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    My recs! Add onto the thread 🙂

    Educated
    1. the great alone by Kristin Hannah
    2. Born a crime by Trevor Noah
    3. Where the crawdads sing by Delilah Owens

    Malibu rising
    1. California golden by Melanie Benjamin — reminds me SO MUCH of Malibu Rising!!!
    2. Other RECENT Taylor Jenkins Reid books (The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo of course, Carrie Soto is Back)

    The nightengale by Kristin Hannah
    1. The four winds by Kristin Hannah
    2. The great alone by Kristin Hannah
    3. Kite runner / a thousand splendid suns by Khalid Hosseini
    4. All the lights we cannot see by Anthony doerr (I feel this is obvious haha)

    I’ll add more as I think of books that remind me of each other!

    by Civil-Designer-7720

    3 Comments

    1. SparklingGrape21 on

      If you like Educated read The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

      If you like The Nightingale read Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon

      If you like Little Fires Everywhere read The Mother-in-law by Sally Hepworth

      If you like The Thursday Murder Club read Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto

      If you like Where the Crawdads Sing read White Oleander by Janet Fitch

    2. Sure, I have suggestions for a wide range of genres

      **Disasters with Boats**

      * The Wager by David Grann
      * The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
      * In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
      * Dead Wake by Eric Larson
      * Island of the Lost by Joan Druett
      * Into the Raging Sea by Rachel Slade

      **Disasters with Snow**

      * The White Darkness by David Grann
      * Alive by Piers Paul Read
      * Mawson’s Will by Leonard Bickel
      * The Worst Journey in the World by Ansley cherry-Gerard
      * Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

      **Disasters with Boats and Snow**

      * Endurance by Alfred Lansing
      * The Terror by Dan Simmons
      * In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
      * Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton
      * Icebound by Andrea Pitzer

      Anyway, pretty sure I covered all the major genres, enjoy!

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