17 must-read fiction books like Resistance by Anita Shreve

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Resistance

By: Anita Shreve

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Now available in mass market paperback for the first time, this novel by the #1 New York Times best…

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1. The Memory of Water

By: Karen White

3.78

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

The New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels returns to the South Carolina Lowc… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"They say that not matter how old you become, when you are with your siblings, you revert back to childhood."

-Karen White, The Memory of Water

"Miles and years become suddenly invisible when you find yourself back where you started from, as if you've learned nothing and you are once again the person you once were."

-Karen White, The Memory of Water

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2. While I Was Gone

By: Sue Miller

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Jo Becker has every reason to be content. She has three dynamic daughters, a loving marriage, and a… read more

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  • fiction
"A secret weighs on us, a terrible secret weighs with a terrible weight."

-Sue Miller, While I Was Gone

"...the words make our silences easier--they're the current that runs under them."

-Sue Miller, While I Was Gone

"I felt the kind of desperation, I think, that cancels the possibility of empathy...that makes you unkind."

-Sue Miller, While I Was Gone

"And then heard Detective Ryan’s pleased voice talking about Eli, about killers who’ve gone free: “They have to tell,"

-Sue Miller, While I Was Gone

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3. Stormy Weather

By: Paulette Jiles

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From Paulette Jiles, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Enemy Women, comes a poigna… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And she understood, all by herself, without reading it in a novel or hearing it on a radio program, that falling passionately in love with someone, without reservation or holding back, was good for t…"

-Paulette Jiles, Stormy Weather

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4. A Thousand Acres

By: Jane Smiley

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

Aging Larry Cook announces his intention to turn over his 1,000-acre farm—one of the largest in Zeb… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Seeing him somewhere was always a pleasure, like taking a drink of water."

-Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

"Had I faced all the facts It seemed like I had but actually you never know just by remembering how many there were to have faced."

-Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

"At sixty miles per hour, you could pass our farm in a minute, on County Road 686, which ran due north into the T intersection at Cabot Street Road."

-Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

"I had a burden lift off me that I hadn't even felt the heaviness of until then, and it was the burden of having to wait and see what was going to happen."

-Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

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5. Interred with Their Bones (Kate Stanley, #1)

By: Jennifer Lee Carrell

3.43

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “A feverishly paced action adventure” ( The New York Times ) about a long… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Right, then."

-Jennifer Lee Carrell, Interred with Their Bones (Kate Stanley, #1)

"If you don't want the nickname, don't live up to it."

-Jennifer Lee Carrell, Interred with Their Bones (Kate Stanley, #1)

"An ancient mustiness padded the air, tinged with with an acrid scent-a trace of the war between paper and oxygen, played out in slow inexorable burn that would one day crumble this empire to dust." -…"

-Jennifer Lee Carrell, Interred with Their Bones (Kate Stanley, #1)

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6. The Elephant Keeper

By: Christopher Nicholson

3.50

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

"I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like; he replied that it was like nothing on earth." … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. How It All Began

By: Penelope Lively

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

When Charlotte is mugged and breaks her hip, her daughter Rose cannot accompany her employer Lord P… read more

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  • fiction
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8. The Daughters of Mars

By: Thomas Keneally , Tom Keneally

3.54

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of th… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

9. Family Album

By: Penelope Lively

3.79

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A big shabby Victorian suburban house, the smell of raincoats and coq au vin in the hall, the six m… read more

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  • fiction
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10. They Were Sisters

By: Dorothy Whipple

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Three sisters marry very different men and the choices they make determine whether they will flouri… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Dear and Glorious Physician

By: Taylor Caldwell

4.38

Format: None pages,

The world-famous novel about the triumphant story of St. Luke, man of science, and Gospel writer. T… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Every Last One

By: Anna Quindlen

4.19

Format: 416 pages,

The latest novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Anna Quindlen In this breathtaking and beautiful novel,… read more

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  • fiction
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13. Resistance

By: Anita Shreve

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Now available in mass market paperback for the first time, this novel by the #1 New York Times best… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • belgium
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

14. We Are All Welcome Here

By: Elizabeth Berg

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Hardcover

Elizabeth Berg, bestselling author of The Art of Mending and The Year of Pleasures, has a rare tale… read more

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15. The Doctor's Wife

By: Elizabeth Brundage

4.26

Format: 91 pages,

"The memory starts here, in my apron pocket, with the gun." So begins The Doctor's Wife, a stunning… read more

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16. Talk Before Sleep

By: Elizabeth Berg

3.82

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

"Until that moment, I hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to … read more

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17. Sweetwater Creek

By: Anne Rivers Siddons

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons comes a bittersweet and finely wrought story of friends… read more

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18. A Pattern of Lies (Bess Crawford, #7)

By: Charles Todd

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A horrific explosion at a gunpowder mill sends Bess Crawford to war-torn France to keep a deadly pa… read more

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19. Bulls Island

By: Dorothea Benton Frank

4.60

Format: 645 pages, Hardcover

It has been years since Elizabeth "Betts" McGee has returned to her once-adored Bulls Island in the… read more

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20. Skylight Confessions

By: Alice Hoffman

4.33

Format: 57 pages,

Writing at the height of her powers, Alice Hoffman conjures three generations of a family haunted b… read more

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21. Illumination Night

By: Alice Hoffman

3.67

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Vonny lives on the island of Martha's Vineyard with her husband Andre and son Simon. Their neighbou… read more

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22. Being Dead

By: Jim Crace

5.00

Format: 208 pages,

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23. North River

By: Pete Hamill

4.22

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Recreating 1930s New York with the vibrancy and rich detail that are his trademarks, Pete Hamill we… read more

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24. Summer of Roses

By: Luanne Rice

4.34

Format: 592 pages,

On the windswept coast of Nova Scotia, two friends and their young daughters have found refuge in t… read more

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25. Still Life with Bread Crumbs

By: Anna Quindlen

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Still Life with Bread Crumbsbegins with an imagined gunshot and ends with a new tin roof. Between t… read more

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26. Two Rivers

By: T. Greenwood

4.07

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In Two Rivers, Vermont, Harper Montgomery is living a life overshadowed by grief and guilt. Since t… read more

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27. Circle of Three

By: Patricia Gaffney

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Through the interconnected lives of three generations of women in a small town in rural Virginia, t… read more

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28. Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

By: Elizabeth Berg

4.02

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

A delightful novel about surprising friendships, community, and the way small acts of kindness can … read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"Lincoln sits on the chair and removes his shoes. Then he climbs in bed beside his mother, who does not respond. Jason hopes no one comes in and tells Lincoln to get off the bed. Because he would have…"

-Elizabeth Berg, Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)

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29. 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

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. The Perfect Passion Company (The Perfect Passion Company, #1-3)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency comes a fabulous new novel in three … read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
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31. Days of Wonder

By: Caroline Leavitt

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt returns with a tantalizing, courageous story abo… read more

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  • fiction

5 Best romance books like Resistance by Anita Shreve

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Karen White

3.78

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Anita Shreve

4.19

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Elizabeth Berg

4.02

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The Stolen Child

Ann Hood

4.05

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Second Nature

Jacquelyn Mitchard

3.36

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Anna Quindlen

4.19

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Elizabeth Berg

3.87

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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