13 Best mystery books like The Gods of Green County by Mary Elizabeth Pope

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The Gods of Green County

By: Mary Elizabeth Pope

4.48

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Coralee Harper struggles for justice for her dead brother and her own sanity in Depression-era rura…

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1. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intenti… read more

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2. The House of Special Purpose

By: John Boyne

4.18

Format: 469 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Absolutist, a propulsive novel of the Russian Revolution and the fate of the… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"A man was standing at the end of the hallway, just outside an open door, from where a great light shone, illuminating him almost as a god."

-John Boyne, The House of Special Purpose

"It has always astonished me, Georgy Daniilovich, that those who are most repulsed by autocratic or dictatorial rule are among the first to eliminate their enemies once they take on the mantle of powe…"

-John Boyne, The House of Special Purpose

"It's enough to make me laugh. I close the door behind me and sit down again, considering this, and truly, I find it so funny that I laugh until I cry. And when the tears come I think aah... So this i…"

-John Boyne, The House of Special Purpose

"It occurs to me that even though Zoya and I are both still alive, my life is already over. She will be taken from me soon and there will be no reason for me to continue without her. We are one person…"

-John Boyne, The House of Special Purpose

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3. The Persian Pickle Club

By: Sandra Dallas

4.26

Format: 331 pages,

It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and t… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Dallas's The Persian Pickle Club book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. June Bug

By: Chris Fabry

3.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

From the best-selling author of War Roomcomes a Christy Award finalist, now a Lifetime original mov… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

5. Tara Road

By: Maeve Binchy

3.48

Format: None pages,

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6. Praying the Bible

By: Donald S. Whitney

4.49

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

All Christians know they should pray, but sometimes it’s hard to know how—especially if the minutes… read more

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7. Hum If You Don’t Know the Words

By: Bianca Marais

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apart… read more

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8. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Long Time Gone

By: Charlie Donlea

4.21

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

When DNA results reveal a disturbing connection to the mysterious disappearance of a famous baby ne… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Donlea's Long Time Gone book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Procrastination is the devil's way of stealing your time."

-Charlie Donlea, Long Time Gone

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10. My Darkest Prayer

By: S.A. Cosby

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby’s debut novel My Darkest Prayer is rep… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Cosby's My Darkest Prayer book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • fiction
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11. The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

By: Sara Brunsvold

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces … read more

Similar categories in Sara Brunsvold's The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Ours is a God of new life~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Keep the fight in your veins, honey. Never let it fade."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Hard things usually end in the biggest blessings. ~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Lord, you are so good, and your love holds everything together."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

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12. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

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13. Remember Love (Ravenswood, #1)

By: Mary Balogh

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The handsome and charismatic Earl of Stratton, Caleb Ware, has been exposed to the ton for his clan… read more

Similar categories in Mary Balogh's Remember Love (Ravenswood, #1) book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Those We Thought We Knew

By: David Joy

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small… read more

Similar categories in David Joy's Those We Thought We Knew book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Spies of Shilling Lane

By: Jennifer Ryan

3.71

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir comes a thrilling new WWII story about a … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"That’s it! That’s the measure of success, isn’t it?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"Love is the most crucial thing we have. Above reputation, above beauty, above our kindest actions."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"I realize that death isn’t the part of life to fear the most. It is the fear of not living up to our true potential."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"Why do people get so caught up in their own senseless struggle for status that they forget to enjoy the beauty in others?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

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16. The Kitchen Front

By: Jennifer Ryan

3.97

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In a new World War II-set story from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir, four wom… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Kitchen Front book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.09

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationin… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Clothes do that sometimes. They have the power to make you into someone else. They can make anything seem possible."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"Sometimes we just need someone with a fresh perspective to hold up a mirror and show us who we really are – who we could become, if we put our minds to it."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"In a good family, you're loved, simply, for being you, and whatever happens, wherever you go, you will always know that you are loved. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how beautiful, or how …"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

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18. The Dawn of Redeeming Grace: Daily Devotions for Advent

By: Sinclair B. Ferguson

4.61

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Advent devotional for Christmas that will stir hope and inspire worship. As dawn broke on that firs… read more

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19. Cemetery Road

By: Greg Iles

4.13

Format: 590 pages, Hardcover

Marshall McEwan is one of the most successful journalists in Washington, DC. But his father is term… read more

Similar categories in Greg Iles's Cemetery Road book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Boy in the Woods

By: A.J. Wills

4.20

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

What she saw in the woods will test a mother’s love to the limits Sabine Sugar, devoted wife an… read more

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21. Jaxon With An X

By: D.K. Wall

4.53

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Six-year-old Jaxon Lathan disappeared while playing in a park. Ten years later, he's found wanderin… read more

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22. The Lioness of Boston

By: Emily Franklin

3.72

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A deeply evocative novel of the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a daring visionary who created an… read more

Similar categories in Emily Franklin's The Lioness of Boston book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth."

-Emily Franklin, The Lioness of Boston

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23. I Kill Killers (Psychological Thriller #1)

By: S.T. Ashman

4.16

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

When a genius pianist turned hunter of serial killers finds herself connected to her latest victim … read more

Similar categories in S.T. Ashman's I Kill Killers (Psychological Thriller #1) book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • fiction
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24. We Kill Killers (Psychological Thriller #2)

By: S.T. Ashman

4.18

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

Leah and Agent Richter find themselves in a heart-stopping face-off with an old foe. As the boundar… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Ashman's We Kill Killers (Psychological Thriller #2) book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • fiction
Cover of Wake Up With Purpose!: What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years by Jean Dolores Schmidt

25. Wake Up With Purpose!: What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years

By: Jean Dolores Schmidt

4.18

Format: 222 pages, Hardcover

Known to millions as simply "Sister Jean," the Loyola Chicago matriarch and college basketball icon… read more

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26. Familiaris

By: David Wroblewski

4.21

Format: 979 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtel… read more

Similar categories in David Wroblewski's Familiaris book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Suppose you could do one impossible thing."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"Time is a snake-oil remedy if you ask me. Some wounds just keep hurting as bad as they ever did. That's what I think."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"John once claimed that the way to convince a person to do something outlandish was to ask them to do something even more outlandish."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"You can never watch too many pups climb through the straw for the first time, but there are just so many dogs you can bear watch to die."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

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27. All the Colors of the Dark

By: Chris Whitaker

4.44

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an e… read more

Similar categories in Chris Whitaker's All the Colors of the Dark book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves

By: Quinn Connor

3.31

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

At turns haunting and breathtaking, Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves explores legacies of love, family… read more

Similar categories in Quinn Connor's Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • fiction
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29. You Will Never Be Me

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When cracks start forming in an influencer’s curated life, she finds out that jealousy is just as v… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's You Will Never Be Me book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • fiction
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30. Senator Hattie Caraway: An Arkansas Legacy

By: Nancy Hendricks

3.58

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Hattie Caraway unexpectedly became the first female U.S. senator in 1931 by filling the seat of her… read more

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Cover of The Gods of Green County by Mary Elizabeth Pope

31. The Gods of Green County

By: Mary Elizabeth Pope

4.48

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Coralee Harper struggles for justice for her dead brother and her own sanity in Depression-era rura… read more

Similar categories in Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County book and Mary Elizabeth Pope's The Gods of Green County

  • mystery
  • southern
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

22 best-selling fiction books like The Gods of Green County by Mary Elizabeth Pope

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John Boyne

4.18

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Sandra Dallas

4.26

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3.29

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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4.64

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David von Drehle

4.00

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Jinger Duggar Vuolo

3.60

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