17 Best fiction books like The Beggar's Pawn: A Novel by John L'Heureux

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The Beggar's Pawn: A Novel

By: John L'Heureux

3.32

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The final book by the noted novelist, short story writer, and teacher John L'Heureux: the story of …

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1. There's Someone Inside Your House

By: Stephanie Perkins

3.40

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Love hurts... Makani Young thought she'd left her dark past behind her in Hawaii, settling in wi… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Makani genuinely hoped that others . . . found peace and strength through prayer. But she wasn't religious herself, and it made her uncomfortable whenever it was forced upon her."

-Stephanie Perkins, There's Someone Inside Your House

"Only Darby, who also innately understood the concept of otherness had successfully avoided this pitfall. just as it was rude and invasive to ask him about his genitalia or sexual preference, it was e…"

-Stephanie Perkins, There's Someone Inside Your House

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2. The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder

By: Charles Graeber

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of De… read more

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3. The Only Girl in the World

By: Maude Julien

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Maude Julien’s childhood was defined by the iron grip of her father, who was convinced his daughter… read more

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  • adult
"I'm too heartbroken to shed tears."

-Maude Julien, The Only Girl in the World

"I couldn't care less about good marks. I want to learn."

-Maude Julien, The Only Girl in the World

"I can't stand it any longer. If only I could will myself dead."

-Maude Julien, The Only Girl in the World

"Luckily, I have music and books to calm the pandemonium in my head."

-Maude Julien, The Only Girl in the World

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4. Zeitoun

By: Dave Eggers

4.05

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on ter… read more

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  • adult
  • contemporary
"Then he got more books. He saved all the books."

-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun

"Yes, a dark time passed over this land, but now there is something like light."

-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun

"His frustration with some Americans was like that of a disappointed parent. He was so content in this country, so impressed with and loving of its opportunities, but then why, sometimes, did American…"

-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun

"The country he had left thirty years ago had been a realistic place. There were political realities there, then and now, that precluded blind faith, that discouraged one from thinking that everything…"

-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun

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5. I See You

By: Clare Mackintosh

3.87

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

The twisty, gripping number one bestseller from Richard and Judy Book Club winner Clare Mackintosh,… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"How fast can you run? When you really have to? In heels and a work skirt, with your bag banging against your side: how fast? When you’re late for your train and you have to get home, and you race dow…"

-Clare Mackintosh, I See You

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6. Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3)

By: Thomas Harris

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Years after his escape, posing as scholarly Dr. Fell, curator of a grand family's palazzo, Hannibal… read more

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  • fiction
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7. A Wolf at the Table

By: Augusten Burroughs

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

"As a little boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead bod… read more

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8. Never Never (Detective Harriet Blue, #1)

By: James Patterson , Candice Fox

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When Sydney police department sex crimes detective Harriet Blue is called into her boss's office, s… read more

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  • fiction
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9. Horrorstör

By: Grady Hendrix , None

3.66

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, … read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
"All great works must begin with a sacrifice."

-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör

"the day had been long and her emotions were toast."

-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör

"I know this is your religion, but for me it’s just a job."

-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör

"Let's make sure it's really raining before we worry about floods."

-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör

10. Gratitude

By: Oliver Sacks

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life. In January 2015, Oliver Sacks was… read more

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11. The Education of Dixie Dupree

By: Donna Everhart

3.46

Format: None pages, ebook

In 1969, Dixie Dupree is eleven years old and already an expert liar. Sometimes the lies are for he… read more

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12. Sold

By: Patricia McCormick

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Although Lakshmi's family is desperately poor her life still contains simple pleasures; but, when t… read more

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13. The Widow

By: Fiona Barton

4.60

Format: 645 pages, Hardcover

When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enable… read more

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14. The Kitchen House

By: Kathleen Grissom

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that ex… read more

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15. Time and Again (Time, #1)

By: Jack Finney

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

One of the most beloved tales of our time! Science fiction, mystery, a passionate love story, and a… read more

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16. Women & Power: A Manifesto

By: Mary Beard

4.03

Format: 115 pages, Hardcover

At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly att… read more

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"Nuestro modelo cultural y mental de persona poderosa sigue siendo irrevocablemente masculino"

-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

"I do wonder if, in some places, the presence of large numbers of women in parliament means that parliament is where the power is not."

-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

"It was not all quite so simple, that real equality between women and men was still a thing of the future, and that there were causes for anger as well as for celebration."

-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

"A verdade pura e dura é que as amazonas eram um mito grego masculino. (..) A ideia subjacente era que o dever dos homens consistia em salvar a civilização do domínio das mulheres."

-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

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17. Keeping Lucy

By: T. Greenwood

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Rust & Stardust comes this heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of how … read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • family
  • contemporary
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18. Anthem

By: Noah Hawley

3.51

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

An epic literary thriller set where America is right now, in which a band of unlikely heroes sets o… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
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19. A Short Walk Through a Wide World

By: Douglas Westerbeke

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the in… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

20. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

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  • adult
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21. We Sold Our Souls

By: Grady Hendrix

3.73

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success -- but then lead singer Te… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Fight," she finally said. Just fight. Never stop."

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

"— "Do you see where I'm going?" [ROB] — "Yeah, the sparrow kicks the mountain's ass." [KRIS]"

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

"— Do you see where I'm going with this? [ROB] — Yeah, the sparrow kicks the mountain's ass. [KRIS]"

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

"I can't believe that after a lifetime of playing metal, it turns out the world is a shitty country song."

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

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22. Orphan X (Orphan X, #1)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Who is Orphan X? The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"How you do anything is how you do everything"

-Gregg Hurwitz, Orphan X (Orphan X, #1)

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23. Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

By: Agustina Bazterrica

3.14

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winnin… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"She was horrified by the traces of monstrosity in everyday life. The things that we look at but don't see, whose true essences are unknown to us."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

"Outside the secure space of the circle, vulgarity accumulates. Ada loathes vulgarity because it's there that misery hides. She knows that misery is destructive and, as such, ephemeral."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

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24. The Wife Who Knew Too Much

By: Michele Campbell

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Michele Campbell, the bestselling author of It's Always the Husband comes a new blockbuster th… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. How Quickly She Disappears

By: Raymond Fleischmann

3.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Dry meets Silence of the Lambs in this intoxicating tale of literary suspense set in the relent… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
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26. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

By: Mary L. Trump

3.82

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, M… read more

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  • adult
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27. Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

By: John Gray

3.68

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

The author of Straw Dogs , famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusi… read more

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"Morality has many charms. What could be more captivating than a vision of everlasting justice? Yet visions of justice are as immutable as styles in shoes."

-John Gray, Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

"All these philosophies(Stoicism,Epicureanism, Pyrrhonism)have a common failing. They imagine life can be ordered by human reason. Either the Mind can devise a way of life that is secure from loss ,or…"

-John Gray, Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

"Cats have no need of philosophy. Obeying their nature, they are content with the life it gives them. In humans, on the other hand, discontent with their nature seems to be natural. With predictably t…"

-John Gray, Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

"Instead of being a sign of their inferiority, the lack of abstract thinking among cats is a mark of their freedom of mind. Thinking in generalities slides easily into a superstitious faith in languag…"

-John Gray, Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

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28. The Plus One (A Brush with Love, #3)

By: Mazey Eddings

3.68

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Some facts are indisputable. The sun rises in the east, sets in the west. Gravity exits. Indira doe… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You can hurt and also be loved. You can feel sadness and also laugh and feel joy. Good emotions can coexist with hard ones. You can struggle and suffer and learn to heal while you also love."

-Mazey Eddings, The Plus One (A Brush with Love, #3)

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29. Dei sju dørene

By: Agnes Ravatn

4.03

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

Frå forfattaren av Fugletribunalet! Litteraturprofessor Nina Wisløff er i ei brytingstid. Arbeid… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. The Other Sister

By: Sarah Zettel

3.10

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters. One murder plan. Geraldine Monroe is the bad sister. Reckless and troubled, she ran… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
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31. The Beggar's Pawn: A Novel

By: John L'Heureux

3.32

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The final book by the noted novelist, short story writer, and teacher John L'Heureux: the story of … read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • family
  • contemporary

11 Top contemporary books like The Beggar's Pawn: A Novel by John L'Heureux

Transform Your Habits

There's Someone Inside Your House

Stephanie Perkins

3.40

Transform Your Habits

Zeitoun

Dave Eggers

4.05

Transform Your Habits

I See You

Clare Mackintosh

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Keeping Lucy

T. Greenwood

4.11

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Transform Your Habits

She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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Good Bad Girl

Alice Feeney

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

3.80

Transform Your Habits

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

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