9 Best fiction books like A Jest of God by Margaret Atwood, Margaret Laurence

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A Jest of God

By: Margaret Atwood , Margaret Laurence

3.80

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

In this celebrated novel, Margaret Laurence writes with grace, power, and deep compassion about Rac…

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1. A Far Cry from Kensington

By: Muriel Spark

3.83

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

Set on the crazier fringes of 1950s literary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a delight, hilari… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • classics
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  • fiction
  • novels
"I offer this advice without fee; it is included in the price of this book."

-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington

"It is not because we are rats that we tend to abandon people who are down, it is because we are embarrassed."

-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington

"You can lie awake at night and think; the quality of insomnia depends entirely on what you decide to think of. Can you decide to think? - Yes, you can."

-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington

"Milly's narrative skill was considerable... she brought a scene to life by a chance descriptive detail in the right place and by that graphic and right placing of words which most of the Irish excel …"

-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington

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2. Medicine Walk

By: Richard Wagamese

4.30

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, Eldon. He's sixteen years old and has had the mos… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canadian literature
  • canada
"There was a feeling in him like waiting for a punishment."

-Richard Wagamese, Medicine Walk

"She's a tale spinner," he said. "She spins 'em right outta the air. Tells 'em whole so's you'd think yer readin' a book."

-Richard Wagamese, Medicine Walk

"There was a feeling in him like a bruise, a purple ache that set between his ribs. He tasted a cry building at the back of his throat. It was too familiar and made him fearful."

-Richard Wagamese, Medicine Walk

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3. Obasan

By: Joy Kogawa

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • canada
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4. Angel

By: Hilary Mantel , Elizabeth Taylor

3.76

Format: 6 pages, Paperback

Writing stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year old Angel retreats to a world of ro… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • classics
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  • novels
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5. A Jest of God

By: Margaret Atwood , Margaret Laurence

3.80

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

In this celebrated novel, Margaret Laurence writes with grace, power, and deep compassion about Rac… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • canada
  • literature
  • canadian literature
  • fiction
  • novels

6. Valentino

By: Natalia Ginzburg

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

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7. The Double Hook

By: Sheila Watson , F.T. Flahiff

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In spare, allusive prose, Sheila Watson charts the destiny of a small, tightly knit community nestl… read more

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8. A Pair of Blue Eyes

By: Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Alan Manford

3.17

Format: 55 pages, Paperback

Elfride Swancourt is the daughter of the Rector of Endelstow, a remote sea-swept parish in Corwall … read more

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9. London Belongs to Me

By: Ed Glinert , Norman Collins

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Also known as Dulcimer Street, Norman Collins's London Belongs to Meis a Dickensian romp through wo… read more

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10. Loitering with Intent

By: Muriel Spark

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

"How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Happil… read more

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11. The Sacrifice

By: Anne Michaels , Adele Wiseman

4.50

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

The Sacrificeis a haunting depiction of one family and its often tragic attempts to come to terms w… read more

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12. The Wars

By: Timothy Findley

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war - the War to End All Wars.… read more

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13. Lives of Girls and Women

By: Alice Munro

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The only novel from Alice Munro -- award-winning author of The Love of a Good Woman-- is an insight… read more

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14. The Cat's Table

By: Michael Ondaatje

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding story - by turns poignant and electrifying - about the magical, often forbidden, dis… read more

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15. Her Son's Wife

By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

4.25

Format: None pages,

Lottie, cheaply dressed and cheaply perfumes, shatters Mary Bascomb's life, undermining not only th… read more

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16. The Greengage Summer

By: Rumer Godden

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

The faded elegance of Les Oeillets, with its bullet-scarred staircase and serene garden bounded by … read more

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17. The Road to the City

By: Natalia Ginzburg

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Delia is one of five children, growing up in a poor Italian village. She is seventeen, and dreams o… read more

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) by Elizabeth Strout

18. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more

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  • literature
  • literary fiction
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"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"

-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Cover of The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives by Nancy Pearl

19. The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives

By: Nancy Pearl

3.78

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Introduction by Susan Orlean Twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Ta… read more

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  • literature
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20. Sleeping Giants

By: Rene Denfeld

4.03

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted, a compelling and poignant story … read more

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  • novels
  • fiction

6 best-selling novels books like A Jest of God by Margaret Atwood, Margaret Laurence

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A Far Cry from Kensington

Muriel Spark

3.83

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Angel

Hilary Mantel , Elizabeth Taylor

3.76

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A Jest of God

Margaret Atwood , Margaret Laurence

3.80

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21 Best fiction books like Sleeping Giants by Rene Denfeld

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Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

Lisa Gardner

3.99

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Everyone Is Watching

Heather Gudenkauf

3.65

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The Gathering

C.J. Tudor

3.93

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If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

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