17 must-read adult fiction books like L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón

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L.A. Weather

By: María Amparo Escandón

3.18

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick FORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon …

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1. L.A. Weather

By: María Amparo Escandón

3.18

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick FORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • family
  • novels
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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2. Before We Were Innocent

By: Ella Berman

3.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home in this… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. The House of Eve

By: Sadeqa Johnson

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelph… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
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4. Cassandra in Reverse

By: Holly Smale

3.56

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “A Time-Twisting Delight” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club June ’23 … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Not everyone is like me: that much is painfully clear."

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

"Maybe love prefers to be eaten warm, like biscuits out of the oven."

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

"I can't help wondering: Am I a monster? And--if so--was I born or was I made?"

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

"I get caught up with trying to read all the music around me, instead of one note inside myself."

-Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

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5. We Were Never Here

By: Andrea Bartz

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An annual backpacking trip has deadly consequences in a chilling new novel from the bestselling aut… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'd been so focused on running away, I'd almost missed what I was running to."

-Andrea Bartz, We Were Never Here

"The irony: I'd been thrilled when Aaron noticed me, and when, tonight, he called me his girlfriend. But on the street, I tried to creep past any other male gazes, ghostlike. That's womanhood, I suppo…"

-Andrea Bartz, We Were Never Here

"Or even a solo trip - if the yoga teacher was correct, wasn't it my duty as a human being with eyes and legs and a beat-beat-beating heart to experience things, to explore? All the hand-wringing abou…"

-Andrea Bartz, We Were Never Here

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6. Sankofa

By: Chibundu Onuzo

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781646220830. Masterful in its examination of freedom, prejudic… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
"Rotten eggs that will never hatch"

-Chibundu Onuzo, Sankofa

"Even now after all he’s done, I’m still waiting for his attention."

-Chibundu Onuzo, Sankofa

"Not even crocodiles eat their young...papa takes care of his children."

-Chibundu Onuzo, Sankofa

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7. Mother-Daughter Murder Night

By: Nina Simon

3.58

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. A lighthearted whodunnit about a gran… read more

Similar categories in Nina Simon's Mother-Daughter Murder Night book and María Amparo Escandón's L.A. Weather

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

By: Crystal Smith Paul

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of mode… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
"We always have a choice; we only say we don't to soothe our conscience from what we're capable of."

-Crystal Smith Paul, Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

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9. Northern Spy

By: Flynn Berry

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. The acclaimed author of Under the … read more

Similar categories in Flynn Berry's Northern Spy book and María Amparo Escandón's L.A. Weather

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Last Story of Mina Lee

By: Nancy Jooyoun Kim

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Margot Lee's mother, Mina, isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot,… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Her mother had once screamed, “How am I going to pay for this? Why don’t you take better care of yourself?"

-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee

"Beauty is a construct, but theory is not at the reality we live, she thought. Theory didn't live in the bones. Theory didn't erase the years of self-scrutiny in a mirror and not seeing anyone at all,…"

-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee

"But if she allowed that story to continue to be told, over and over again - that her mother was a nobody, anonymous, an immigrant who couldn't speak the language, another immigrant who worked a job t…"

-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee

"She wondered how many women had been trapped - in terrible marriages, terrible jobs, unbearable circumstances - simply because the world hadn't been designed to allow them to thrive on their own. The…"

-Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee

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11. On the Rooftop

By: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

3.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides wit… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Chicken Sisters

By: K.J. Dell'Antonia

3.40

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Three generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster. In tiny Merinac, Kansas, Chicken… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • chick lit
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • book club
  • audiobook
"The next morning, when she bent to buckle Ryder into the taxi to go to the airport, he was clutching the chicken tightly to his chest, looking so much like his father that it made Mae catch her breat…"

-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters

"The restaurants are very different, by asking which you like. The restaurants are very different, Mimi's is pretty simple and BYOB while Frannie's has a bar. Some people go to Mimi's because they rea…"

-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters

"Mimi's and Frannie's both served fried chicken, yes. And they had the same kind of name. And they had been started by sisters. But from there, the similarities---and any competition---ended. Frannie'…"

-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters

"Good fried chicken was remarkably hard to come by in New York, but this---tender, with just enough crust-only bits protruding, skin peeling easily away from the meat---this was good . The fries were …"

-K.J. Dell'Antonia, The Chicken Sisters

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13. Anita de Monte Laughs Last

By: Xóchitl González

3.82

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more

Similar categories in Xóchitl González's Anita de Monte Laughs Last book and María Amparo Escandón's L.A. Weather

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."

-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last

"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."

-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last

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14. Counterfeit

By: Kirstin Chen

3.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Reese's Book Club hardcover edition can be found here. For fans of Hustlers and How to Get F… read more

Similar categories in Kirstin Chen's Counterfeit book and María Amparo Escandón's L.A. Weather

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'd nodded dumbly, unable to conceive how it was that I still had my grandmother while by baby no longer had his."

-Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit

"What had once been their greatest strength--their perceived docility and obedience, their relative invisibility--had become their weakness. The narrative flipped. Now their Asian features read as sch…"

-Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit

"She'd gone to the right schools, chosen the right career, married the right partner, formed the right family - and made enormous sacrifices in the process, and yet here she was, thoroughly miserable,…"

-Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit

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15. Maybe Next Time

By: Cesca Major

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780063239920. One Day meets Groundhog Day, in this heartwarming… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Unwedding

By: Ally Condie

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie in this bold novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling autho… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Interesting, her mind noted, that she would accept an increase in the risk of death over looking rude."

-Ally Condie, The Unwedding

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17. Redwood Court

By: DeLana R.A. Dameron

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking debut about one unforgettable Southern Black family, seen through the eyes of its yo… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Lucky

By: Marissa Stapley

3.60

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

A thrilling roller-coaster ride about a heist gone terribly wrong, with a plucky protagonist who wi… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Something stirred inside her that felt like hope — the kind of hope a lottery ticket held just before you checked its numbers."

-Marissa Stapley, Lucky

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19. The House in the Pines

By: Ana Reyes

3.11

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend's sudden, mysterious death… read more

Similar categories in Ana Reyes's The House in the Pines book and María Amparo Escandón's L.A. Weather

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Christie Affair

By: Nina de Gramont

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Why would the world's most famous mystery writer disappear for eleven days? What makes a woman desp… read more

Similar categories in Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair book and María Amparo Escandón's L.A. Weather

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It seemed an important lesson for a young person. It wasn't only the angry people that should make one wary. The jolly ones could be even more dangerous."

-Nina de Gramont, The Christie Affair

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21. The Club

By: Ellery Lloyd

3.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062997425. From the author of People Like Her comes a smart … read more

Similar categories in Ellery Lloyd's The Club book and María Amparo Escandón's L.A. Weather

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"That there was some sort of justice involved, in watching some of these people- these terrible fucking human beings, these terrible fucking men- beg, grovel, face for the first time ever the conseque…"

-Ellery Lloyd, The Club

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