29 Top fiction books like The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

By: Alan Bradley

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiri…

"Simple pleasures are best."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"Simple pleasures are best."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"Simple pleasures are best."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"It was as black in the closet as old blood."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

If you liked the fiction plot in The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley , here is a list of 29 books like this:

Cover of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) by Jacqueline Winspear

1. Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.59

Format: 320 pages,

Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence--and the patronag… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

2. Magpie Murders

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) by Louise Penny

3. Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)

By: Louise Penny

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards. Chief Inspector Arm… read more

Similar categories in Louise Penny's Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

4. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

5.00

Format: None pages,

Precious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she i… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Shadow Roll (A Sam Russo Mystery, #1) by Ki Longfellow

5. Shadow Roll (A Sam Russo Mystery, #1)

By: Ki Longfellow

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

1948. Sam Russo, self-named and self-styled, would follow in the hard-boiled footsteps of Sam Spade… read more

Similar categories in Ki Longfellow's Shadow Roll (A Sam Russo Mystery, #1) book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

6. Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, #2)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.53

Format: 320 pages,

It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been hired to find a runaway heiress. When three of the he… read more

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7. The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)

By: Laurie R. King

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. H… read more

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8. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

Cover of Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

9. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2) by Robert Thorogood

10. Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Clu… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"... Feynman's technique was simple. And he claimed that it was always successful. But it' not currently working for me. Not yet. What was it? Well, when he was building the first atomic bomb, he obse…"

-Robert Thorogood, Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Cover of A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) by Deanna Raybourn

11. A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, i… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"A man cannot choose to die when he has not yet learnt to live." Stoker"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"If I could have created a perfect woman, I could never have imagined you. But that is my failure. Not yours."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Not everyone shares your tendency to scorn the company of others." "Scorn the company of others! Thanks to you, I speak to entirely too many people, entirely too often."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Do you mean to dissuade me? Point out the flaws in my plan? Express your objections with vehemence and eloquence?" He tipped his head. "Actually, no." "Are you entirely well? Have you a fever? Should…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

Cover of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley

12. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

By: Alan Bradley

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiri… read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • adult
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Simple pleasures are best."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"It was as black in the closet as old blood."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"...silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"I was me, I was Flavia. And I loved myself, even if no one else did."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

Cover of The Erkeley Shadows: A novel by Michael Wyndham Thomas

13. The Erkeley Shadows: A novel

By: Michael Wyndham Thomas

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

1967. The Summer of Love. Not for Jonathan Parry, perhaps, but certainly a time of big he and his … read more

Similar categories in Michael Wyndham Thomas's The Erkeley Shadows: A novel book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"All happened so damn fast,"

-Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows: A novel

"As I reached the door, the constable said, “Good luck in Canada, son."

-Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows: A novel

"Will turned over the last words for a long time. Then he thought about the flashing message-light up in the kitchen."

-Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows: A novel

"Will turned over the last words for a long time.  Then he thought about the flashing message-light up in the kitchen."

-Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows: A novel

Cover of How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1) by Kristen Perrin

14. How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

By: Kristen Perrin

3.80

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Frances Adams always said she'd be murdered. She was right. It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"My favourite chess saying is very simple: You can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’ - Rutherford Gravesdown"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You stupid b*tch, you think you're so worthy? You deserve nothing but a hole in the ground. You're a wh*re and a liar, and I swear if you don't stop this I'll snap your scrawny neck like a twig."

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"Don’t worry, Annie, I’m not going to murder you.’ ‘I appreciate that, Saxon,’ I reply. ‘I’m not going to murder you either.’ And then we both smile, because this is such a strange thing to say ten mi…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You little b*tch, you think you can stand in my way? You're so used to getting what you want, with your perfect pretty face. If you don't stop I swear I'll ruin that face. I'll put your bones in a bo…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

Cover of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James   McBride

15. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

By: James McBride

4.00

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more

Similar categories in James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C.L.   Miller

16. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder

By: C.L. Miller

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this irresistible and thrilling debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious d… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Miller's The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) by Elizabeth Peters

17. Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

By: Elizabeth Peters

4.00

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her debut Egyptian advent… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Peters's Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody,"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"...Peabody had better retire to her bed; she is clearly in need of recuperative sleep, she has not made a sarcastic remark for fully ten minutes."

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"I don't know why I should have been so pleased to see Lucas behaving like a gentleman for a change. I never liked the man... But of course I know why. I would have defended Satan himself if he had be…"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

"I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to me…"

-Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)

Cover of The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2) by Nita Prose

18. The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

By: Nita Prose

3.83

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover t… read more

Similar categories in Nita Prose's The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2) book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We all make mistakes. It’s what we do after that matters."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"Mr. Grimthorpe and I have always maintained that books can rehabilitate anyone."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"You can fight monsters you can see, or you can run away from them. But the invisible ones are inescapable."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"It's a matter of polish," I say. "With most things, especially masterpieces, it's about removing the tarnish to reveal the shine."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

Cover of The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

19. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

20. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1) by Anthony Horowitz

21. The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER? New York Times bestselling auth… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) by Richard Osman

22. The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

By: Richard Osman

4.38

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

One Thursday afternoon in the seniors' center, a decade-old cold case --their favorite kind-- leads… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But you can’t be ruled by hindsight, can you?"

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Love? Try Googling it. There aren't any answers."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"When you look backwards, everything is inevitable."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

"Ron's mouth opens, but, unusually for him, no words come out."

-Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

Cover of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

23. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

4.04

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) by Richard Osman

24. The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

By: Richard Osman

3.88

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B07S5D5TH7 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely frien… read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"If you hit women, you hit women"

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

"Ron Ritchie is, as so often, having none of it."

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

"The sun is up, the skies are blue, and murder is in the air"

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

"It was a well-known fact that there were no calories in homemade cakes."

-Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

Cover of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) by Benjamin   Stevenson

25. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.79

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than onc… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"But I promised to be reliable, not competent"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it's who you'd spill it for."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Call me a reliable narrator. Everything I tell you will be the truth, or, at least, the truth as I knew it to be at the time that I thought I knew it."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"...my editor had crossed out my first go at this sentence and written Hypo=cold, Hyper=hot in the margin, in that helpful yet smug voice editors are born with, wishing to both correct you and impart …"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

Cover of Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2) by Benjamin   Stevenson

26. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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27. A Most Agreeable Murder

By: Julia Seales

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a wealthy bachelor drops dead at a ball, a young lady takes on the decidedly improper role of … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Beatrice watched as Miss Bolton snaked a hand into her hat and withdrew a biscuit."

-Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

"Languages, such as French and Italian *One may speak French, but one must never travel to France."

-Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

"Page three hundred and four of The Lady's Guide," Beatrice replied. "Ladies are permitted to handle balls while playing billiards."

-Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

"How did you not recognize her?" "She was wearing a wig!" Drake said defensively. "The same color as her hair!" Beatrice shot back."

-Julia Seales, A Most Agreeable Murder

Cover of The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1) by Robert Thorogood

28. The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.79

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

To solve an impossible murder, you need an impossible hero… Judith Potts is seventy-seven years … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

29. The Golden Spoon

By: Jessa Maxwell

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on the grounds of Grafton… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Sometimes we must do what we can to keep our mistakes a secret, don't we?"

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"It's an optimistic scene of pastel colors and light woods. One that lends itself well to the show's folksy niceness."

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"Recipes are like architecture; a combination of tested methods with personal elements is what makes a bake memorable."

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"They are all unique and lovingly constructed. There's one for a chocolate ganache tart striped with hazelnut and praline, a honey cake with orange marmalade filling, coconut cream-filled doughnuts wi…"

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

Cover of Dreams of Bread and Fire by Nancy Kricorian

30. Dreams of Bread and Fire

By: Nancy Kricorian

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A breathtaking novel that follows a young woman named Ani Silver through college, a long sojourn in… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Kricorian's Dreams of Bread and Fire book and Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

  • fiction
Cover of The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens

31. The Quiet Librarian

By: Allen Eskens

4.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

After the murder of her best friend, a librarian’s search for answers leads back to her own dark se… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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