10 books for fans of How to Read a Book
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The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
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An epistolary novel built from discovered correspondence reveals one woman's journey through decades of artistic ambition, romantic heartbreak, and historical upheaval. Evans explores how letters create intimate connections across time and preserve the fragments that define a life.
★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K ratings) - 2
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
by Robert Dugoni
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Sam Hill's rare condition that gives him red pupils makes him an outcast, but with support from his devout mother, practical father, and two misfit friends, he learns to see differently.
★ 4.45 Goodreads (230.8K ratings) - 3
The Essential Rumi
by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi, Coleman Barks, Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, A.J. Arberry, John Moyne
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Rumi's mystical poetry bridges earthly passion and spiritual transcendence, turning wine, dancing, and romantic yearning into metaphors for divine connection. These translations capture the Persian master's intoxicating blend of sensuality and sacred wisdom.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (50.8K ratings) - 4
Long Way Gone
by Charles Martin
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Cooper O'Connor fled Tennessee for Nashville dreams that died hard — now he must return home to face everything he abandoned, including himself.
★ 4.38 Goodreads (20.2K ratings) - 5
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The Road to Tender Hearts
by Annie Hartnett
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PJ Halliday's million-dollar windfall becomes the catalyst for an unlikely road trip featuring two orphaned children, his estranged daughter, and a cat with supernatural abilities.
★ 4.35 Goodreads (61.9K ratings) - 7
Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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A physics professor leaves academia to become one of NASA's first female astronauts, trading telescopes for shuttles in pursuit of the cosmos she's studied from afar.
★ 4.33 Goodreads (758.2K ratings) - 8
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Among the Vesper Spires: Eternally in Joy for a Day’s Exercise on the Earth
by Gregory Graybill
★ 5.00 Goodreads (3 ratings) - 10
Blind Trust
by John W. Feist
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When Japan's natural gas infrastructure collapses, steel executive Brad Oaks and his wife Amaya confront nationwide blackouts and the country's first female prime minister's power struggles.
★ 4.75 Goodreads (4 ratings)