19 Best adult books like The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey

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The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

By: Beth Morrey

4.06

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The world has changed around Missy Carmichael. At seventy-nine, she's estranged from her daughter; …

"Love was just love, that was all. Flawed, uneven, complicated, overlapping, but still essential"

-Beth Morrey, The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

"Love was just love, that was all. Flawed, uneven, complicated, overlapping, but still essential"

-Beth Morrey, The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

If you liked the adult plot in The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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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

Similar categories in Anna Quindlen's After Annie book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • adult
  • drama
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2. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Earth's the Right Place for Love by Elizabeth Berg

3. Earth's the Right Place for Love

By: Elizabeth Berg

4.11

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

This beautiful new novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Berg's Earth's the Right Place for Love book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Your girlfriend won't stay pretty for long. I myself was a hot tomato, but look at me now. 'Pretty' goes away, but what can come in its place is 'beautiful.' And that's better. Do you know what I mea…"

-Elizabeth Berg, Earth's the Right Place for Love

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4. 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

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Go as a River

By: Shelley Read

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, heart-stopping epic of a young woman's journey to becoming, set against the harsh beaut… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Read's Go as a River book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Women endure. That’s what we do."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Loss has nothing to do with what you do deserve and don’t deserve."

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"I learned from their subtle relations... that love is a private matter, to be nurtured, and even mourned, between two beings alone. It belongs to them, and no one else, like a secret treasure, like a…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

"Try as we might to convince ourselves otherwise, the moments of our becoming cannot be carefully plucked like the ripest and most satisfying peach from the bough. In the endless stumble toward oursel…"

-Shelley Read, Go as a River

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6. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

Similar categories in Janet Skeslien Charles's Miss Morgan's Book Brigade book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Last List of Mabel Beaumont

By: Laura Pearson

4.03

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

The list he left had just one item on it. Or, at least, it did at first… Mabel Beaumont’s husban… read more

Similar categories in Laura Pearson's The Last List of Mabel Beaumont book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. 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

Similar categories in Erica Bauermeister's No Two Persons book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey

9. The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

By: Beth Morrey

4.06

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The world has changed around Missy Carmichael. At seventy-nine, she's estranged from her daughter; … read more

Similar categories in Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • audiobook
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • drama
"Love was just love, that was all. Flawed, uneven, complicated, overlapping, but still essential"

-Beth Morrey, The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

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10. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

By: Colleen Oakley

4.05

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitt… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Oakley's The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"He stilled midair, and then a slow grin spread across his lips. “Do you even know how to work that thing?"

-Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

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11. How to Read a Book

By: Monica Wood

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more

Similar categories in Monica Wood's How to Read a Book book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."

-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book

Cover of Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

12. Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

By: Clare Pooley

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Co… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Ljubav je najveći rizik od svih, no život bez nje je besmislen."

-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

"Postoje neki problemi koje zaista ne možeš riješiti. Samo moraš naći način da s njima živiš."

-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

"Katkad ti sudbina jednostavno pokaže kojim putem da ideš i nemaš drugu opciju nego poći. A ako je ovo tvoja sudbina, dogodit će se. Samo čekaj. Ni u kom slučaju nije gotovo dok nije gotovo."

-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

"But sometimes when you put two very different people together, a kind of magic, an alchemy, occurs. Bea said I was like eggs and sugar, and she was flour and butter, and when you mixed us together, w…"

-Clare Pooley, Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

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13. 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

Similar categories in Helen Simonson's The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons

14. The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

By: Annie Lyons

4.31

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

It's never too late to start living. Infused with the emotional power of Me Before You and the i… read more

Similar categories in Annie Lyons's The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Life is precious and as long as we have a reason to continue, we should follow that path."

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

"Why is life so sad sometimes?"..."Perhaps it's the universe's way of making you appreciate the happier times"

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

"I always used to think it was silly when people said life was short, but I completely get that now. We're here for such a limited time. The least we can do is try to be kind to the people around us. …"

-Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

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15. The Museum of Ordinary People

By: Mike Gayle

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, Jess is about to do the hardest thing she's ever… read more

Similar categories in Mike Gayle's The Museum of Ordinary People book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Sylvia's Second Act

By: Hillary Yablon

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Her husband’s cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn’t going to take it anymore… read more

Similar categories in Hillary Yablon's Sylvia's Second Act book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Everything Else in the Universe

By: Tracy Holczer

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the midst of the Vietnam War, a young girl struggles to embrace change in this tender family sto… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Holczer's Everything Else in the Universe book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

18. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Secret Ingredient

By: Sue Heath

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A delicious story that wraps itself around your heart’ Evie Woods, bestselling author of The Lost … read more

Similar categories in Sue Heath's The Secret Ingredient book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's How to Age Disgracefully book and Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

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21. The Secrets of Flowers

By: Sally Page

4.33

Format: 432 pages, ebook

From the author of the phenomenal bestsellers The Keeper of Stories and The Book of Beginnings come… read more

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20 Top fiction books like The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Earth's the Right Place for Love

Elizabeth Berg

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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21 Best fiction books like Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

Transform Your Habits

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Transform Your Habits

By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

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