Books Like Cutting for Stone

10 books for fans of Cutting for Stone

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   The Covenant of Water

   by Abraham Verghese

   Spanning 1900 to 1977 in Kerala, India, three generations of one family grapple with a mysterious curse that causes skilled swimmers to drown. Verghese weaves together love, faith, and medical mystery in this sweeping epic that explores how families endure across time and tragedy.

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   Spanning 1900 to 1977 in Kerala, India, three generations of one family grapple with a mysterious curse that causes skilled swimmers to drown. Verghese weaves together love, faith, and medical mystery in this sweeping epic that explores how families endure across time and tragedy.

   ★ 4.41 Goodreads (326.1K ratings)

   715 pages • 2023

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   Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

   Harry Potter • Book 4

   by J.K. Rowling

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (4.2M ratings)

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   Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

   Harry Potter • Book 5

   by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré

   ★ 4.50 Goodreads (3.8M ratings)

   896 pages • 2003

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   Demon Copperhead

   by Barbara Kingsolver

   Kingsolver transposes David Copperfield to modern Appalachia, following Demon through foster care, addiction, and systemic poverty. A Pulitzer-winning portrait of America's forgotten communities.

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   Kingsolver transposes David Copperfield to modern Appalachia, following Demon through foster care, addiction, and systemic poverty. A Pulitzer-winning portrait of America's forgotten communities.

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (824.6K ratings)

   560 pages • 2022

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   East of Eden

   by John Steinbeck

   Steinbeck retells Cain and Abel through generations of California families, exploring how the capacity for both good and evil passes through bloodlines in the Salinas Valley.

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   Steinbeck retells Cain and Abel through generations of California families, exploring how the capacity for both good and evil passes through bloodlines in the Salinas Valley.

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (655.0K ratings)

   866 pages • 1952

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   [Demons] [By: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor] [September, 1994]

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky

   Dostoyevsky's prophetic novel follows Russian revolutionaries whose ideological extremism leads them to consider murdering their own comrades to protect their cause.

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   Dostoyevsky's prophetic novel follows Russian revolutionaries whose ideological extremism leads them to consider murdering their own comrades to protect their cause.

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (64.3K ratings)

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   Hemingway

   by Nate Cleveland

   ★ 5.00 Goodreads (2 ratings)

   546 pages • 2024

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   The Brothers K

   by David James Duncan

   The Chance family fractures over Vietnam, religion, and baseball in this sprawling American epic that follows four brothers through the cultural upheavals of the 1960s and beyond.

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   The Chance family fractures over Vietnam, religion, and baseball in this sprawling American epic that follows four brothers through the cultural upheavals of the 1960s and beyond.

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (17.1K ratings)

   645 pages • 1992

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   Crime and Punishment

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky

   ★ 4.29 Goodreads (1.1M ratings)

   735 pages • 1866

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    Crime and Punishment

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett - translator

    After killing an old woman for her money, Raskolnikov finds that escaping punishment means nothing if you cannot escape the weight of your own conscience.

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    After killing an old woman for her money, Raskolnikov finds that escaping punishment means nothing if you cannot escape the weight of your own conscience.

    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (1.1M ratings)

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