22 must-read fiction books like The Days When Birds Come Back by Deborah Reed

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The Days When Birds Come Back

By: Deborah Reed

3.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally searing novel of second chances from an author whose “gorgeous and wise prose” (Cher…

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1. Astray

By: Emma Donoghue

3.58

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's stories have all gone astr… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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2. Never Let You Go

By: Chevy Stevens

3.98

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Eleven years ago, Lindsey Nash escaped into the night with her young daughter and left an abusive r… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. The Interestings

By: Meg Wolitzer

4.00

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Sorta Like a Rock Star

By: Matthew Quick

4.50

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Amber Appleton lives in a bus. Ever since her mom's boyfriend kicked them out, Amber, her mom, and … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Love and Other Consolation Prizes

By: Jamie Ford

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Audio CD

From the bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweetcomes a powerful novel, inspi… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction

6. Hello, Universe

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and… read more

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7. The Dovekeepers

By: Alice Hoffman

4.11

Format: 40 pages,

Over five years in the writing, The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman's most ambitious and mesmerizing n… read more

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8. Nightwoods

By: Charles Frazier

4.23

Format: 400 pages,

The extraordinary author of Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moonsreturns with a dazzling new novel of su… read more

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9. Brida

By: Margaret Jull Costa , Paulo Coelho

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been inte… read more

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10. Remarkable Creatures

By: Tracy Chevalier

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on th… read more

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11. The Folded Earth

By: Anuradha Roy

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2011 MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU LITERARY PRIZE FOR BEST… read more

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12. In the Midnight Rain

By: Barbara O'Neal

4.37

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Two converging mysteries compel a woman’s search for the truth in a captivating novel about loss, l… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

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14. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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15. Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness

By: Laura Coates

4.20

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This instant New York Times bestseller offers “a firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that … read more

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16. Chances Are...

By: Richard Russo

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Russo--in his first stand-alone novel in a decade--comes a … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The only thing a warrior cannot fight is her own fierce nature."

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

"Fear is what makes us human and it is in overcoming fear that we show our strength."

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

"I don't know this song. They haven't taught me it to us at school." " When in doubt, just do what I do, Robs. Hum if you don't know the words"

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

"Bang, bang, bang. Bang, bang, bang. It seemed that only policemen and social workers—people who wanted to take you away—announced their arrival in that way."

-Richard Russo, Chances Are...

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17. The Seed Keeper

By: Diane Wilson

4.30

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle t… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"My father traveled now with the stars, returned to the vast mystery that had so fascinated him all his life."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"What the white settlers called progress was a storm of fury thundering its way across the land, and none of us were strong enough to withstand it."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"I decided to give Rosie all the facts I could—because that's how the corporations work against us, twisting the truth till we're at war with each other."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"I thought about the aftermath of the 1862 war, when thirty-eight hastily condemned warriors had been hung in Mankato, in the country's largest-ever mass execution. Their bodies were buried in shallow…"

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

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18. Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

By: Martha Hall Kelly

4.26

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist who helped young gi… read more

Similar categories in Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3) book and Deborah Reed's The Days When Birds Come Back

  • adult
  • fiction
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19. Effie Olsen's Summer Special

By: Rochelle Bilow

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

These childhood best friends swore they’d never speak again. But that was before a surprise summer … read more

Similar categories in Rochelle Bilow's Effie Olsen's Summer Special book and Deborah Reed's The Days When Birds Come Back

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. The Last Romantics

By: Tara Conklin

3.71

Format: 384 pages, ebook

“The greatest works of poetry are the stories we tell about ourselves." When the renowned poet F… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I believe now that certain events are inevitable. Not in a fateful way, for I have never had faith in anything but myself, but in the way of human nature."

-Tara Conklin, The Last Romantics

"This then is the true lesson: there is nothing romantic about love. Only the most naive believe it will save them. Only the hardiest of us will survive it."

-Tara Conklin, The Last Romantics

"For many years love seemed to me not something that enriched or emboldened but a blind hole into which you fell, and in the falling you forgot what it was to live in your own light."

-Tara Conklin, The Last Romantics

"Caroline. Listen to me. You have to decide what you love. Joe wasn't the only one. You have to decide now and hold on. Start small. Begin with the small things and work up from here."

-Tara Conklin, The Last Romantics

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21. The Best of Us (Sullivan's Crossing, #4)

By: Robyn Carr

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In Sullivan’s Crossing, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr has created a place where g… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Carr's The Best of Us (Sullivan's Crossing, #4) book and Deborah Reed's The Days When Birds Come Back

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. The Nigerwife

By: Vanessa Walters

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This twisty and electrifying debut novel about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, an… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You have to go on with things, or things will get on without you."

-Vanessa Walters, The Nigerwife

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23. Virgil Wander

By: Leif Enger

4.01

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Virgil Wander is an all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in t… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Your tribe is always bigger than you think."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

"He had an advanced capacity for hatred. It came to him easily and fully formed."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

"She seemed to belong here, though maybe she was the sort to belong wherever she was at the time."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

"I wanted to hear about many small things, the smaller the better. I wanted to tell her small things in return."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

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24. The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

By: Annie Lyons

4.31

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

It's never too late to start living. Infused with the emotional power of Me Before You and the i… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Life is precious and as long as we have a reason to continue, we should follow that path."

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

"Why is life so sad sometimes?"..."Perhaps it's the universe's way of making you appreciate the happier times"

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

"I always used to think it was silly when people said life was short, but I completely get that now. We're here for such a limited time. The least we can do is try to be kind to the people around us. …"

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

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25. When I Found You (Silver Springs, #8)

By: Brenda Novak

4.05

Format: 337 pages, ebook

Sometimes the biggest emotional risk can reap the best romantic reward…After everything she worked … read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. Evvie Drake Starts Over

By: Linda Holmes

3.82

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, … read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Oh, that's right, she thought. I remember having good days."

-Linda Holmes, Evvie Drake Starts Over

"Everything she said, he treated like it ended in a semicolon."

-Linda Holmes, Evvie Drake Starts Over

"Trying to buck yourself up is the tooth pliers of mental health."

-Linda Holmes, Evvie Drake Starts Over

"All she could think as she finally, finally kissed him was finally, finally."

-Linda Holmes, Evvie Drake Starts Over

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27. If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

By: Jean Muenchrath

3.94

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Her grand adventure turned into a nightmare. After skiing 200 miles along California's John Muir Tr… read more

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"Life is short. Live you dreams now!"

-Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

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28. A Map for the Missing

By: Belinda Huijuan Tang

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic, mesmerizing debut novel set against a rapidly changing post–Cultural Revolution China, A M… read more

Similar categories in Belinda Huijuan Tang's A Map for the Missing book and Deborah Reed's The Days When Birds Come Back

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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29. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

By: Mitch Albom

4.37

Format: 489 pages, Kindle Edition

Mitch Albom creates a magical world through his love of music in this remarkable new novel about th… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
"Man suffers for his art."

-Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

"some things you endure for a reason"

-Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

"What you’re thinking about can be what you become."

-Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

"Public taste is as fickle as a child’s attention span"

-Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

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30. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) book and Deborah Reed's The Days When Birds Come Back

  • fiction
Cover of The Days When Birds Come Back by Deborah  Reed

31. The Days When Birds Come Back

By: Deborah Reed

3.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally searing novel of second chances from an author whose “gorgeous and wise prose” (Cher… read more

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  • relationships
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult

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Chevy Stevens

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