21 must-read contemporary books like When You Were Older by Catherine Ryan Hyde

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When You Were Older

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Russell Ammiano works on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center. On the morning of September 11,…

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1. When You Were Older

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Russell Ammiano works on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center. On the morning of September 11,… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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2. In the Midnight Rain

By: Barbara O'Neal

4.37

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Two converging mysteries compel a woman’s search for the truth in a captivating novel about loss, l… read more

Similar categories in Barbara O'Neal's In the Midnight Rain book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Meadow Falls

By: Carolyn Brown

4.31

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional novel about a small-town Texas family, forgiveness, and coming to terms with the past … read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Brown's Meadow Falls book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Stars Don't Lie

By: Boo Walker

4.14

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A man who thought he put his shattered past behind him embarks on a reflective journey home in a he… read more

Similar categories in Boo Walker's The Stars Don't Lie book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"One day you’ll realize you worked your whole life to get to a point where you can start living, and the one regret you’ll have is you could have been living all along."

-Boo Walker, The Stars Don't Lie

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5. Where Butterflies Wander

By: Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes the moving story of a family grappling with grie… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Redfearn's Where Butterflies Wander book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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6. A Storm of Infinite Beauty

By: Julianne MacLean

4.31

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s … read more

Similar categories in Julianne MacLean's A Storm of Infinite Beauty book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Only Way Home

By: Jeanette Minniti

4.21

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2022 Colorado Authors League 1st Place Award in Historical Fiction! Desperate times.… read more

Similar categories in Jeanette Minniti's The Only Way Home book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. This Funny Life: A Novel

By: Amy Fillion

4.25

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

“We never know, do we? We never know how many days we’ll be given or how we’ll go. There are no gua… read more

Similar categories in Amy Fillion's This Funny Life: A Novel book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • fiction
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9. The Last List of Mabel Beaumont

By: Laura Pearson

4.03

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

The list he left had just one item on it. Or, at least, it did at first… Mabel Beaumont’s husban… read more

Similar categories in Laura Pearson's The Last List of Mabel Beaumont book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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10. October in the Earth

By: Olivia Hawker

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

In Depression-era Kentucky, a defiant wife embarks on an impulsive and liberating journey in a powe… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Hawker's October in the Earth book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Very Very Lucky

By: Amanda Prowse

4.37

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

A life-affirming story from million-copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse about having it all, losi… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Prowse's Very Very Lucky book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Keeper of Stories

By: Sally Page

4.08

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard … read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Keeper of Stories book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
"Perhaps guilt is like a disease. You can have it without knowing you do."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I think it's in people stories that you discover the best of what we can be."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I don't think guilt asks for permission to come in. I don't think it knocks and waits politely on the mat."

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

"I figured out long ago that if I listen to the few people who shout at me, I'm making them more important than they are. What they say will stay with me, upset me, and those loud voices would go on a…"

-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories

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13. While You Walked By

By: Regina Felty

4.49

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

*The Wishing Shelf Finalist 2020* ‘A powerful and uplifting coming-of-age story. A FINALIST and hi… read more

Similar categories in Regina Felty's While You Walked By book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • fiction
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14. The Book of Beginnings

By: Sally Page

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes the next uplifting story … read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Book of Beginnings book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Picking up the Pieces

By: Amanda Prowse

4.34

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

In this heart-warming story from million copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse, Nora has given up o… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Prowse's Picking up the Pieces book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. In a Single Moment

By: Imogen Clark

4.09

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy bestselling author Imogen Clark comes a story of two families, two babies and one… read more

Similar categories in Imogen Clark's In a Single Moment book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Before the Swallows Come Back: A story that touches the soul

By: Fiona Curnow

4.31

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, and … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Curnow's Before the Swallows Come Back: A story that touches the soul book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • fiction
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18. 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

Similar categories in Laura Pearson's The Day Shelley Woodhouse Woke Up book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. The Innocent One

By: Lisa Ballantyne

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Innocent Ten years have passed, but everyone remembers the Angel Killer. Sebastian Croll was jus… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Ballantyne's The Innocent One book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • fiction
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20. All Good Things

By: Amanda Prowse

3.88

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

In this captivating story from the bestselling author of Picking up the Pieces, Daisy has always en… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Prowse's All Good Things book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Love, Iris

By: Elizabeth Noble

4.04

Format: 474 pages, Kindle Edition

A gloriously uplifting story about love in all its forms from the Number One Sunday Times bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Noble's Love, Iris book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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22. Mazie

By: Regina Felty

4.31

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

A BURDENED WIDOW.  A RECLUSIVE BACHELOR.  A COLLISION OF FATES THAT TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES FOREVER… read more

Similar categories in Regina Felty's Mazie book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. I Wanted You To Know

By: Laura Pearson

4.36

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Dear Edie, I wanted you to know so many things. I wanted to tell you them in person, as you grew up… read more

Similar categories in Laura Pearson's I Wanted You To Know book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. A Heart Like Home

By: Christine Nolfi

4.46

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Finding family is a journey of love, risk, secrets, and healing in a powerful novel by the bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Christine Nolfi's A Heart Like Home book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. Toby

By: Thomas Watson

4.60

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

Paul Ford is a man on the road, seeking to put distance and time between himself and events that tu… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Watson's Toby book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • fiction
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26. Hope for Garbage

By: Alex Tully

4.18

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the cruel world of Trevor McNulty. No matter how hard he tries, this seventeen year-old… read more

Similar categories in Alex Tully's Hope for Garbage book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. I Adopted My Mom at the Bus Station

By: Savannah Hendricks

4.40

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

2nd Place Winner for Women's Fiction in the 2021 PenCraft Awards. 2021 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awa… read more

Similar categories in Savannah Hendricks's I Adopted My Mom at the Bus Station book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • fiction
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28. Tell Me How This Ends

By: Jo Leevers

4.20

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Can Henrietta find out what happened to Annie’s sister—before it’s too late? Haunted by the past… read more

Similar categories in Jo Leevers's Tell Me How This Ends book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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29. Out of Her Depth

By: Lizzy Barber

3.52

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There are summers that will change your life. There are summers that may end it. In the lush green … read more

Similar categories in Lizzy Barber's Out of Her Depth book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. A Parting of the Ways: A moving drama about motherhood, friendship and lies

By: Rachel Crowther

3.85

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

An “intelligently written and thought-provoking” novel of two women, an abandoned baby, a long-ago … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Crowther's A Parting of the Ways: A moving drama about motherhood, friendship and lies book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

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31. The Wild Road Home

By: Melissa Payne

4.52

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful and enriching novel about unforgettable love and the power of friends and family by Mel… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Payne's The Wild Road Home book and Catherine Ryan Hyde's When You Were Older

  • fiction
  • contemporary

12 best-selling adult books like When You Were Older by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Transform Your Habits

When You Were Older

Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Meadow Falls

Carolyn Brown

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Last List of Mabel Beaumont

Laura Pearson

4.03

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19 best-selling fiction books like Meadow Falls by Carolyn Brown

Transform Your Habits

In the Midnight Rain

Barbara O'Neal

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Meadow Falls

Carolyn Brown

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Where Butterflies Wander

Suzanne Redfearn

4.47

Transform Your Habits

A Storm of Infinite Beauty

Julianne MacLean

4.31

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