28 must-read fiction books like Boundary Road by Ami Rao

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Boundary Road

By: Ami Rao

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Everything can seem possible on a London bus—there is something invigorating about being surrounded…

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1. Erasure

By: Percival Everett

3.62

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more

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2. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

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  • fiction
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3. All of Us Are Broken

By: Fiona Cummins

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been a long time since the Hardwicke family has been on holiday. But thirteen-year-old Galen h… read more

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  • fiction
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4. 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

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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5. In Memoriam

By: Alice Winn

4.53

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"It’s intimate."

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Call me Sidney,"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Where’s the rest of it?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

"Do you believe in magic?"

-Alice Winn, In Memoriam

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6. Becoming Ted

By: Matt Cain

3.90

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A charmingly joyful, surprising story about love, acceptance, and self-expression from the acclaime… read more

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  • fiction
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7. Ordinary Human Failings

By: Megan Nolan

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

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8. Christ on a Bike

By: Orla Owen

3.89

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Cerys receives an unexpected inheritance but there are rules attached. Three simple rules that must… read more

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  • fiction
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9. Western Lane

By: Chetna Maroo

3.51

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize A taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, a… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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10. Meredith, Alone

By: Claire Alexander

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Meredith Maggs has everything a person needs.A best friend in Sadie.A beloved cat in Fred.Jigsaws t… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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11. Frank and Red

By: Matt Coyne

4.57

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes, the friend you need is the one you never saw coming. Frank and Red are a mess. F… read more

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  • fiction
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12. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

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13. Leave No Trace (Kat and Lock, #2)

By: Jo Callaghan

4.31

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock return in the provocative new thriller from the author of In the Blink … read more

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  • fiction
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14. Bellies

By: Nicola Dinan

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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15. The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up

By: Laura Pearson

4.20

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Brand new from the #1 bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont comes a powerful story … read more

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  • fiction
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16. What I'd Rather Not Think About

By: Jente Posthuma

3.77

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without t… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Cracks in the ground aren't always visible to the naked eye. Every movement has the potential to take you down."

-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About

"This was shocking to me, because if the oldest person I knew understood even less about the world than I did, then how was it possible that other adults had all the answers? And what was the point of…"

-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About

"To be a natural presence, you shouldn't take up too much space, which I always found easy at the beginning of a friendship. It felt nice to reshape myself into precisely the right format until the mo…"

-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About

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17. Spilt Milk

By: Amy Beashel

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What if you said the worst thing a mother could say? What if your husband found out about it in th… read more

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  • fiction
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18. The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne

By: Freya North

4.25

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

When your present meets your past, what do you take with you – and what do you leave behind? Ea… read more

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  • fiction
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19. Wandering Souls

By: Cecile Pin

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal."

-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls

"I didn't know that my culture had fashioned the shape of my mourning; I didn't know that my grief could be improper."

-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls

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20. The Garnett Girls

By: Georgina Moore

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this brilliant debut novel full of heart and warmth, three very different sisters--and their fre… read more

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  • fiction
"It wasn't until the small daily gestures of affection disappeared in a marriage that you noticed them or knew how much you relied on them to break up the grind of work and childcare. They were the be…"

-Georgina Moore, The Garnett Girls

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21. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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22. The Work

By: Bri Lee

3.43

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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23. The Trap

By: Catherine Ryan Howard

3.61

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, internationally bestselling crime writer Catherine Ryan Howard comes The Trap: … read more

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  • fiction
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24. Mrs. S

By: K. Patrick

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

A sublime and sensual debut novel exploring the nature of queer love and attraction, the transforma… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"I live in hope it is her, I live in fear it is her, it is never her."

-K. Patrick, Mrs. S

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25. The Ugly Truth

By: L.C. North

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Melanie Lange has disappeared. Her father, Sir Peter Lange, says she is a danger to herself and … read more

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  • fiction
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26. Better Left Unsent

By: Lia Louis

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

So many ways to torpedo your career and your love life…So little time. A woman accidentally reve… read more

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  • fiction
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27. Playing Games

By: Huma Qureshi

3.94

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Hana has a perfect job, a perfect home, a perfect marriage. It is her younger sister Mira who is a … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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28. Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back From the Brink

By: Ariane Beeston

4.57

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A frank, hopeful and darkly funny memoir of postpartum psychosis and recoveryAriane Beeston is a ch… read more

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29. The Big Day

By: Aliya Ali-Afzal

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, heartwarming and page-turning novel about a British-Asian mother and daughter, who clash o… read more

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  • fiction
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30. Boundary Road

By: Ami Rao

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Everything can seem possible on a London bus—there is something invigorating about being surrounded… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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31. One Woman Crime Wave

By: Bee Rowlatt

3.70

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

What is your babysitter doing when you’re not there? Fifteen-year-old Ashleigh is clever and cha… read more

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14 must-read literary fiction books like Boundary Road by Ami Rao

Transform Your Habits

Close to Home

Michael Magee

4.06

Transform Your Habits

In Memoriam

Alice Winn

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Ordinary Human Failings

Megan Nolan

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Western Lane

Chetna Maroo

3.51

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20 Top fiction books like Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin

Transform Your Habits

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Close to Home

Michael Magee

4.06

Transform Your Habits

In Memoriam

Alice Winn

4.53

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Children of Paradise

Camilla Grudova

3.49

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