Rules for Visiting
By: Jessica Francis Kane
3.73
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully observed and deeply funny novel of May Attaway, a university gardener who sets out on…
Want to Read $ 8.99"I'm aware not everyone feels the way I do about trees, but I have no idea why not."-Jessica Francis Kane, Rules for Visiting
"I'm aware not everyone feels the way I do about trees, but I have no idea why not."-Jessica Francis Kane, Rules for Visiting
"Consider the word visit. It’s from the Old French visiter, which meant “to inspect, examine, or afflict."-Jessica Francis Kane, Rules for Visiting
"Consider the word visit. It’s from the Old French visiter, which meant “to inspect, examine, or afflict."-Jessica Francis Kane, Rules for Visiting
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2. After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more
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3. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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4. Happiness Falls
By: Angie Kim
3.75
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more
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"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls
5. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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6. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
7. Rules for Visiting
By: Jessica Francis Kane
3.73
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully observed and deeply funny novel of May Attaway, a university gardener who sets out on… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- travel
- gardening
- fiction
- contemporary
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- adult
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"I'm aware not everyone feels the way I do about trees, but I have no idea why not."-Jessica Francis Kane, Rules for Visiting
"Consider the word visit. It’s from the Old French visiter, which meant “to inspect, examine, or afflict."-Jessica Francis Kane, Rules for Visiting
"Are we a family damaged beyond repair? I don't know. I do believe in the power of words and stories to make sense of things."-Jessica Francis Kane, Rules for Visiting
"She was the kind of person who had multiple copies of the books she loved most. That way, she said, she could always give one away."-Jessica Francis Kane, Rules for Visiting
8. North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more
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9. 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
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10. Remarkably Bright Creatures
By: Shelby Van Pelt
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more
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"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
11. Hello Beautiful
By: Ann Napolitano
4.16
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person wh… read more
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"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
12. The Husbands
By: Holly Gramazio
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more
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13. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
14. Within Arm's Reach
By: Ann Napolitano
3.48
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A tender and perceptive debut novel about three generations of an Irish American family jarred into… read more
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15. No Two Persons
By: Erica Bauermeister
4.09
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s N… read more
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"All that matters is that we try. pg. 79"-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Guilt is easier to drown in than any sorrow. pg. 245"-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Always start with words. Words last. Tell me a secret from your day."-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
"Did you know that otters sleep holding hands? All night long, so they don't lose each other."-Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons
16. Sipsworth
By: Simon Van Booy
4.26
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die discovers an unexpected reason to liv… read more
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17. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more
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"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
18. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
By: Olivia Ford
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food Nothing… read more
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"To want something, she realized, was to make yourself vulnerable to losing it."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
"It's sometimes easy to feel left behind at my age, as if the world has a future and you have no place in it...but I hope to discover that there is meaning and adventure still to be found."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
"...the strongest couples I know have grown together, supporting their partner's changes rather than harnessing or fearing them. It's a bit like growing roses - you don't get to choose exactly which w…"-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
19. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
By: Helen Simonson
3.96
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more
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20. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)
By: Steven Rowley
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more
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21. Displaced Persons: Stories
By: Joan Leegant
4.68
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
Set half in Israel and half in the United States, the stories in this prize-winning collection expl… read more
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