18 books like Shuggie Bain
The Adult
The Adult
It's her first year of college - her first real time away from home - and Natalie isn't quite sure what to do. She's learning how to be an adult, without anyone to really show her the way. Nora is an older woman - a little mysterious, completely unknown. They are drawn to each other, each for different (and perhaps the wrong) reasons. Each one of them carries secrets.
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Young Mungo
Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow’s housing estates where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation. They should be sworn enemies if they’re to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a…
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Asymmetry
Explores the imbalances that spark and sustain dramatic human relations, tracing the overlapping stories of a young American editor's relationship with a famous older writer, an unexpected New York romance during the early years of the Iraq War and an Iraqi-American man who is detained by immigration officers in Heathrow.
Shares Family life, Coming-of-age, New York Times reviewed
His Whole Life
1 volume ; 20 cm
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Black House
Black House
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The Guide
The Guide
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The Drowning Kind
The Drowning Kind
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2021In this “blisteringly suspenseful tale that will keep you up at night” (Wendy Webb, author of Daughters of the Lake), a woman returns to the old family home after her sister mysteriously drowns in its swimming pool…but she’s not the pool’s only victim.Be careful what you wish for. When Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes…
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The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street
The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street
The Christmas spirit is overtaking Tradd Street with a vengeance in this festive new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Karen White.Melanie Trenholm should be anticipating Christmas with nothing but joy—after all, it’s only the second Christmas she and her husband, Jack, will celebrate with their twin toddlers. But the ongoing excavation of the centuries-old cistern in the garden…
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Mermaid Confidential
Mermaid Confidential
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The Seep
The Seep
A 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist “A unique alien invasion story that focuses on the human and the myriad ways we see and don’t see our own world. Mesmerizing.” —Jeff VanderMeerA blend of searing social commentary and speculative fiction, Chana Porter’s fresh, pointed debut explores a strange new world in the wake of a benign alien invasion.   Trina FastHorse Goldberg-Oneka is…
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The Wife Stalker
The Wife Stalker
Breezing into the tony seaside paradise of Westport, Connecticut, gorgeous thirtysomething Piper Reynard sets down roots, opening a rehab and wellness space and joining a local yacht club. When she meets Leo Drakos, a handsome, successful lawyer, the wedding ring on his finger is the only thing she doesn't like about him. Yet as Piper well knows, no marriage is permanent.
Meanwhile, Joanna has…
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Long Shadows
Long Shadows
“Memory Man” Amos Decker—an FBI consultant with perfect recall—delves into a bewildering double homicide in this thriller by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 6:20 Man."Baldacci delivers, every time!" —Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of What Happened to the Bennetts When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears…
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Yes, Daddy
Yes, Daddy
"A gut-churning, heart-wrenching, blockbuster of a first novel . . . Parks-Ramage is an extraordinary new talent and Yes, Daddy is truly something special." —Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead ThingsA propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an older, successful playwright into a dizzying world of wealth and an idyllic Hamptons home where…
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Crosshairs
Crosshairs
Enter into a deadly race against time with this psychological thriller as New York City detective Michael Bennett faces his most terrifying killer ever. It could be anyone. They could be anywhere. A killer uses fearsome precision to take out impossible targets.  Detective Michael Bennett teams with a shooting expert—a former Army Ranger and sniper with NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit. But…
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The Whispers of War
The Whispers of War
For fans of historical novels by Kristin Harmel and Martha Hall Kelly comes a “gripping tale by a writer at the top of her game” (Fiona Davis, author of The Chelsea Girls) following three friends who struggle to remain loyal as one of them is threatened with internment by the British government at the start of World War II. In August of 1939, as Britain watches the headlines in fear of another…
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25 Alive
25 Alive
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!  Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, medical examiner Claire Washburn, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano, and crime reporter Cindy Thomas investigate the shocking murder of a former SFPD chief in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author.     “Those who haven’t read any of the novels in…
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Fallen
Fallen
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Shakeup
Shakeup
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