10 books for fans of The Little Stranger
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo
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Romani dancer Esmeralda captivates 1482 Paris while hunchbacked Quasimodo and obsessed Archdeacon Frollo spiral toward tragic destruction around Notre-Dame.
★ 4.02 Goodreads (220.8K ratings) - 2
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The Chosen: I Have Called You By Name
The Chosen • Book 1
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Rather than retelling familiar Gospel events, Jenkins imagines the raw human experience of meeting Jesus and having your worldview completely overturned.
★ 4.67 Goodreads (1.7K ratings) - 4
Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi
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When Theo starts purchasing ninety-two portraits from a coffeehouse wall, he quietly begins changing an entire town through simple acts of recognition.
★ 4.57 Goodreads (168.5K ratings) - 5
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The Godfather
The Godfather • Book 1
by Mario Puzo
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Puzo's saga follows the Corleone family through decades of power struggles, betrayals, and violence that defined American organized crime. The novel explores how loyalty and brutality intertwine when family business means life and death.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (468.0K ratings) - 8
The Darkest Child
by Delores Phillips
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Tangy Mae, the brightest but darkest-skinned of ten children, battles her abusive mother's colorism and violence in 1958 Georgia while desperately seeking education and freedom.
★ 4.38 Goodreads (17.8K ratings) - 9
Small Great Things
Ruth Jefferson • Book 1
by Jodi Picoult
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After twenty years as a labor nurse, Ruth Jefferson faces her most impossible case: a newborn whose parents refuse her care because she's Black.
★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K ratings) - 10
My Friends
by Fredrik Backman
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Four teenagers forge a friendship so powerful it reaches across twenty-five years to transform a complete stranger's life in ways none of them could imagine.
★ 4.36 Goodreads (413.4K ratings)