Books Like The River

10 books for fans of The River

1. 1

   

   The Hour I First Believed

   by Wally Lamb

   Multiple generations of family trauma intersect with myth and psychology in Lamb's most ambitious exploration of how the past shapes present identity.

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   Multiple generations of family trauma intersect with myth and psychology in Lamb's most ambitious exploration of how the past shapes present identity.

   ★ 3.84 Goodreads (66.1K ratings)

   740 pages • 2008

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   We Are Water

   by Wally Lamb

   ★ 3.84 Goodreads (56.6K ratings)

   561 pages • 2013

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3. 3

   

   Theo of Golden

   by Allen Levi

   When Theo starts purchasing ninety-two portraits from a coffeehouse wall, he quietly begins changing an entire town through simple acts of recognition.

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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)

   400 pages • 2023

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4. 4

   

   Sunrise on the Reaping

   The Hunger Games

   by Suzanne Collins

   Follow teenage Haymitch Abernathy into the arena during the second Quarter Quell, where the Capitol's twisted anniversary celebration doubles the death toll.

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   Follow teenage Haymitch Abernathy into the arena during the second Quarter Quell, where the Capitol's twisted anniversary celebration doubles the death toll.

   ★ 4.50 Goodreads (1.1M ratings)

   387 pages • 2025

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5. 5

   

   The Great Alone

   by Kristin Hannah

   Thirteen-year-old Leni watches her father's PTSD tear their family apart in 1970s Alaska, where the wilderness is less dangerous than the man who brought them there.

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   Thirteen-year-old Leni watches her father's PTSD tear their family apart in 1970s Alaska, where the wilderness is less dangerous than the man who brought them there.

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M ratings)

   435 pages • 2018

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6. 6

   

   The Hate U Give

   The Hate U Give • Book 1

   by Angie Thomas

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (1.0M ratings)

   444 pages • 2017

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7. 7

   

   UnDivided

   Unwind Dystology • Book 4

   by Neal Shusterman

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (32.4K ratings)

   372 pages • 2014

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   Arch of Triumph

   by Erich Maria Remarque

   ★ 4.43 Goodreads (32.8K ratings)

   464 pages • 1945

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   The Darkest Child

   by Delores Phillips

   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.

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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)

   400 pages • 2004

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10. 10

    

    Small Great Things

    Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

    by Jodi Picoult

    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.

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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)

    510 pages • 2016

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