7 best-selling contemporary books like One Station Away by Olaf Olafsson

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One Station Away

By: Olaf Olafsson

3.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An overlooked pianist who finally receives fraught success after decades of disappointment. An elus…

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1. The Museum of Extraordinary Things

By: Alice Hoffman

3.77

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the sinister impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things… read more

Similar categories in Alice Hoffman's The Museum of Extraordinary Things book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • mystery
  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
"The only way to understand a river is to jump into it."

-Alice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things

"A lifetime is a lifetime whether it lasts one night or a hundred years."

-Alice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things

"The truth frightens people because it isn't stable. It shifts every day."

-Alice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things

"In good time every secret must be shared and every miracle called into question."

-Alice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things

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2. The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

By: Genevieve Cogman

4.05

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

The third title in Genevieve Cogman's clever and exciting The Invisible Library series, The Burning… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Cogman's The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3) book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • mystery
  • fiction
"I may take a while to learn from my mistakes, but I get there eventually."

-Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

"I have spent most of my life preferring books to people,’ Irene said sharply. ‘Just because I like a few specific people doesn’t change anything."

-Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

" What fun, Irene thought grimly through the band of pain pressing on her temple, I now have a whole new standard for how bad things can get. Travel is so educational. "

-Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

"This sense of possibility might not last, of course Nothing ever did. But she wasn’t going to spoil it by looking too far ahead. They were safe in the Library, and the Library would endure."

-Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

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3. The Tennis Partner

By: Abraham Verghese

3.44

Format: 213 pages,

An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed New Y… read more

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4. Wonder Boys

By: Michael Chabon , None

3.95

Format: 302 pages,

In his first novel since The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Chabon presents a hilarious and heartbreaking… read more

Similar categories in Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Nightblind (Dark Iceland #2)

By: Ragnar Jónasson

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Siglufjordur: an idyllically quiet fishing village on the northernmost tip of Iceland, accessible o… read more

Similar categories in Ragnar Jónasson's Nightblind (Dark Iceland #2) book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • mystery
  • fiction
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6. Run

By: Ann Patchett

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

Set over a period of twenty-four hours, Run shows us how worlds of privilege and poverty can coexis… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Run book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary

7. Tall Oaks

By: Chris Whitaker

3.50

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twin Peaksand The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, this brilliant debut is dark ye… read more

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8. Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)

By: Bernard Scudder , Arnaldur Indriðason

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When a lonely old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat, the only clues are a cryptic note le… read more

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9. My Name Is Asher Lev

By: Chaim Potok

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Asher Lev is a Ladover Hasid who keeps kosher, prays three times a day and believes in the Ribbono … read more

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10. The Journey Home

By: Olaf Olafsson

4.29

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

For years, Disa has lived a quiet life, managing an English country-house hotel with her companion … read more

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11. The Hole We're In

By: Gabrielle Zevin

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From award winning writer Gabrielle Zevin comes a biting, powerful, and deliciously entertaining no… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Zevin's The Hole We're In book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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12. Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2)

By: Marcie R. Rendon

3.98

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Nothing in Renee Blackbear’s world had prepared her for college or for the hurt that happens in the… read more

Similar categories in Marcie R. Rendon's Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2) book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
"But this is the country I know. This Valley. This river. This flat land that goes on forever. The dang wind chill every winter. The wind blowing across this prairie we bend over and walk into. We get…"

-Marcie R. Rendon, Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2)

"Happens more than we want to know. There are Indian kids, just like your brother, heck just like me, all over this Valley. Fostered out, adopted out, working their fingers to the bone--heck, many of …"

-Marcie R. Rendon, Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #2)

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13. From a Far and Lovely Country (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #24)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest installment in Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully diverting No. 1 Ladies' Detective … read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's From a Far and Lovely Country (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #24) book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • mystery
  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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14. Welcome Home, Stranger

By: Kate Christensen

3.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the PEN-Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man comes a novel about grief, love, growin… read more

Similar categories in Kate Christensen's Welcome Home, Stranger book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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15. Midnight Blue

By: Simone van der Vlugt

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From Simone Van Der Vlugt comes her European bestselling novel of a young woman's rise as a painter… read more

Similar categories in Simone van der Vlugt's Midnight Blue book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • fiction
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16. The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.53

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkn… read more

Similar categories in Ragnar Jónasson's The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1) book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
"It was as if her life had been brought to a full stop: she couldn't look forward, couldn't picture what tomorrow night bring."

-Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness (Hidden Iceland #1)

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17. Gravity Is the Thing

By: Jaclyn Moriarty

3.60

Format: 416 pages, ebook

The adult debut from bestselling, award-winning young adult author Jaclyn Moriarty—a frequently hil… read more

Similar categories in Jaclyn Moriarty's Gravity Is the Thing book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
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18. The Children's Bach

By: Helen Garner

3.53

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Helen Garner has been a literary institution in Australia for decades. Her perfectly formed novels … read more

Similar categories in Helen Garner's The Children's Bach book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of A Game of Fear (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #24) by Charles Todd

19. A Game of Fear (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #24)

By: Charles Todd

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard’s Ian … read more

Similar categories in Charles Todd's A Game of Fear (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #24) book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • mystery
  • fiction
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20. Her Last Flight

By: Beatriz Williams

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a remote surfing village on th… read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's Her Last Flight book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
"But while a photograph may tell a thousand words, it doesn't tell the full story"

-Beatriz Williams, Her Last Flight

"I consider delivering some nonsense about how the cat’s had a pretty long run, wouldn’t you say, I mean I’ve never heard of a cat living nineteen years. But that’s the last thing you want to hear abo…"

-Beatriz Williams, Her Last Flight

Cover of One Station Away by Olaf Olafsson

21. One Station Away

By: Olaf Olafsson

3.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An overlooked pianist who finally receives fraught success after decades of disappointment. An elus… read more

Similar categories in Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away book and Olaf Olafsson's One Station Away

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 21st century
  • adult
  • mystery

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Alice Hoffman

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4.05

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Michael Chabon , None

3.95

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4.18

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Chris Bohjalian

3.53

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