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Scott Brick narrates Gabrielle Zevin's bookseller novel with an understatement that suits a story about a man learning to let himself be found — his voice doesn't push the sentiment, which is exactly right for a book that earns its warmth slowly across seven hours. He narrates six of the ten recommendations, so if Brick's clean, slightly detached delivery is the thing that worked for you here, the list gives you plenty of chances to stay in that register.

10 books for fans of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

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    2666

    2666 #1-5

    by Natasha [Translator] Bolano, Roberto; Wimmer

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    Bolaño's final novel weaves together European professors obsessed with a missing German writer and hundreds of femicides in a fictional Mexican city, creating a haunting meditation on violence and art.

    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (49.5K ratings)
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    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    by Gabrielle Zevin

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    Zevin traces the complicated bond between two game designers whose creative partnership produces both groundbreaking art and personal destruction across decades of technological change.

    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (1.4M ratings)
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    Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

    by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry

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    Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi reveals Charles Manson's psychological hold over his followers and the twisted motives behind the Tate-LaBianca killings.

    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (154.7K ratings)
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    Cloud Atlas

    by David Mitchell

    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (269.8K ratings)
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    Under the Banner of Heaven

    by Jon Krakauer

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    Two brothers murder their sister-in-law and niece, claiming divine revelation—Krakauer traces the roots of fundamentalist Mormon violence.

    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (226.8K ratings)
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    Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

    by Ayn Rand

    ★ 3.69 Goodreads (408.2K ratings)
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    The Holy Bible: King James Version

    by Anonymous

    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (320.9K ratings)
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    Heart the Lover

    by Lily King

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    King's latest explores the complexities of love through interconnected relationships that reveal how we connect, disconnect, and find each other again.

    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (201.6K ratings)
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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)
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    Sunrise on the Reaping

    The Hunger Games

    by Suzanne Collins

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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)
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