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Emotional but meaningful Books to Read (fiction)

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These books really touch the deepest parts of you, they are emotional, raw, real and so magical. If you want to escape into the pages of a book and forget the world around you, then these are your book recs!
 
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The story begins with one final letter from a soldier who asks his best friend, Beckett, to look after his younger sister Ella if he doesn't make it home. Ella is a fiercely independent single mother raising twins while carrying more loss than anyone...
Rebecca Yarros
 
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Historical Fiction - The story alternates between two timelines: one follows Rill Foss, a young girl whose family is torn apart when she and her siblings are taken from their riverboat home in 1939, while the other follows Avery Stafford, a modern-da...
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
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A moving novel about love, marriage, and the hidden cost of war. Jolene, a devoted mother and National Guard helicopter pilot, is deployed to Iraq just as her marriage to Michael begins to fall apart. While she fights overseas, Michael must learn to ...
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A contemporary novel about a married couple whose relationship has lost its spark. Instead of divorcing, they agree to spend one year apart with no contact, hoping to discover who they are individually and whether their love can be rebuilt. It's a th...
After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
 
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It follows two love stories separated by generations. In the present day, Georgia and Noah are brought together to finish writing the story of a famous WWII romance. As they uncover the couple’s past, their own complicated relationship begins to mirr...
The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
 
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Loved this story of love that goes beyond the good times and endures through the bad, never giving up on each other…
Nicholas Sparks The Choice