28 must-read fiction books like The Minor Outsider by Ted McDermott

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The Minor Outsider

By: Ted McDermott

2.64

Format: None pages, None

Dark, contemporary and quietly devastating story of a love affair between two aspiring writers set …

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1. The Things We Keep

By: Sally Hepworth

3.95

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

With honesty and true understanding, Sally Hepworth pens this poignant story of one of today's nigh… read more

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"I like it when people remember that I'm a person, not just a person with Alzheimer's."

-Sally Hepworth, The Things We Keep

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2. The Secrets She Keeps

By: Michael Robotham

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of The Girl on the Trainand In a Dark, Dark Wood, from the internation… read more

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3. Love, Rosie

By: Cecelia Ahern

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

Sometimes you have to look at life in a whole new way... From the bestselling author of PS, I Love … read more

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4. On Love

By: Alain de Botton

3.97

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

"The longing for a destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life" we are told at the outset… read more

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"Must being in love always mean being in pain?"

-Alain de Botton, On Love

"Because I have this thing about birthdays--they always remind me of death and forced jollity."

-Alain de Botton, On Love

"The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call."

-Alain de Botton, On Love

"Does beauty give birth to love? Or does love give birth to beauty? Did I love Chloe because she was beautiful? Or was she beautiful because I loved her?"

-Alain de Botton, On Love

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5. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

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6. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

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7. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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8. Ashes in the Snow

By: Oriana Ramunno

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Auschwitz, 1943. It’s snowing outside and Block 10 looks even bleaker than usual. Gioele Errera,… read more

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9. Just My Luck

By: Adele Parks

3.74

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s the stuff dreams are made of – a lottery win so big, it changes everything. For fifteen yea… read more

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"Even with millions you can't control time."

-Adele Parks, Just My Luck

"She's all science-y, which is cool, especially for a girl. It should not matter. But it does. Cuz we're not living in the future yet and people really do stereotype."

-Adele Parks, Just My Luck

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10. Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

By: Eve Rodsky

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary, real-world solution to the problem of unpaid, invisible work that women have shoul… read more

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"Resentment grows out of perceived unfairness."

-Eve Rodsky, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

"From where we sat, this man appeared to be enjoying a luxury all of the women we know couldn't imagine: the freedom to focus on one task at a time."

-Eve Rodsky, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

"A reminder, in itself, takes tremendous mental effort by you . It requires knowing what needs to be done, remembering what needs to be done, and reminding someone to get it done, whereas the person b…"

-Eve Rodsky, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

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11. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder

By: Kerryn Mayne

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Lenny Marks is excellent at not having a life. She bikes home from work at exactly 4pm each day,… read more

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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

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"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

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13. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

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14. The Wrong Woman

By: J.P. Pomare

3.96

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

A private investigator returning to the hometown he fled years ago becomes entangled in the disappe… read more

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15. Amnesty

By: Aravind Adiga

3.28

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

A riveting, suspenseful, and exuberant novel from the bestselling, Man Booker Prize–winning author … read more

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16. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.79

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than onc… read more

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"But I promised to be reliable, not competent"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it's who you'd spill it for."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Call me a reliable narrator. Everything I tell you will be the truth, or, at least, the truth as I knew it to be at the time that I thought I knew it."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"...my editor had crossed out my first go at this sentence and written Hypo=cold, Hyper=hot in the margin, in that helpful yet smug voice editors are born with, wishing to both correct you and impart …"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

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17. Territory of Light

By: Yūko Tsushima

3.59

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Territory of Light is the luminous story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her three-yea… read more

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"Why were children the only ones who ever got to melt down?"

-Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light

"During the night, there had been a sound of water on the other side of the wall. In my sleep I was looking out from the fourth-floor bedroom at nearby buildings bathed in rain, gleaming with neon and…"

-Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light

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18. Naamah

By: Sarah Blake

3.25

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

With the coming of the Great Flood—the mother of all disasters—only one family was spared, drifting… read more

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19. The Lost Daughter

By: Gill Paul

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

If you loved I AM ANASTASIA you won't want to miss this novel about her sister, Grand Duchess Maria… read more

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20. One of Those Mothers

By: Megan Nicol Reed

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasi… read more

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21. Inheritance

By: Kath O'Connor

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A profoundly moving novel about two women in very different worlds, whose lives are shaped by a sin… read more

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22. Booth

By: Karen Joy Fowler

3.83

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Best Book of the Year Real Simple - AARP - USA Today From the Man Booker finalist and bestselli… read more

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"Why does the extraordinary courage of ordinary women go so unsung?"

-Karen Joy Fowler, Booth

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23. The Diamond Eye

By: Kate Quinn

4.29

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II t… read more

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24. Raft of Stars

By: Andrew J. Graff

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When two hardscrabble young boys think they’ve committed a crime, they flee into the Northwoods of … read more

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25. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree

By: Alli Parker

4.28

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese… read more

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26. The Listeners

By: Jordan Tannahill

3.42

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A propulsive literary page-turner about a family torn apart by a mother’s obsession with a sound th… read more

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27. The Impossible Us

By: Sarah Lotz

3.90

Format: 483 pages, Paperback

This isn't a love story. This is Impossible. *** Nick: Failed writer. Failed husband. Dog own… read more

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28. The Long Weekend

By: Fiona Palmer

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Four perfect strangers. Three days. Can one weekend away change your life? The unputdownable new dr… read more

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29. Think of Me

By: Frances Liardet

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

1942, Alexandria, Egypt. Covered in dust, Yvette and James hold hands for the first time as bombs e… read more

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30. Other Parents

By: Sarah Stovell

4.00

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

They all have opinions. They all have secrets. In a small town like West Burntridge, it should be… read more

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31. The Minor Outsider

By: Ted McDermott

2.64

Format: None pages, None

Dark, contemporary and quietly devastating story of a love affair between two aspiring writers set … read more

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18 Top fiction books like Naamah by Sarah Blake

Transform Your Habits

Parade

Rachel Cusk

3.70

Transform Your Habits

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Sarah Blake

3.25

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Close Knit

Jenny Colgan

3.98

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Ray Bradbury

4.00

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