The Correspondent Read-Alikes

Updated February 20, 2026
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Must I go : a novel
Li, Yiyun
Paper Book
"One of our major novelists" (Salman Rushdie) tells the story of a woman reflecting on her uncompromising life, and the life of a former lover, in this provocative novel. "Yiyun Li is one of my favorite writers, and Must I Go is an extraordinary book."--Meg...
Olive Kitteridge
Strout, Elizabeth.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE * THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING HBO MINISERIES STARRING FRANCES MCDORMAND, RICHARD JENKINS, AND BILL MURRAY In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich,...
The heart of winter : a novel
Evison, Jonathan
Paper Book
Abe Winter and Ruth Warneke were never meant to be together - at least if you ask Ruth. Yet their catastrophic blind date in college evolved into a seventy-year marriage and a life on a farm on Bainbridge Island with their hens and beloved Labrador Megs. Through the years, the Winters have fallen in...
How does that make you feel, Magda Eklund? : a novel
Montague, Anna
Paper Book
A funny and moving novel about love, loss, and new beginnings found on an unlikely road trip Most days, Magda is fine. She has her routines. She has her anxious therapy patients, who depend on her to cure their bad habits. She has her longtime colleagues, whose playful bickering she...
The collected regrets of Clover
Brammer, Mikki
Paper Book
USA Today Bestseller * Best Book of 2023 by NPR "This weird, lovely and sweetly satisfying novel [is] engaging and accessible...Clover's emergence from a shuttered life is moving enough to elicit tears, and Brammer's take on death and grieving is profound...
We all want impossible things : a novel
Newman, Catherine
Paper Book
Swimming lessons
Fuller, Claire
Paper Book
The new novel from the author of the Richard & Judy Book Club Pick Our Endless Numbered Days. Ingrid writes letters to her husband Gil about their life together. But instead of giving them to him, she hides each in the thousands of books Gil has collected. Despite their two...
On Earth we're briefly gorgeous a novel
Vuong, Ocean
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller * Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction * Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century ...
Violeta : a novel
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. "An immersive saga...
Meet me at the museum
Youngson, Anne
Paper Book
When Tina Hopgood writes a letter of regret to a man she has never met, she doesn't expect a reply. When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator, answers it, nor does he. They're both searching for something, they just don't know it yet.
Dear Mrs. Bird
Pearce, A. J.
Paper Book
London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort as a volunteer telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When a job is advertised at the London Evening Chronicle, Emmy's sees her dream of being a Lady War Correspondent coming true. But she winds up as typist for the fierce...
The letter carrier : a novel
Giannone, Francesca
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "[A] five-star read . . . If you love a family saga, sprinkled with historical fiction elements, and strong female protagonists, you need to read this book."--theSkimm Discover a little town in southern Italy that might be just like every town-...
Cape Fever
Davids, Nadia.
Paper Book
The prayer box
Wingate, Lisa
Paper Book
ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist, Christy Award Finalist, Christianity Today Book Award Finalist! "THE PRAYER BOX is a masterpieceof story and skill."-- Debbie Macomber, NYT #1 Bestselling Author "A good option for fans of Nicholas Sparksand...
Snow Road Station : a novel
Hay, Elizabeth
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unrealized dreams, the enduring bonds of female friendship, and love's capacity to surprise us at any age. "Joyous and lyrical." --Mary Lawson "[In Snow Road...
A keeper
Norton, Graham
Paper Book
Graham Norton's debut novel HOLDING was a Sunday Times bestseller and loved by readers everywhere. His new novel, A KEEPER, is a twisted tale of secrets and ill-fated loves that once again demonstrates Norton's understanding of human nature and all its darkest flaws.<...

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