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Kristin Hannah Author Read Alikes February 17, 2018 |
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If you enjoy reading books by Kristin Hannah try these authors:
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Blossom Street Brides : A Blossom Street Novel by Debbie MacomberAs three women's lives intersect in unexpected ways in and around A Good Yarn knitting store, Lydia, Lauren, and Bethanne realize that love heals every heart--and the best surprises still lay ahead
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Leaving Time : A Novel by Jodi PicoultAbandoned by a grief-stricken father and accomplished-scientist mother who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, 13-year-old Jenna Metcalf approaches a disgraced psychic and a jaded detective in the hopes of finding answers.
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A Woman Betrayed by Barbara DelinskyWhen her husband Jeff mysteriously disappears, Laura Frye begins discovering surprising secrets about the man she begins to realize she never really knew.
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Beach Girls by Luanne RiceJack Kilvert returns to Hubbard's Point with his daughter, Nell, in the hopes of recapturing old friendships, and is reunited with reclusive artist Stevie Moore, the one-time best friend of his estranged sister, Madeleine
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Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand"Recently widowed Beth Newton returns to Nantucket for the summer with her teenage twins to continue a family tradition and to keep a promise her late husband made to another teen "
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The Goodbye Quilt by Susan WiggsLinda Davis, the owner of a local fabric shop where women gather to share quilts commemorating important events of their lives, and her daughter Molly decide to share one last adventure together before Molly goes off to college, making special memories along the way.
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Big Little Lies by Liane MoriartyFollows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated
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Fly Away Home : A Novel by Jennifer WeinerA latest work by the author of Best Friends Forever finds a politician's wife retreating with her grown daughters to a Connecticut beach house after a painful public betrayal, an escape marked by new beginnings and her younger daughter's pregnancy.
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The Courage Tree by Diane ChamberlainWhen eight-year-old Sophie mysteriously vanishes during a weekend camping trip, a desperate search is launched to find the child, but Sophie has found refuge in a remote cabin inhabited by a reclusive woman who has her own secrets to hide.
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Me Before You by Jojo MoyesTaking a job as an assistant to extreme sports enthusiast Will, who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident, Louisa struggles with her employer's acerbic moods and learns of his shocking plans before demonstrating to him that life is still worth living.
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Britt-Marie Was Here : A Novel by Fredrik BackmanWalking away from her loveless marriage and taking a job in a derelict, financially devastated town, sixty-three-year-old Britt-Marie uses her fierce organizational skills to become a local soccer coach to a group of lost children
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Pretty Woman by Fern MichaelsThree years after she marries womanizing gold-digger Kent Bliss, against the advice of her best friend Vickie, Rosie Gardener Bliss kicks her husband out of the house, only to discover that she has in her possession the winning ticket for a $302 million-dollar lottery, and sets out to lose weight, regain her self-esteem, reconcile with Vickie, and fall in love again.
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Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas SparksForty-five-year-old divorced Te Adrienne Willis is forced to reconsider her entire life when her husband leaves her for a younger woman, as she confronts the difficulties of raising her teenage children and caring for her ailing father, until a trip to Rodanthe in North Carolina's outer banks leads to an encounter with successful surgeon Paul Flanner.
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The Secret Keeper by Kate MortonWithdrawing from a family party to the solitude of her tree house, 16-year-old Laurel Nicolson witnesses a shocking murder that throughout a subsequent half century shapes her beliefs, her acting career and the lives of three strangers from vastly different cultures.
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Love Anthony : A Novel by Lisa GenovaAfter struggling with her son Anthony being diagnosed with autism, Olivia then suffered a devastating loss when Anthony died, now she is separated from her husband and desperately searching for the meaning of her son's short life
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First Comes Love : A Novel by Emily GiffinWhile Meredith becomes increasingly unsure about the strength of her bond with her seemingly perfect husband and daughter, her once-happily single sister, Josie, frantically dates and considers her options in her desperation to have a baby
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Into the Water by Paula HawkinsWhen a single mom and a teen girl are found murdered at the bottom of a river in a small town weeks apart, an ensuing investigation dredges up a complicated local history involving human instincts and the damage they can inflict.
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Little Fires Everywhere : A Novel by Celeste NgWhen a custody battle divides her placid town, straitlaced family woman Elena Richardson finds herself pitted against her enigmatic tenant and becomes obsessed with exposing her past, only to trigger devastating consequences for both families
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Circling the Sun : A Novel by Paula McLainRaised by her father and the Kipsigis tribe in 1920s Kenya, Beryl endures painful losses before entering a passionate love triangle and discovering her unconventional true calling.
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My name is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout
"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her and a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all--the one between mother and daughter"
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Little Mercies by Heather GudenkaufWhen her life unexpectedly collides with 10-year-old Jenny Briard, a homeless girl struggling to survive on her own, veteran social worker and mother Ellen Moore discovers that one small mistake can have life-altering consequences, in a powerful novel of motherhood and justice.
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All He Ever Wanted : A Novel by Anita ShreveYears after escaping from a hotel fire and encountering an elusive woman, whom he subsequently married and divorced, a man travels from New England to Florida by train and remembers the relationship.
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The Lying Game by Ruth WareIn the wake of a woman's horrifying discovery of human remains along a scenic tidal estuary, the members of a once-inseparable clique from a second-rate boarding school near the English Channel reflect on their participation in a dangerous game of deception that contributed to the death of a teacher.
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Commonwealth
by Ann Patchett
A five-decade saga tracing the impact of an act of infidelity on the parents and children of two Southern California families traces their shared summers in Virginia and the disillusionment that shapes their lasting bond.
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A God in Ruins : A Novel by Kate AtkinsonFollows the experiences of Ursula's younger brother Teddy, who, throughout the decades after wartime service he never expected to survive, struggles with family life against a backdrop of a changing world
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Secrets in Summer by Nancy ThayerSpending her days at the library and her nights stargazing and contemplating a new relationship, Darcy is unexpectedly drawn into the summertime dramas of three families, including those of her recently married ex, a situation that compels Darcy to consider what she truly wants.
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen SimonsonForced to confront the realities of life in the 21st century when he falls in love with widowed Pakistani descendant Mrs. Ali, a retired Major Pettigrew finds the relationship challenged by local prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a Cambridge native, as a perpetual foreigner.
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Tapestry of Fortunes : A Novel by Elizabeth BergSelling her home and taking time off from her career as a successful motivational speaker, Cecilia Ross moves into a beautiful old house in St. Paul and bonds with three roommates, including one who would reconnect with a daughter she gave up for adoption, one who would visit her long-absent ex and a professional chef who would find inspiration from other restaurants.
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The Museum of Extraordinary Things : A Novel by Alice HoffmanThe daughter of a curiosities museum's front man pursues an impassioned love affair with a Russian immigrant photographer who after fleeing his Lower East Side Orthodox community has captured poignant images of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
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All the Light We Cannot See : A Novel by Anthony DoerrA blind French girl on the run from the German occupation and a German orphan-turned-Resistance tracker struggle with respective beliefs after meeting on the Brittany coast.
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Orphan Train by Christina Baker KlineClose to aging out of the foster care system, Molly Ayer takes a position helping an elderly woman named Vivian and discovers that they are more alike than different as she helps Vivian solve a mystery from her past
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Dangerous Games : A Novel by Danielle SteelWhile investigating allegations involving the vice president of the United States, Alix Phillips interviews Olympia Foster, the widow of one of America's most admired senators, which brings Alix, and her cameraman Ben Chapman, to the attention of an adversary more sinister than they imagined
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Promises to Keep by Jane GreenThe personal lives of sisters Callie and Steff, their friend, and their divorced parents are irrevocably changed throughout the course of an extraordinary summer in Maine that forces them to reevaluate their relationships and roles.
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The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddTraces more than three decades in the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and pursue a meaningful life; and the urban slave, Handful, who is placed in her charge as a child before finding courage and a sense of self.
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For All Time : A Nantucket Brides Novel by Jude DeverauxA follow-up to True Love finds Lanconian heir Graydon Montgomery bonding with hardworking Toby Wyndam, who is fatefully able to tell him apart from his twin but who he cannot pursue because of his arranged marriage to a woman he does not love.
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The Light Between Oceans : A Novel by M. L. StedmanMoving his young bride to an isolated lighthouse home on Australia's Janus Rock where the couple suffers miscarriages and a stillbirth, Tom allows his wife to claim an infant who has washed up on the shore only to witness a rift in their marriage that is further complicated by a search by the baby's desperate mother.
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Lilac Girls : A Novel by Martha Hall KellyA debut novel inspired by the life of unlikely World War II heroine Caroline Ferriday follows the experiences of a Manhattan debutante, who resolves to help upon learning of the atrocities at the Ravensbruck concentration camp; and a Catholic teen, who is swept up in the Polish resistance movement.
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Kill Me If You Can by James PattersonA poor art student in New York City discovers a duffle bag full of diamonds in the chaos during an attack at Grand Central Station and is pursued by the Ghost, an assassin who had murdered the bag's owner.
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