11 Top contemporary books like We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr

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We Rip the World Apart

By: Charlene Carr

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Hold My Girl comes a sweeping multi-generational story about motherhoo…

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Cover of Shut Up You're Pretty by Téa Mutonji

1. Shut Up You're Pretty

By: Téa Mutonji

3.57

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more

Similar categories in Téa Mutonji's Shut Up You're Pretty book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"

-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty

Cover of The Bittlemores by Jann Arden

2. The Bittlemores

By: Jann Arden

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more

Similar categories in Jann Arden's The Bittlemores book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • canada
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3. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Graham's The Secret Keeper book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • historical
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
Cover of Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) by Kate   Hilton

4. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)

By: Kate Hilton

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more

Similar categories in Kate Hilton's Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Denison Avenue by Christina Wong

5. Denison Avenue

By: Christina Wong

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more

Similar categories in Christina Wong's Denison Avenue book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
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6. Behind You

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.04

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

As terror grips a city, a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Hernandez's Behind You book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • canada
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7. The Inheritance

By: Joanna Goodman

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compu… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Goodman's The Inheritance book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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8. The Cure for Drowning

By: Loghan Paylor

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Evocative, magical and luminously written, The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-… read more

Similar categories in Loghan Paylor's The Cure for Drowning book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • book club
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9. A Great Country

By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more

Similar categories in Shilpi Somaya Gowda's A Great Country book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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10. The Secret History of Audrey James

By: Heather Marshall

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more

Similar categories in Heather Marshall's The Secret History of Audrey James book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • historical
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
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11. Never Been Better

By: Leanne Toshiko Simpson

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A hilariously offbeat and tender comedy about one bipolar woman’s messy search for love at a seasid… read more

Similar categories in Leanne Toshiko Simpson's Never Been Better book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Coexistence: Stories

By: Billy-Ray Belcourt

4.39

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Superbly rendered portraits of modern indigeneity from the acclaimed author of A Minor Chorus. A gr… read more

Similar categories in Billy-Ray Belcourt's Coexistence: Stories book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
"I wrote about the future because I wanted to invent it. I wrote about the present so that it wouldn't obliterate me."

-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories

"It's October, and the shorter days have made us hungrier, depriving us of light and forcing us to look for it in other people."

-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories

"That's what love is -- someone else's spirit moving through you. When someone moves through you they leave behind a small trace of human life. It's how we know we're still alive."

-Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence: Stories

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13. Mudflowers

By: Aley Waterman

3.37

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

In the year following her mother’s death, Sophie navigates a complicated love triangle between a ne… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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14. The Heart of a Superfan: A memoir of grit, love, family and basketball

By: Nav Bhatia

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Raptors' story is an underdog story—and the same is true for their greatest superfan. This memo… read more

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15. What’s Not Mine

By: Nora Decter

3.61

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

For fans of Miriam Toews, an absorbing, darkly funny story of family, addiction, and survival The s… read more

Similar categories in Nora Decter's What’s Not Mine book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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16. Roar

By: Shelley Thompson

4.58

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A novel inspired by the original screenplay for the award-winning feature film Dawn, Her Dad & the … read more

Similar categories in Shelley Thompson's Roar book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • canada
Cover of We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr

17. We Rip the World Apart

By: Charlene Carr

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Hold My Girl comes a sweeping multi-generational story about motherhoo… read more

Similar categories in Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • canada
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • book club
Cover of When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward

18. When the World Fell Silent

By: Donna Jones Alward

4.39

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

A story of loss, hope and redemption against the most impossible odds. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. … read more

Similar categories in Donna Jones Alward's When the World Fell Silent book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • historical
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley

19. The Lightning Bottles

By: Marissa Stapley

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The author of New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Lucky returns with a love letter… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Stapley's The Lightning Bottles book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of real ones by Katherena Vermette

20. real ones

By: Katherena Vermette

4.10

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Mich… read more

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's real ones book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner by Marie Wilson

21. North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner

By: Marie Wilson

4.68

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada t… read more

Similar categories in Marie Wilson's North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner book and Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart

  • canada

18 must-read fiction books like We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

Transform Your Habits

The Bittlemores

Jann Arden

3.87

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The Secret Keeper

Genevieve Graham

4.36

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Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)

Kate Hilton

3.71

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21 best-selling fiction books like A Great Country by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Last House

Jessica Shattuck

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

Colm Tóibín

3.82

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