19 Top fiction books like The Weight by Jeff Boyd

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The Weight

By: Jeff Boyd

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A powerful coming-of-age novel about a twenty-something Black musician living in predominantly whit…

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1. Help Wanted

By: Adelle Waldman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the … read more

Similar categories in Adelle Waldman's Help Wanted book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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2. The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler

By: David I. Kertzer

4.28

Format: 623 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The most important book ever written about the Catholic Church… read more

Similar categories in David I. Kertzer's The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

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3. Brooklyn

By: Tracy Brown

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Brown's Brooklyn book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3)

By: Sunny Hostin

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The View  cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach… read more

Similar categories in Sunny Hostin's Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3) book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. The Donut Legion

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.64

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

In this standalone, Edgar-award winning author, Joe R. Lansdale, whom "few can match" ( Booklist ) … read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's The Donut Legion book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • humor
  • fiction
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6. Pete and Alice in Maine

By: Caitlin Shetterly

3.38

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold in New York Cit… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Shetterly's Pete and Alice in Maine book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Sing Her Down

By: Ivy Pochoda

3.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

No Country for Old Men meets Killing Eve in this gritty, feminist Western thriller from the award-w… read more

Similar categories in Ivy Pochoda's Sing Her Down book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
"If we could avenge people for their personalities, we'd all be in trouble."

-Ivy Pochoda, Sing Her Down

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8. The Stolen Child

By: Ann Hood

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate in this mo… read more

Similar categories in Ann Hood's The Stolen Child book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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9. Behind You Is the Sea

By: Susan Muaddi Darraj

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more

Similar categories in Susan Muaddi Darraj's Behind You Is the Sea book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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10. Dark Ride

By: Lou Berney

3.81

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardl… read more

Similar categories in Lou Berney's Dark Ride book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"This is not the plot twist that my life required. I wish I’d never noticed those kids on the bench. I wish I’d never walked over. I wish, most of all, that I existed in a version of the multiverse wh…"

-Lou Berney, Dark Ride

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11. A History of Burning

By: Janika Oza

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic, sweeping historical debut novel spanning continents and a century, and how one act of surv… read more

Similar categories in Janika Oza's A History of Burning book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
"What was love but one long act of forgiveness, of choosing to return, over and over again."

-Janika Oza, A History of Burning

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12. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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13. Between Two Moons

By: Aisha Abdel Gawad

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving family story about identity, faith, and belonging set in the Muslim immigrant encla… read more

Similar categories in Aisha Abdel Gawad's Between Two Moons book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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14. Oye

By: Melissa Mogollon

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you wo… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Mogollon's Oye book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literary fiction
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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15. What You Leave Behind

By: Wanda M. Morris

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who… read more

Similar categories in Wanda M. Morris's What You Leave Behind book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. A Likely Story

By: Leigh McMullan Abramson

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The child of a famous American novelist discovers a shocking family secret that upends everything s… read more

Similar categories in Leigh McMullan Abramson's A Likely Story book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"People who publish are writers. No one says, 'I'm a lawyer' because they act out imaginary court scenes in their bedrooms."

-Leigh McMullan Abramson, A Likely Story

"The flip side of her steady dependability was that she had no margin for error. If Claire forgot a birthday or was five minutes late, it was intolerable precisely because it happened so infrequently.…"

-Leigh McMullan Abramson, A Likely Story

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17. Speech Team

By: Tim Murphy

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive, witty, and moving novel starring four precocious Gen X teens–turned–twenty-first-cent… read more

Similar categories in Tim Murphy's Speech Team book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Colored Television

By: Danzy Senna

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more

Similar categories in Danzy Senna's Colored Television book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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19. The Weight

By: Jeff Boyd

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A powerful coming-of-age novel about a twenty-something Black musician living in predominantly whit… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Boyd's The Weight book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • romance
  • music
  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • coming of age
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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20. A Reason to See You Again

By: Jami Attenberg

3.54

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a… read more

Similar categories in Jami Attenberg's A Reason to See You Again book and Jeff Boyd's The Weight

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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Transform Your Habits

Help Wanted

Adelle Waldman

3.62

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Tracy Brown

4.07

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Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3)

Sunny Hostin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

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Caitlin Shetterly

3.38

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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

3.87

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James

Percival Everett

4.54

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Lisa Ko

3.22

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Tommy Orange

3.89

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