How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
By: Hazel Prior
4.10
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's…
Want to Read $ 12.99"It's been a very long time since I've had an adventure."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
"It's been a very long time since I've had an adventure."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
"I have no wish to talk about the manifold tragedies of my life."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
"I have no wish to talk about the manifold tragedies of my life."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
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1. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
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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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
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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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
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
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
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
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- romance
- adult
- fiction
- 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
6. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
7. Miss Benson's Beetle
By: Rachel Joyce
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
She's going too far to go it alone. It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and M… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Just because you've never done something doesn't mean you can't start."-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle
"But there were moments of joy. Even at its worst, life will offer such moments."-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle
"History is not made up by events alone, but also by what lies between the lines."-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle
"The truest friendships are those that allow us to step out of the confines of what we once were, and to realize instead what we might be."-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle
8. The Keeper of Stories
By: Sally Page
4.08
Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition
She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard … read more
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- romance
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Perhaps guilt is like a disease. You can have it without knowing you do."-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories
"I think it's in people stories that you discover the best of what we can be."-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories
"I don't think guilt asks for permission to come in. I don't think it knocks and waits politely on the mat."-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories
"I figured out long ago that if I listen to the few people who shout at me, I'm making them more important than they are. What they say will stay with me, upset me, and those loud voices would go on a…"-Sally Page, The Keeper of Stories
9. How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
By: Hazel Prior
4.10
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Hazel Prior's How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1) book and Hazel Prior's How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- animals
- scotland
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"It's been a very long time since I've had an adventure."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
"I have no wish to talk about the manifold tragedies of my life."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
"Like her harshness was a kind of coat she wrapped tightly round herself so nobody could see what was underneath."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
"Because at this moment there is pain, intense and merciless. It seeps in and out of my body’s pores, claws at my lungs and sears into every pocket of my heart like burning acid."-Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
10. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
4.04
Format: 339 pages, Paperback
Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more
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- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
11. The Lost Bookshop
By: Evie Woods
4.09
Format: 448 pages, ebook
The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of myster… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
12. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- 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
13. 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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- 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
14. 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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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"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
15. 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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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
16. 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
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- 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
17. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
By: Marianne Cronin
4.30
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories. Their last one begins here.Life is short. No-o… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"I think about all the people we'll never meet."-Marianne Cronin, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
"...They think that because the stars seem small and twinkling that they are small, but really, they are large, massive, and so very powerful."-Marianne Cronin, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
"And I was aware, as I sometimes am, of the earth moving. That the earth was rotating and pulling us forward, and millions of milliseconds were flying by, and that this moment was precious."-Marianne Cronin, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
"Do you know,’ she said slowly, ‘that the stars that we see the clearest are already dead?... it’s not depressing, it’s beautiful. They’ve been done for who knows how long, but we can still see them. …"-Marianne Cronin, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
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
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- adult fiction
- humor
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
19. O Beijo do Rio
By: Stefano Volp
3.96
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
Se dependesse dele, Daniel nunca mais pisaria em Ubiratã, a pequena e conservadora cidade no litora… read more
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- fiction
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
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- romance
- adult fiction
- humor
- 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
21. The Briar Club
By: Kate Quinn
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more
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- adult fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
