Killers by Bryan Christy

Transform Your Habits

The Promise (Elvis Cole, #16; Joe Pike, #5; Scott James & Maggie, #2)

Robert Crais

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Broken Promise (Promise Falls Trilogy, #1)

Linwood Barclay

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Fiction Writer

Jillian Cantor

3.19

Transform Your Habits

Sleepless City (Nick Ryan, #1)

Reed Farrel Coleman

4.07

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