9 best-selling contemporary books like The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite

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The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

By: Jessica Waite

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,…

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Here One Moment

By: Liane Moriarty

4.15

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? Aside from a delay, there will be no probl… read more

Similar categories in Liane Moriarty's Here One Moment book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • adult
  • contemporary
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2. Sociopath: A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more

Similar categories in Patric Gagne's Sociopath: A Memoir book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"

-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir

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3. I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

By: Glynnis MacNicol

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When you’re a woman smack in so-called “middle age” you are not promised anything at all other than… read more

Similar categories in Glynnis MacNicol's I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway]

By: Chelsea Devantez

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic memoir-in-essays by comedian, screenwriter, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, detailing her… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Devantez's I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway] book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. I Hope This Finds You Well

By: Natalie Sue

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this wildly funny and heartwarming office comedy, an admin worker accidentally gains access to h… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Sue's I Hope This Finds You Well book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • contemporary
"All the shit inside me hardens."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

"Shit. This is already a toothpaste-out-of-the-tube situation."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

"You can't legally brag about your son since you named him "Carl"."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

"He nods and names everyone he passes like the damn president of Clown Town."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

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6. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • contemporary
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7. The Night We Lost Him

By: Laura Dave

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years, one that m… read more

Similar categories in Laura Dave's The Night We Lost Him book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • contemporary
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8. The Wedding People

By: Alison Espach

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people… read more

Similar categories in Alison Espach's The Wedding People book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • contemporary
"Phoebe feels powerless to help. She imagines this what mothers often feel."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. to Take things out of the world and make them only yours."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

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9. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

By: Tia Levings

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more

Similar categories in Tia Levings's A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Last One at the Wedding

By: Jason Rekulak

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Hidden Pictures comes a breathtaking work of suspense about a father… read more

Similar categories in Jason Rekulak's The Last One at the Wedding book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • adult
Cover of A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever by Kim Mager

11. A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever

By: Kim Mager

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager , a real-life version of Cla… read more

Similar categories in Kim Mager's A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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12. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

Similar categories in Mikita Brottman's Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. What Have You Done?

By: Shari Lapena

3.84

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

The new binge-worthy novel from the “queen of the one-sit read,” and New York Times bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's What Have You Done? book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

14. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

Similar categories in Jesselyn Cook's The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite

15. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

By: Jessica Waite

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • biography
  • memoir
  • canada
  • death
  • biography memoir
  • marriage
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Sequel (The Book Series, #2)

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Sequel (The Book Series, #2) book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • contemporary
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17. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant

By: Stephanie Kiser

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Kiser's Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Outlier

By: Elisabeth Eaves

3.45

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

An audaciously twisty psychological thriller in which finding the killer is only one of two mysteri… read more

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19. The Lost Tarot

By: Sarah Henstra

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A lost tarot card is the key to unravelling decades of secrets in this dazzling novel about art and… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henstra's The Lost Tarot book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • adult
  • canada
Cover of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl by Hyeseung Song

20. Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl

By: Hyeseung Song

4.13

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

For readers of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings as well as lovers of the film Minari comes a sea… read more

Similar categories in Hyeseung Song's Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Treasure Hunters Club

By: Tom Ryan

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone meets The Goonies in The Treasure Hunters Club—a rollickin… read more

Similar categories in Tom Ryan's The Treasure Hunters Club book and Jessica Waite's The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

  • adult
  • canada

17 must-read adult books like The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite

Transform Your Habits

Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Sociopath: A Memoir

Patric Gagne

3.84

Transform Your Habits

I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

Glynnis MacNicol

3.59

Transform Your Habits

I Hope This Finds You Well

Natalie Sue

3.84

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21 must-read audiobook books like Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

Transform Your Habits

We Burn Daylight

Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

Transform Your Habits

There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

Anna Akbari

3.66

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