15 must-read contemporary books like And So I Roar by Abi Daré

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And So I Roar

By: Abi Daré

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, heartwrenching new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl w…

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1. By Any Other Name

By: Jodi Picoult

4.19

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about … read more

Similar categories in Jodi Picoult's By Any Other Name book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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3. Swift River

By: Essie J. Chambers

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more

Similar categories in Essie J. Chambers's Swift River book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."

-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River

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4. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Strout's Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

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5. Allow Me to Introduce Myself

By: Onyi Nwabineli

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ever since she was a child, Anuri’s life was chronicled and monetized by her influencer stepmother.… read more

Similar categories in Onyi Nwabineli's Allow Me to Introduce Myself book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

Similar categories in Elif Shafak's There Are Rivers in the Sky book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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7. 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 Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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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8. The Lion Women of Tehran

By: Marjan Kamali

4.50

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stati… read more

Similar categories in Marjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When I am surrounded by books, I feel most at peace."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

"I wanted what Homa had. I wanted her family. Her living father, her kind mother. I wanted her fat, edible baby sister. I wanted the warmth and safety of her home."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

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9. The Volcano Daughters

By: Gina María Balibrera

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A saucy, searingly original debut about two sisters raised in the shadow of El Salvador’s brutal di… read more

Similar categories in Gina María Balibrera's The Volcano Daughters book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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10. This Motherless Land

By: Nikki May

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Wahala, a “vibrant” (Charmaine Wilkerson) retelling of Mansfield Park,… read more

Similar categories in Nikki May's This Motherless Land book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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11. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

By: Anna Johnston

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a warm, life-affirming… read more

Similar categories in Anna Johnston's The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

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13. Colored Television

By: Danzy Senna

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more

Similar categories in Danzy Senna's Colored Television book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku

14. Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

By: Damilare Kuku

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Humor and poignance mix in this powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties,… read more

Similar categories in Damilare Kuku's Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • fiction
  • adult
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15. Songs for the Brokenhearted

By: Ayelet Tsabari

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better li… read more

Similar categories in Ayelet Tsabari's Songs for the Brokenhearted book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman

16. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's never too late for new beginnings. On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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17. For Such a Time as This

By: Shani Akilah

4.12

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Gabby and Daniel cross paths at the wedding of a mutual friend. They both wonder if this could be t… read more

Similar categories in Shani Akilah's For Such a Time as This book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Grown Women

By: Sarai Johnson

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and d… read more

Similar categories in Sarai Johnson's Grown Women book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I don’t think you’re ever really grown."

-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women

"We can learn from trauma. We can become better, more efficient, if we do the work."

-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women

"Similarly, I owe a great deal to my female ancestors and the women who mothered me."

-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women

"Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone you love is stay the hell away from them."

-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women

Cover of And So I Roar by Abi Daré

19. And So I Roar

By: Abi Daré

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, heartwrenching new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl w… read more

Similar categories in Abi Daré's And So I Roar book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Mighty Red

By: Louise Erdrich

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells … read more

Similar categories in Louise Erdrich's The Mighty Red book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Parlour Wife: The most poignant historical fiction book you’ll read this year

By: Foluso Agbaje

4.06

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Kehinde must put everything on the line to find herself during a time of war. Lagos, 1939 Wit… read more

Similar categories in Foluso Agbaje's The Parlour Wife: The most poignant historical fiction book you’ll read this year book and Abi Daré's And So I Roar

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

21 Top fiction books like And So I Roar by Abi Daré

Transform Your Habits

By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

4.19

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Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Swift River

Essie J. Chambers

3.54

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Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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12 best-selling fiction books like Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku

Transform Your Habits

Tomorrow Died Yesterday

Chimeka Garricks

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Tomorrow I Become a Woman

Aiwanose Odafen

4.24

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A Broken People's Playlist

Chimeka Garricks

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right

Ukamaka Olisakwe

3.98

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