19 best-selling fiction books like I Meant to Tell You by Fran Hawthorne

Cover of I Meant to Tell You by Fran Hawthorne

I Meant to Tell You

By: Fran Hawthorne

4.29

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

When Miranda Isaacs’s fiancé, Russ Steinmann, is being vetted for his dream job in the U.S. attorne…

"People keep secrets for all kinds of reasons. To avoid hurting other people. To protect their jobs. Sometimes I think people just get so used to their public versions of the truth, if they've been doing it for a long time, that they forget the secret they've been hiding."

-Fran Hawthorne, I Meant to Tell You

If you liked the fiction plot in I Meant to Tell You by Fran Hawthorne , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Golden Doves

By: Martha Hall Kelly

4.18

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Naz… read more

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  • fiction
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2. Good for You

By: Camille Pagán

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Aly Jackson has waited her whole life to become editor in chief of All Good magazine. But six month… read more

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  • womens fiction
  • fiction
"A watched phone never buzzed"

-Camille Pagán, Good for You

"Only actors, narcissists, and freakishly beautiful people liked seeing themselves on film."

-Camille Pagán, Good for You

"Please. Don’t call me Allegra.' 'It’s on your birth certificate.' 'It’s an allergy medication."

-Camille Pagán, Good for You

"When you weren’t always worrying about how to pay for your life, you could actually take a beat to enjoy it."

-Camille Pagán, Good for You

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3. The Other Year

By: Rea Frey

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Can the entire course of a life be traced back to a single moment? On a coveted two-week beach vaca… read more

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  • womens fiction
  • fiction
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4. A Bakery in Paris

By: Aimie K. Runyan

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of The School for German Brides, this captivating historical novel set in nineteent… read more

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  • fiction
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5. Karma Under Fire

By: Love Hudson-Maggio

3.87

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

When Harlow Kennedy, an aspiring jewelry maker, meets Tej Mayur, the “it” chef of Atlanta’s hottest… read more

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  • fiction
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6. La Vie, According to Rose

By: Lauren Parvizi

4.00

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartfelt novel about self-discovery, grief, and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to start over. Rose… read more

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  • womens fiction
  • fiction
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7. Hotel Laguna

By: Nicola Harrison

3.80

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, Hazel Francis left Wichita, Kansas for California, determined to do her part for the war e… read more

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  • fiction
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8. Toward the Corner of Mercy and Peace

By: Tracey Buchanan

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

It's 1952 in the small western Kentucky town of Paducah and Mrs. Minerva Place would prefer everyon… read more

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  • fiction
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9. Lost and Found in Paris

By: Lian Dolan

3.71

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

“Fast-paced and colorful, with hints of The Goldfinch and Malibu Rising, and more than one pitch-p… read more

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  • womens fiction
  • fiction
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10. The House Guest

By: Hank Phillippi Ryan

3.29

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The House Guest is another diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller from Hank Phillippi Ryan—but which cha… read more

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  • fiction
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11. Once We Were Home

By: Jennifer Rosner

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings , com… read more

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  • fiction
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12. Claw Heart Mountain

By: David Oppegaard

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“ Claw Heart Mountain is beautifully written.” ―HorrorDNA “Anyone looking for gripping natural horr… read more

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13. Women Like Us: A Memoir

By: Amanda Prowse

4.34

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Amanda Prowse has built a bestselling career on the lives of fictional women. Now she turns the pen… read more

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14. Irish Eyes (The American Songbook, #1)

By: Hope C. Tarr

4.38

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Aran Islands 1898. Eighteen-year-old Rose O’Neill leaves her beloved Ireland and boards a steame… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Neena Lee Is Seeing Things by Sheila Athens

15. Neena Lee Is Seeing Things

By: Sheila Athens

4.33

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

When a travel writer haunted by old ghosts comes face to face with a new one—who just happens to be… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Alpha Bette

By: Jennifer Robbins Manocherian

3.79

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

HOW TO RATTLE YOUR NEAREST AND DEAREST A resonant tale of love, loss, and learning how to let go B… read more

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  • fiction
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17. Tomboy (Jane Benjamin, #2)

By: Shelley Blanton-Stroud

4.44

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

It’s 1939. On the brink of World War II, Jane Benjamin wants to have it all. By day she hustles as … read more

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  • fiction
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18. Midstream: a novel

By: Lynn Sloan

4.36

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

It’s 1974, and America is restless, with the Vietnam War winding to a close, and feminists marching… read more

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19. Available As Is: A Midlife Widow's Search for Love

By: Debbie Weiss

4.21

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

After losing her husband, George—her one and only since high school prom—to cancer, fifty-year-old … read more

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20. The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon

By: Linda MacKillop

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"[A] touching debut. . . . MacKillop takes the pain of aging and regret and infuses it with soul an… read more

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  • fiction
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21. Daughter of the Shadows (Defying the Crown #2)

By: Kerry Chaput

4.40

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

1667 Quebec. Committed to a double life to save her fellow Protestants, Isabelle turns spy against … read more

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22. The Disappeared

By: Rebecca J. Sanford

4.48

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the real mothers and grandmothers who spoke out against Argentina’s military dictatorsh… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of I Meant to Tell You by Fran Hawthorne

23. I Meant to Tell You

By: Fran Hawthorne

4.29

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

When Miranda Isaacs’s fiancé, Russ Steinmann, is being vetted for his dream job in the U.S. attorne… read more

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  • womens fiction
  • fiction
"People keep secrets for all kinds of reasons. To avoid hurting other people. To protect their jobs. Sometimes I think people just get so used to their public versions of the truth, if they've been do…"

-Fran Hawthorne, I Meant to Tell You

Cover of Who Loves You Best by Marilyn Simon Rothstein

24. Who Loves You Best

By: Marilyn Simon Rothstein

4.22

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman drops everything to spend more time with her grandchild, only to discover new truths about … read more

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  • fiction
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25. Shadow Life

By: Michael Decter

4.11

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

In one minute, delivering a not guilty verdict at the end of a trial for a disturbing murder of a c… read more

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26. The Revenge Paradox

By: Regina Buttner

4.37

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

“Deception, family drama, and more secrets than I could count permeate the pages of this gritty por… read more

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27. Tangles

By: Kay Smith-Blum

4.79

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

“In a well-crafted debut, Smith-Blum provides the reader a ringside seat to the birth of the nuclea… read more

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28. Of Mud and Honey

By: Roxana Trabulsi

4.51

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

As the reign of imperialism ends in Aden, Yemen and gives way to a communist government, a young fa… read more

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29. The Notebooks of Honora Gorman: Fairytales, Whimsy, and Wonder

By: Linda Mahkovec

4.37

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Not a love story—and yet a story of love. Love for a city, the artist’s way, and dreams. When the … read more

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30. Promenade of Desire: A Barcelona Memoir

By: Isidra Mencos

4.44

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Maria Isidra is a proper Catholic girl raised in 1960s Spain by a strong matriarch during a repress… read more

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Good for You

Camille Pagán

3.89

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The Other Year

Rea Frey

3.88

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La Vie, According to Rose

Lauren Parvizi

4.00

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Lost and Found in Paris

Lian Dolan

3.71

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Within These Walls of Sorrow: A Novel of World War II Poland

Amanda Barratt

4.73

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Appalachian Song

Michelle Shocklee

4.49

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All My Secrets

Lynn Austin

4.45

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Gabrielle Meyer

4.55

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