21 must-read fiction books like The Long Water by Stef Penney

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The Long Water

By: Stef Penney

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

After her magnificent historical epic, The Beasts of Paris , Stef Penney returns to her heartland i…

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1. Enlightenment

By: Sarah Perry

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more

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"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

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2. The Cracked Mirror

By: Chris Brookmyre

4.07

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAP… read more

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3. 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

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"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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4. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

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"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

5. First Wife's Shadow

By: Adele Parks

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Emma, a wealthy, independent, sensible CEO, has long put her chaotic childhood at the hands of alco… read more

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6. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

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7. The Silence In Between

By: Josie Ferguson

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your n… read more

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"Evil demanded little of me – it merely asked me to stay silent, to do nothing. And I complied."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"Mozart said that music is not in the notes but in the silence in between. I think that's where our souls are – hidden in that silence."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"These are stories from the past, but they are still echoing now, in the present. As I write this, Russian forces are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainian women; deported mothers are being …"

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

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8. Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more

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9. Rare Singles

By: Benjamin Myers

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul mu… read more

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  • fiction
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10. Guilty by Definition

By: Susie Dent

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The debut murder mystery from the resident genius of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent. … read more

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11. Heart, Be at Peace

By: Donal Ryan

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise…’ S… read more

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12. The Echoes

By: Evie Wyld

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A story about the weight of the past and the promise of the future set between rural Australia and … read more

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13. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

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14. The Long Water

By: Stef Penney

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

After her magnificent historical epic, The Beasts of Paris , Stef Penney returns to her heartland i… read more

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15. Gabriel's Moon

By: William Boyd

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant … read more

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  • fiction
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16. The Black Loch (Lewis Trilogy, #4)

By: Peter May

4.37

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

THE RETURN OF FIN MACLEOD, PETER MAY'S MUCH-LOVED HERO OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING LEWIS TRILO… read more

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17. Fire

By: John Boyne

4.39

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the … read more

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  • fiction
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18. Blood Ties

By: Jo Nesbø

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In many ways, the brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they’ve had as m… read more

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19. The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4)

By: Chris Hammer

4.36

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven.Nell Buchanan … read more

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20. Juice

By: Tim Winton

4.15

Format: 524 pages, Kindle Edition

An epic novel of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. This is Tim Winton as… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Party: The perfect Christmas gift from the Sunday Times bestselling author by Tessa Hadley

21. The Party: The perfect Christmas gift from the Sunday Times bestselling author

By: Tessa Hadley

3.43

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

An irresistible novella about two sisters and a night that changes everything, from the master chro… read more

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21 best-selling fiction books like Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

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The Last Word

Elly Griffiths

3.92

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Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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