The Distance Home
By: Paula Saunders
3.34
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A family saga set in the American West, about sibling rivalry, dark secrets, and a young girl's str…
Want to Read $ 9.99If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Distance Home by Paula Saunders , here is a list of 7 books like this:
1. The Refugees
By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
3.87
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two g… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Refugees book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- historical
- historical fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Her routine was as predictable as the rotation of the earth."-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees
"But what does one say to a ghost, except to ask why he was here? I was afraid of the answer, so instead I said, 'What took you so long?"-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees
"I had seen Star Wars a dozen times on video tape, and if anyone was so deprived as to have not watched it even once, then the country in which he lived surely needed a revolution."-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees
"Aren't you afraid of ghosts?" I asked. Over the line, in the silence, the static hissed. "You aren't afraid of the things you believe in," he said. This, too, I wrote in his memoir, even though I had…"-Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Refugees
2. Father of the Rain
By: Lily King
3.71
Format: None pages,
Award-winning author Lily King's Father of the Rain: spans three decades in a riveting psychologica… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lily King's Father of the Rain book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- coming of age
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
3. Every Fifteen Minutes
By: Lisa Scottoline
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A visceral thriller, which brings you into the grip of a true sociopath and shows you how, in the q… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lisa Scottoline's Every Fifteen Minutes book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- fiction
- audiobook
4. So Brave, Young and Handsome
By: Leif Enger
3.60
Format: 212 pages,
A stunning successor to his best selling novel "Peace Like a River," Leif Enger's new work is a rug… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Leif Enger's So Brave, Young and Handsome book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
5. Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls #2)
By: Lisa See
4.10
Format: None pages,
In her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lisa See's Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls #2) book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
6. Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty
By: Ramona Ausubel
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of No One Is Here Except All of Us, an imaginative novel about a weal… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ramona Ausubel's Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
7. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A sweeping collection of new and selected essays on the Obama era by the National Book Award-winnin… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ta-Nehisi Coates's We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
8. Standard Deviation
By: Katherine Heiny
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A rueful, funny examination of love, marriage, infidelity, and origami. Simultaneously hilarious an… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Katherine Heiny's Standard Deviation book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
9. Talulah's Back in Town (Coyote Canyon, #1)
By: Brenda Novak
4.19
Format: 400 pages, ebook
Sometimes the past we leave behind leads us right where we belong. Talulah Barclay doesn’t like … read more
Want to Read $ 1.99Similar categories in Brenda Novak's Talulah's Back in Town (Coyote Canyon, #1) book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- audiobook
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
10. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Michael Magee's Close to Home book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- coming of age
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
11. Ferris
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more
Want to Read $ 8.54Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
12. Idol
By: Louise O'Neill
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
'Follow your heart and speak your truth.'For Samantha Miller's young fans - her 'girls' - she's eve… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Louise O'Neill's Idol book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
"But she'd clawed her way out of addiction because she believed that she was destined for greater things than an undignified death slumped over a toilet cistern"-Louise O'Neill, Idol
13. Fire Exit
By: Morgan Talty
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Morgan Talty's Fire Exit book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
14. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
By: Clint Smith
4.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Clint Smith's How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- historical
- audiobook
"How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the State of Virginia ,"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Jefferson believed himself to be a benevolent slave owner, but his moral ideals came second to, and were always entangled with, his own economic interests and the interests of his family."-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"But not enough people spoke about the reasons so many black children grow up communities saturated with poverty and violence. Not enough people spoke about how these realities were the result of deci…"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
15. The Age of Light
By: Whitney Scharer
3.57
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
She went to Paris to start over, to make art instead of being made into it. A captivating debut … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Whitney Scharer's The Age of Light book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"I think the world..the world continues just goes on doing what it does whether I take a picture or not. My art--it's about choosing when I release the shutter. It's not about setting up a scene and m…"-Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light
"I think the world..the world continues just goes on doing what it does whether I take a picture or not. My art--it's about choosing when I release the shutter. It's not about setting up a scene and m…"-Whitney Scharer, The Age of Light
16. Send for Me
By: Lauren Fox
3.43
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An achingly beautiful work of historical fiction that moves between Germany on the eve of World War… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Lauren Fox's Send for Me book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- historical
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"She went out for dinner with the guy who fixed her computer. All evening long, she couldn't remember his name. But he smiled sweetly as he explained motherboards to her and asked her about her life. …"-Lauren Fox, Send for Me
17. Acts of Forgiveness
By: Maura Cheeks
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how m… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Maura Cheeks's Acts of Forgiveness book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- family
- historical fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"You can't tour a plantation and come home to 512 Lewaro without understanding its significance. By walking through the front doors of their home, they were rewriting history."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
"During moments of national importance, it feels as though bills will be paid and mortgages covered, dreams no longer deferred. It feels as though, maybe, it can be less about money than about honor."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
18. This Disaster Loves You
By: Richard Roper
3.81
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
From the author of Something to Live For , a poignant and funny story about a man whose wife disapp… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Richard Roper's This Disaster Loves You book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
19. If You Leave Me
By: Crystal Hana Kim
3.69
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
An emotionally riveting debut novel about war, family, and forbidden love—the unforgettable saga of… read more
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in Crystal Hana Kim's If You Leave Me book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"I realized we were lurching toward a new world—one where women would disappear with foreigners, where Americans would never leave us alone, where they didn't simply provide us with money but with the…"-Crystal Hana Kim, If You Leave Me
20. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
By: Gennifer Choldenko
4.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- audiobook
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
21. The Distance Home
By: Paula Saunders
3.34
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A family saga set in the American West, about sibling rivalry, dark secrets, and a young girl's str… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Paula Saunders's The Distance Home book and Paula Saunders's The Distance Home
- audiobook
- coming of age
- historical
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- historical fiction
- novels
- drama
