18 books like Patchwork Planet

What to read after Patchwork Planet — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler · 1988 · ★ 3.7 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Moderate While driving to the funeral of a friend, a couple married twenty-eight years examine the expectations and disappointments of their marriage. Shares Baltimore, Maryland, Domestic fiction

Summer of the Red Wolf Morris West · 1971 · ★ 3.8 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate *Summer of the Red Wolf* is the story of a man struggling with the complexities and torments of everyday life who travels to Scotland to fight his inner demons and discovers love, honour and himself along the way. The novel brilliantly captures the feelings of restlessness so common in these modern times. Shares Men, Psychology

Naissances Danielle Steel · 1992 · ★ 3.9 · 371p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A powerful novel of three couples who face decisions about having children, which will test them as lovers, partners and friends.Diana Goode and Andrew Douglas are a California couple who seem to have it all, and after their wedding, Diana teases that she will make a baby on their honeymoon. But long afterwards, she is still not pregnant. As they wait out each month with anticipation, only to be… Shares American Domestic fiction, Domestic fiction, Literature

High Fidelity Nick Hornby · 1995 · ★ 3.9 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Nick Hornby's first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's… Shares Men, Psychology, Literature, Romance

Rabbit, Run John Updike · 1960 · ★ 3.6 · 317p · ≈ 10h · Moderate *Rabbit, Run* is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his—or any other—generation. Its hero is Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, a onetime high-school basketball star who on an impulse deserts his wife and son. He is twenty-six years old, a man-child caught in a struggle between instinct and thought, self and society, sexual gratification and family duty—even, in… Shares Men, Domestic fiction, Psychology, Literature

The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh · 2000 · ★ 4.3 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the court of the Burmese Queen, whose… Shares Domestic fiction, Literature, Romance

Flight Lessons Patricia Gaffney · 2002 · ★ 3.5 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate E-Book Extra: Keeping Good Company: An Interview with Patricia GaffneySince her aunt Rose betrayed her, and her fatally ill mother, Anna has studiously avoided her Maryland hometown. But a fresh betrayal by a faithless lover lands Anna back in the family restaurant where she must save the business and face the past -- or risk losing true love.From the extraordinary Patricia Gaffney, New York… Shares Maryland, Domestic fiction, Literature, Romance

The Alice Network

The Alice Network Kate Quinn Featuring an exclusive excerpt from Kate Quinn's next incredible historical novel, THE HUNTRESSNEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER#1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLEROne of NPR's Best Books of the Year!One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction Books of the Year!Reese Witherspoon Book Club Summer Reading Pick!The Girly Book Club Book of the Year!A Summer Book Pick from… Shares Romance

Mercy's Child

Mercy's Child Richard Paul Evans Shares Romance with this book.

As Dust to the Wind

As Dust to the Wind Peter Darman Shares Romance with this book.

An American Beauty

An American Beauty Shana Abé "Abé is an exquisite storyteller." —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia PalaceThe New York Times bestselling author of The Second Mrs. Astor returns with a spellbinding new book perfect for fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age and readers of Marie Benedict, Karen Harper, and Allison Pataki. This sweeping novel of historical fiction is inspired by the true rags-to-riches… Shares Romance

The Four Winds

The Four Winds Kristin Hannah "The Bestselling Hardcover Novel of the Year."--Publishers WeeklyFrom the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. “My land… Shares Romance

The Calamity Club

The Calamity Club Kathryn Stockett “So immersive, exciting, and downright fabulous, you never want it to end.”—Oprah Daily#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The multimillion-copy-selling author of The Help returns with a bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what’s rightfully theirs—and the power of friendship to change everything.“Pure, hell-raising entertainment.”—The New York Times Book… Shares Romance

The Unfinished Work

The Unfinished Work Jeff Shaara Shares Romance with this book.

The Obituary Writer

The Obituary Writer Ann Hood A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, an uncompromising young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie O, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless marriage or follow the man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier, in 1919, Vivien… Shares Romance

Lady Tan's Circle of Women

Lady Tan's Circle of Women Lisa See · 2023 · ★ 4.5 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate *NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!*From “one of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plot” (The New York Times Book Review) an immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China—perfect for fans of Lisa See’s classics Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a… Shares Romance

Circe

Circe Madeline Miller This #1 New York Times bestseller brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey, as she discovers her own power, forges her identity, and challenges the gods who seek to control her. "[A] bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story." —The New York TimesIn the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is… Shares Romance

These Is My Words

These Is My Words Nancy E. Turner A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author's own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman of spirit and fire who forges a full and remarkable existence in a harsh, unfamiliar frontier. Scrupulously recording her steps down the path Providence has set her upon—from child to determined young adult to loving mother—she shares the turbulent events, both… Shares Romance

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