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Novels I Couldn't Put Down
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items Looking for your next favorite novel for beach reading or book club discussion? If you love literary fiction, relationship-driven novels, family sagas, and redemptive story arcs, this list is for you! Exquisitely written, compelling, and full of deli...
Ask Again, Yes tackles issues of mental health, trauma, friendship, and family with insightful and gracious prose. Years after reading it, I still think about it often.
Ask Again, Yes: A Novel
This epistolary novel follows the lives and relationships of a delightful cast of characters in post-WWII Great Britain with a satisfying balance of humor and depth.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel
Anything by Khaled Hosseini is an instant win for me! He explores the Afghani experience with a depth and poignancy that makes each of his novels un-put-downable.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
I love a family saga, and this one is far and away my favorite. It left me with a serious book hangover, and I couldn't read anything else for a while after putting it down.
The Covenant of Water
Part fiction part memoir, this refugee story like none other will make you laugh and cry in equal measure.
Everything Sad Is Untrue
If you, like me, love the IDEA of a thriller but can't handle anything too scary, this novel is for you. A compelling tale of survival and isolation, second chances and the life-changing power of grace.
These Silent Woods: A Novel
A short and sweet story of food and friendship, perfect for devouring in a single afternoon on the beach!
Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love
Not for the faint of heart, this gritty modern-day David Copperfield retelling is set in Appalachian Virginia in the midst of the opioid epidemic. Its firsthand account of a resilient boy coming of age faced with the obstacles of loss, poverty, and a...
Demon Copperhead: A Novel
My favorite read of 2026 so far. As soon as I finished it, I instantly picked up everything else Marjan Kamali has written. A powerful story of friendship and loss set in 20th-century Tehran.
The Lion Women of Tehran
I loved this novel so much I'm making my bookclub read it! You'd better just pick it up and experience it for yourself.
The Correspondent: A Novel
If you love a multigenerational family saga, you have to pick up Pachinko!
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)
Another unforgettable family saga by Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone explores medicine, cross-cultural experiences, and the unlikely coming of age story of twins Shiva and Marion Stone in an Ethiopia headed toward revolution.
Cutting for Stone
If you love exploring different cultures on the page, you'll love this story of family, love, loss, and redemption that spans from California to a remote village in China.
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel
If you told me I would love a novel with an octopus as a narrator, I wouldn't have believed you, but here we are. A sweet story of found family, and now there's a Netflix original movie to watch when you finish the book!
Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel
A story of forbidden love and longing, The Book of Everlasting Things follows a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher as they are torn apart by partition.
The Book of Everlasting Things: A Novel
Another “gentle thriller,” Heartwood follows a missing persons case on the Appalachian Trail. Told from several perspectives, this story is one of survival and self-realization - also delightful in audiobook format.
Heartwood: A Novel
Kevin Wilson explores fractured family relationships with quirky humor in this heartwarming and ultimately hopeful novel.
Run for the Hills: A Novel