18 best-selling fiction books like News from Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor

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News from Lake Wobegon

By: Garrison Keillor

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Audio CD

One of the best-selling spoken audio of all time, this is the original collection of Garrison Keill…

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1. The Brendan Voyage: A Leather Boat Tracks the Discovery of America by the Irish Sailor Saints

By: Tim Severin , Trondur Pattursson

4.25

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Recounts the harrowing voyage of Timothy Severin and his crew from Dingle, Ireland across the North… read more

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2. Hannah Coulter

By: Wendell Berry

4.38

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry's seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman charac… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Time doesn't stop. Your life doesn't stop and wait until you get ready to start living it."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"Living right on called for nothing out of the ordinary. We made no changes. We only accepted the changes as they came."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

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3. Nathan Coulter

By: Wendell Berry

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Nathan Coulter begins Wendell Berry's sequence of novels about the citizens of Port William, Kentuc… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Oh Lord, make us able To eat all that's on this table, And if there's some we haven't got Bring it to us while it's hot"

-Wendell Berry, Nathan Coulter

"Tobacco,' Jig said. 'I used to raise tobacco once. But I quit. I was plowing one morning, and the Lord said, "Jig, how'd you like for your daughter to smoke?" And I said, "I wouldn't like it, Lord. I…"

-Wendell Berry, Nathan Coulter

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4. The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

By: Chris Guillebeau

2.55

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

In The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpo… read more

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5. Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises

By: Lesley M.M. Blume

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The making of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, the outsize personalities who inspired it, and… read more

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6. Fallen Land

By: Taylor Brown

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Fallen Landis Taylor Brown's debut novel set in the final year of the Civil War, as a young couple … read more

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  • fiction
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7. The Snow Goose

By: Paul Gallico

4.33

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

Classic storytelling from a bestselling author. Gallico's most famous story, THE SNOW GOOSE, is set… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

8. Watch Me Disappear

By: Janelle Brown

4.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It's been a year since Billie Flanagan--a beautiful, charismatic Berkeley mom with an enviable life… read more

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9. Winterkill (Joe Pickett, #3)

By: C.J. Box

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

Joe Pickett's pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn w… read more

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10. Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

By: C.J. Box

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

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11. Death Below Stairs (Kat Holloway, #1)

By: Jennifer Ashley

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Victorian class lines are crossed when cook Kat Holloway is drawn into a murder that reaches all th… read more

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12. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (Pottermore Presents, #1)

By: J.K. Rowling , MinaLima

4.04

Format: 538 pages, ebook

'Minerva was the Roman goddess of warriors and wisdom. William McGonagall is celebrated as the wors… read more

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13. Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump, #1)

By: Winston Groom

3.80

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Meet Forrest Gump, the lovable, herculean, and surprisingly savvy hero of this remarkable comic ody… read more

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14. The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22)

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.11

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Jennifer Chiaverini’s beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Cr… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

By: Maureen Johnson

4.01

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Thinking of a foray to a quaint English village? You'll think twice after reading this tongue-in-ch… read more

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  • humor
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16. Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More

By: James Burrows

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"Being directed by the Jimmy Burrows, while on Friends, was like hitting the jackpot. I'm delighte… read more

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  • humor
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell and Back (Walt Longmire, #18) by Craig Johnson

17. Hell and Back (Walt Longmire, #18)

By: Craig Johnson

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series. Picking up where Daughter of… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. A Chateau Under Siege

By: Martin Walker

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

France's favourite country cop, Bruno, faces a dangerous threat to the town he polices and the peop… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Four Loves

By: C.S. Lewis

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human lov… read more

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"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."

-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

"To know that one is dreaming is to be no longer perfectly asleep."

-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

"El amor empieza a ser un demonio desde el momento en que comienza a ser un dios."

-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

"People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often."

-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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20. Murder on Cape Cod (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #1)

By: Maddie Day

3.76

Format: 310 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Cape Cod bicycle shop owner Mackenzie "Mac" Almeida and her book club must find a crafty killer in … read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Inland

By: Téa Obreht

3.43

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives unfo… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"There are wounds of time and there are wounds of person, Misafir. Sometimes people come through their wounds, but time does not. Sometimes it's the other way around. Sometimes the wounds are so griev…"

-Téa Obreht, Inland

"He lived in a state of agitation, at odds with everything: the heat, the weather, the gold or lack thereof; the density of the crowds and the absence of quality people; his neighbors and their procli…"

-Téa Obreht, Inland

"Whoever had thought to instate a watering hole in this spot could not have been a woman. It was impossible to linger here without feeling observed. The goblin barrens rose up on either side of the pa…"

-Téa Obreht, Inland

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22. Where Coyotes Howl

By: Sandra Dallas

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Beautifully rendered, Where Coyotes Howl is a vivid and deeply affecting ode to the early twentieth… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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23. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King

24. The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

By: Maxwell King

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in th… read more

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  • audiobook
"Good people aren't always good. They just try to be."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

"You don't set out to be rich and famous; you set out to be helpful."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

"Human kindness was probably the single most important thing to Fred Rogers."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

"Everyone...came to deeply appreciate Fred-Time, that slow-paced world of quiet with Rogers at its center."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

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25. Plotting for Murder (Cozy Mystery Bookshop, #1)

By: Tamra Baumann

3.95

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

Sawyer Davis’ new life in picturesque Sunset Cove is crumbling around her as fast as the old Victor… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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26. The Heron

By: Don Winslow

3.70

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

“The Heron” is the nickname a big-city accountant has attached to himself in his new home near San … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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27. Dear Sweet Pea (Dumplin')

By: Julie Murphy

3.95

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’ (n… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Sorry, dude."

-Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea (Dumplin')

"If that sounds confusing to you, join the club"

-Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea (Dumplin')

"Just the thought of Dad crying made me cry too"

-Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea (Dumplin')

"t’s not very easy to say no to fire-breathing mom dragons."

-Julie Murphy, Dear Sweet Pea (Dumplin')

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28. Free Billy

By: Don Winslow

3.62

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Billy has figured it out. How to live free. That’s "free" as in "it costs no money" at hotel … read more

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  • short stories
  • humor
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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29. Red Hood

By: Elana K. Arnold

3.45

Format: 368 pages, ebook

You are alone in the woods, seen only by the unblinking yellow moon. Your hands are empty. You are … read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of News from Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor

30. News from Lake Wobegon

By: Garrison Keillor

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Audio CD

One of the best-selling spoken audio of all time, this is the original collection of Garrison Keill… read more

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  • short stories
  • humor
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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31. A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17)

By: Martin Walker

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Another entertaining and enlightening entry in the Bruno, Chief of Police series, featuring an arch… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook

18 Best audiobook books like News from Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor

Transform Your Habits

Hannah Coulter

Wendell Berry

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Nathan Coulter

Wendell Berry

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Museum of Lost Quilts (Elm Creek Quilts, #22)

Jennifer Chiaverini

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More

James Burrows

3.86

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30 best-selling fiction books like The Heron by Don Winslow

Transform Your Habits

The Girl Who Wasn't There

Arvind Ethan David

3.12

Transform Your Habits

Tell Her Story

Margot Hunt

3.60

Transform Your Habits

Darkness Visible

Arvind Ethan David

3.45

Transform Your Habits

Zero Tolerance

James Patterson

3.55

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