The Heart of It All
By: Christian Kiefer
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how …
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1. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
2. The Caretaker
By: Ron Rash
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, T… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
3. Leaving
By: Roxana Robinson
3.87
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again? “I never thought I’d see you her… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Being a mother is paying it forward, sending that energy and feeling to someone who needed it at first to survive, but who, the older she becomes, needs you less. The older you become, the more irrel…"-Roxana Robinson, Leaving
"The justification for leaving a marriage was that you were increasing the sum of happiness in the world. You were ending your own unhappiness, and your spouse’s (if you weren’t happy, your spouse cou…"-Roxana Robinson, Leaving
4. You Only Call When You're in Trouble
By: Stephen McCauley
3.45
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Is it ever okay to stop caring for others and start living for yourself? After a lifetime of tak… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
5. The Main Character
By: Jaclyn Goldis
3.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A bestselling thriller author arranges a luxury train trip that is not what it appears to be in thi… read more
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- fiction
6. The Road from Belhaven
By: Margot Livesey
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young wom… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
7. Day
By: Michael Cunningham
3.57
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"-Michael Cunningham, Day
8. Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
9. Family Family
By: Laurie Frankel
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"-Laurie Frankel, Family Family
10. The Museum of Failures
By: Thrity Umrigar
4.13
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Because, ultimately everybody's story was written in scars."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"He had often thought of Bombay as the museum of failures, an exhibit hall filled with thwarted dreams and broken promises."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"Of course, there were unhappy people everywhere on earth, and if you catalogued all their griefs and disappointments, every place could be considered a museum of failures. One could argue that this w…"-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
11. The Heart of It All
By: Christian Kiefer
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
12. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
13. The Road to Dalton (Dalton, Maine, #1)
By: Shannon Bowring
4.04
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
From debut author Shannon Bowring comes a novel of small town America that Pulitzer-winner Richard … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
14. Dixon, Descending
By: Karen Outen
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, heartrending debut novel about ambition, survival, and our responsibilities to one anot… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"This was the feel at the top of the world. He waited. For something... But the mountain dismissed him like an unwanted suitor. There was nothing here that cared for him. He was king of small purchase…"-Karen Outen, Dixon, Descending
15. Acts of Forgiveness
By: Maura Cheeks
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how m… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"You can't tour a plantation and come home to 512 Lewaro without understanding its significance. By walking through the front doors of their home, they were rewriting history."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
"During moments of national importance, it feels as though bills will be paid and mortgages covered, dreams no longer deferred. It feels as though, maybe, it can be less about money than about honor."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
16. Float Up, Sing Down
By: Laird Hunt
3.45
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Laird Hunt's masterful story collection capturing one summer's day in the Indiana community where t… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
17. 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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- fiction
- contemporary
"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
18. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
19. Rednecks
By: Taylor Brown
3.89
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
20. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
21. Mercury
By: Amy Jo Burns
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
22. Kittentits
By: Holly Wilson
3.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A feral, heart-busting, absurdist debut about Molly, a rambunctious and bawdy ten-year-old searchin… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
23. Distant Sons
By: Tim Johnston
3.96
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
By the New York Times bestselling author of Descent and The Current, an absorbing new work of liter… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
24. True North
By: Andrew J. Graff
3.74
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Raft of Stars comes a heartfelt novel of marriage and whitewater rafting, follow… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
25. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
26. Picture Perfect Autumn
By: Shelley Noble
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A Manhattan photographer finds inspiration and new possibilities in a Gothic Rhode Island beach hou… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
27. The Favorites
By: Rosemary Hennigan
3.28
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
An edgy, feminist campus novel about justice, gender, and power, following a woman who enrolls in l… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
28. How the Light Gets In
By: Joyce Maynard
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
29. The Disappeared: Stories
By: Andrew Porter
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our liv… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
30. Goodbye Birdie Greenwing
By: Ericka Waller
4.29
Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition
Great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget...Birdie, Ada and Jane … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
31. The Same Bright Stars
By: Ethan Joella
3.87
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Three generations of Schmidts have run their family’s beachfront restaurant, and Jack has been at t… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
