30 must-read fiction books like The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox

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The Edge of Belonging

By: Amanda Cox

4.45

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When Ivy Rose returns to her hometown to oversee an estate sale, she soon discovers that her grandm…

"I guess the longer you hold a secret, the harder it is to let it go."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

"You find a use for everything. Yet you discard yourself at every opportunity."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

"It was freeing in a way, to have a family built on love by choice and not relational obligation."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

"She’d memorized the verse about peace that passes all understanding, but all she felt was the weight of depression."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

If you liked the fiction plot in The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox , here is a list of 30 books like this:

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1. The Sound of Rain

By: Sarah Loudin Thomas

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the Dark of the Mine, In the Face of Rising Water, In the Shadows of the Hills, Faith Will See T… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Loudin Thomas's The Sound of Rain book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

2. Miracle in a Dry Season (Appalachian Blessings, #1)

By: Sarah Loudin Thomas

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In a Drought, It's the Darkest Cloud That Brings Hope It's 1954 and Perla Long's arrival in the sle… read more

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3. The Wings of Poppy Pendleton

By: Melanie Dobson

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this compelling new time-slip mystery, a little girl goes missing from her family's castle in th… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Dobson's The Wings of Poppy Pendleton book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Roads We Follow (Fog Harbor, #2)

By: Nicole Deese

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

As the youngest daughter of a country music legend, Raegan Farrow longs to establish an identity aw… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Deese's The Roads We Follow (Fog Harbor, #2) book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Appalachian Song

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Forever within the memories of my heart. Always remember, you are perfectly loved. Bertie Jenkins… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Shocklee's Appalachian Song book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • adoption
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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6. All My Secrets

By: Lynn Austin

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Lynn Austin returns with a luminous work of historical fiction set amid the opul… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Austin's All My Secrets book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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7. For a Lifetime (Timeless, #3)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.55

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Grace and Hope are identical twin sisters born with the ability to time-cross together between 1692… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Meyer's For a Lifetime (Timeless, #3) book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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8. A Million Little Choices

By: Tamera Alexander

4.44

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes secrets just won’t stay hidden . . . From USA Today bestselling author and Christy Award… read more

Similar categories in Tamera Alexander's A Million Little Choices book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Edge of Belonging by Amanda  Cox

9. The Edge of Belonging

By: Amanda Cox

4.45

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When Ivy Rose returns to her hometown to oversee an estate sale, she soon discovers that her grandm… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • adoption
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I guess the longer you hold a secret, the harder it is to let it go."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

"You find a use for everything. Yet you discard yourself at every opportunity."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

"It was freeing in a way, to have a family built on love by choice and not relational obligation."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

"She’d memorized the verse about peace that passes all understanding, but all she felt was the weight of depression."

-Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

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10. The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

By: Sara Brunsvold

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces … read more

Similar categories in Sara Brunsvold's The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Ours is a God of new life~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Keep the fight in your veins, honey. Never let it fade."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Hard things usually end in the biggest blessings. ~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Lord, you are so good, and your love holds everything together."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

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11. Night Bird Calling

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.33

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Cathy Gohlke, whose novels have been called “haunting” ( Library Journal … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Gohlke's Night Bird Calling book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I sighed. I don't know what to do. Velma Richards seems like a woman who will carry out her threat". "No Doubt It's a crusade for her. " Moments passed. "Not much Christian about it is there?" I felt…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Night Bird Calling

"Jesus called Jews of every social rank. He called women and children and people from Samaria and tax collectors and prostitutes and the down and out to himself. He called unlearned fishermen for the …"

-Cathy Gohlke, Night Bird Calling

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12. Under the Tulip Tree

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland’s dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when t… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Shocklee's Under the Tulip Tree book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. More Than We Remember

By: Christina Suzann Nelson

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

One night changes everything for three women. . . . When Addison Killbourn's husband is involved… read more

Similar categories in Christina Suzann Nelson's More Than We Remember book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. The Way It Should Be

By: Christina Suzann Nelson

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

After years of estrangement, the lives of Zara Mahoney and her twin sister, Eve, are suddenly and c… read more

Similar categories in Christina Suzann Nelson's The Way It Should Be book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • adoption
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. In This Moment (Timeless, #2)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.48

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Maggie inherited a gift from her time-crossing parents that allows her to live three separate lives… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Meyer's In This Moment (Timeless, #2) book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Ladies of the Lake

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After two young women’s deep bond is torn apart, what will it take to bring them together again? In… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Gohlke's Ladies of the Lake book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Count the Nights by Stars

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A 2023 Christianity Today Book of the Year Award-winner! Count your nights by stars, not shadows… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Shocklee's Count the Nights by Stars book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Loyally, Luke

By: Pepper Basham

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Sometimes love means embracing the good, the bad . . . and even the impossible. Dear Reader, … read more

Similar categories in Pepper Basham's Loyally, Luke book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Divine Proverb of Streusel

By: Sara Brunsvold

4.29

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Shaken by her parents' divorce and discouraged by the growing chasm between herself and her serious… read more

Similar categories in Sara Brunsvold's The Divine Proverb of Streusel book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. If It Rains

By: Jennifer L. Wright

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A story of resilience and redemption set against one of America’s defining moments―the Dust Bowl. I… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Wright's If It Rains book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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21. A Flicker of Light

By: Katie Powner

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Twenty-one-year-old Bea never expected to move back to her hometown in Montana, especially not as a… read more

Similar categories in Katie Powner's A Flicker of Light book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. Whose Waves These Are

By: Amanda Dykes

4.36

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

In the wake of WWII, a grieving fisherman submits a poem to a local newspaper: a rallying cry for h… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Dykes's Whose Waves These Are book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
"And Bob knows too well, when you've been without air so long you can't remember another way of life, even a single breath of fresh air is a lifeline."

-Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

"He slides his palm over the gentle strength of those rocks and remembers the faces from the photos tucked into boxes with those rocks, the stories penned with care on tear-splotched pages, arriving f…"

-Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

"He would never forget the impression of that voice on his heart. It was the voice of the man, who, king of the universe, stooped to wash his own disciples' earth crusted feet. Who rubbed spit into di…"

-Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

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23. Stories That Bind Us

By: Susie Finkbeiner

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Betty Sweet is still recovering from the loss of her husband when she becomes the temporary guardia… read more

Similar categories in Susie Finkbeiner's Stories That Bind Us book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady  (Purls and Prayers) by Sharon J. Mondragón

24. The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady (Purls and Prayers)

By: Sharon J. Mondragón

4.42

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

"Mondragon debuts with this charming tale of knitting, faith, and change. . . . Inspirational fans … read more

Similar categories in Sharon J. Mondragón's The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady (Purls and Prayers) book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of These Tangled Threads: A Novel of Biltmore by Sarah Loudin Thomas

25. These Tangled Threads: A Novel of Biltmore

By: Sarah Loudin Thomas

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Seven years ago, a hidden betrayal scattered three young friends living in the shadow of Biltmore E… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Loudin Thomas's These Tangled Threads: A Novel of Biltmore book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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26. All Manner of Things

By: Susie Finkbeiner

4.42

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

When Annie Jacobson's brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he hands her a piece of … read more

Similar categories in Susie Finkbeiner's All Manner of Things book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. The Right Kind of Fool

By: Sarah Loudin Thomas

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Thirteen-year-old Loyal Raines is supposed to stay close to home on a hot summer day in 1934. When … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Loudin Thomas's The Right Kind of Fool book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple by Joanna Davidson Politano

28. The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple

By: Joanna Davidson Politano

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Peter Driscoll, an underground investigator to the wealthy, has never met anyone like Lily Temple. … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Davidson Politano's The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When did people come to see stories as mere fancy? As indulgence? All our flaws and questions dressed up in other people's clothing, strolling about in front of us so we may more clearly see what's t…"

-Joanna Davidson Politano, The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple

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29. Of Love and Treason

By: Jamie Ogle

4.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Valentine defies the emperor and becomes a hero . . . and the most wanted man in the empire. Compel… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Ogle's Of Love and Treason book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sowing Season by Katie Powner

30. The Sowing Season

By: Katie Powner

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

After he's forced to sell the family farm he's labored on his whole life, 63-year-old Gerrit Laning… read more

Similar categories in Katie Powner's The Sowing Season book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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31. Born of Gilded Mountains

By: Amanda Dykes

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When newcomer Mercy Windsor arrives in Mercy Peak in 1948 after a scandal shatters her gilded world… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Dykes's Born of Gilded Mountains book and Amanda Cox's The Edge of Belonging

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Spatts is strong. - Rusty"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"I sometimes think, when our dreams seem impossible to us, perhaps we just haven't seen yet how God will chase after our hearts with those very dreams, in the unlikeliest ways."

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"Sunsets here were more an experience than a sight. They marked the soul. Pierced it, rearranged things with all that shifting color and light, and sealed it up again, a little more whole than it was …"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"On a stage of earth, beneath a canopy of stars, with a score of scattered laughter, Mercy watched a story unfold more enchanting than any the Dream Factory of Hollywood could have produced. Even the …"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

13 best-selling contemporary books like The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox

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The Wings of Poppy Pendleton

Melanie Dobson

4.22

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The Roads We Follow (Fog Harbor, #2)

Nicole Deese

4.39

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A Million Little Choices

Tamera Alexander

4.44

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Amanda Cox

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The Sound of Rain

Sarah Loudin Thomas

4.17

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The Roads We Follow (Fog Harbor, #2)

Nicole Deese

4.39

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All My Secrets

Lynn Austin

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Amanda Cox

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