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Readalikes for the Midnight Library by Matt Haig. All available to borrow from SCLS.

Updated September 30, 2024
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Life after life : a novel
Atkinson, Kate.
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The PRIZE-WINNING BESTSELLER, now a major BBC1 DRAMA SERIES starring Thomasin McKenzie, Sian Clifford and James McArdle, directed by BAFTA award-winning John Crowley. 'Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound... one of the best novels I've read...
The husbands : a novel
Gramazio, Holly
Paper Book
**NO 1 KINDLE BESTSELLER** **A SUNDAY TIMES AND RED BOOK OF THE YEAR** 'As soon as I started reading I thought, 'I wish I'd thought of that.' Huge fun' KATE ATKINSON * 'One of the funniest debuts for years' SUNDAY TIMES * 'The most...
The impossible lives of Greta Wells
Greer, Andrew Sean.
Paper Book
One Woman. Three Lives. Which will she choose?
Before the coffee gets cold : a novel
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
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The million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. Toshikazu Kawaguchi's uplifting Before the Coffee Gets Cold, translated from Japanese, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could...
Landline
Rowell, Rainbow.
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What advice would you give the younger you...and would you listen? As far as time machines go, a magic telephone is pretty useless. TV writer Georgie McCool can't actually visit the past; all she can do is call it, and hope it picks up. Is she going crazy or is this a chance...
The two lives of Lydia Bird : a novel
Silver, Josie
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Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They've been together for almost a decade, and Lydia thinks their love is indestructible. But she's wrong. Because on her 27th birthday, Freddie dies in a tragic accident. So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors...
The storied life of A.J. Fikry : a novel
Zevin, Gabrielle.
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A.J. Fikry owns a failing bookshop. His wife has just died, in tragic circumstances. His rare and valuable first edition has been stolen. His life is a wreck. Amelia is a book rep, with a big heart, and a lonely life. Maya is the baby left on A.J.'s bookshop floor with a note. ...
Oona out of order /
Montimore, Margarita,
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THE GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK AMAZON EDITORS' 20 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'With its countless epiphanies and surprises, Oona proves difficult to put down' USA Today 'By turns tragic and triumphant, heartbreakingly...
Cassandra in reverse /
Smale, Holly
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If you had the power to change the past. . . where would you start? Cassie has never really fitted in. She remembers everything. Understands nothing. And consistently says the wrong thing. So when she gets dumped, fired AND her local cafe runs out of banana muffins -...
The nine lives of Rose Napolitano
Freitas, Donna.
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'Honest and original, Rose Napolitano is a story for every woman - for anyone who's wondered "what if?", for anyone who's wondered where a different path might lead' Dawn O'Porter ONE QUESTION. ONE CHOICE. NINE PATHS TO THE REST OF HER LIFE...
The versions of us /
Barnett, Laura,
Paper Book
A NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The beautiful love child of David Nicholl's One Day and Kate Atkinson's Life After Life' The Times What if one small decision...
Maybe in another life :
Reid, Taylor Jenkins.
Paper Book
The post-birthday world
Shriver, Lionel.
Paper Book
Ähnlich einem Handbuch informiert die Darstellung in übersichtlich gegliederten Einzelartikeln über die wesentlichen Bindungen, die Theodor Fontane zu Zeitungen und Zeitschriften sowie zu Verlagen und Vereinen unterhielt. Jeder Artikel gliedert sich in ein Kurzporträt und eine geschlossene, mit...
The book of two ways : a novel
Picoult, Jodi
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Order Jodi Picoult's stunning new novel about life, death, and missed opportunities. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A writer the world should be reading right now.' Independent Who would you be, if you...
This time tomorrow
Straub, Emma.
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Alice Stern isn't ready to turn forty. She thought she'd have it figured out by now, and have spent more time with her father Leonard, who is very sick. When she wakes up outside their old apartment on her birthday, she's surprised to see a much younger Leonard, with a sixteenth birthday card for...
The storied life of A. J. Fikry
Zevin, Gabrielle.
Paper Book
A.J. Fikry owns a failing bookshop. His wife has just died, in tragic circumstances. His rare and valuable first edition has been stolen. His life is a wreck. Amelia is a book rep, with a big heart, and a lonely life. Maya is the baby left on A.J.'s bookshop floor with a note. ...
One day in December :
Silver, Josie
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Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist. After all, life isn't a scene from the movies, is it? But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and...
4 3 2 1 /
Auster, Paul,
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 On March 3, 1947, in the maternity ward of Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the one and only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born. From that single beginning, Ferguson's life will take four...
The man who saw everything /
Levy, Deborah.
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One of the most exciting books of the year - this new masterpiece from Deborah Levy is the perfect gift LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2019 'An utterly beguiling fever dream of a novel... Its...
What does it feel like? :
Kinsella, Sophie
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From Number One bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story - by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming - of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew. 'What Does It Feel Like? is fiction, but it is my most...
The reading list :
Adams, Sara Nisha
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*Discover the magic of The Twilight Garden, the brand new novel from Sara Nisha Adams - available to buy now**A finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards for Fiction, discover this year's most uplifting and heart-warming debut* âe~Absolutely gorgeousâe(tm) RUTH WARE âe~A...
The last chance library /
Sampson, Freya,
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What you are looking for is in the library :
Aoyama, Michiko,
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THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING JAPANESE NOVEL The Top Ten Times bestseller A Time Magazine Book of the Year 'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times 'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail 'It...

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