Sunday's on the Phone to Monday
Christine Reilly
A quirky, tightknit family running a struggling record store in '90s New York. Sweet and a little heartbreaking, with a lot of love packed in.
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The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman
A lighthouse keeper and his wife keep a baby that washes ashore — and it wrecks everyone. Cried.
★ 5Ghosts
Dolly Alderton
Its narrator, 32-year-old Nina Dean, is more established than Rooney’s heroines but just as relatable, quick-witted, and candid. Nina’s life is complete in all ways but one — her career as a food writer is thriving, she lives in a beautiful London apartment, and her platonic relationships are wonderful. She doesn’t, however, have a partner. Then she meets the perfect guy, and we’re off to the races. Until he ghosts her…
★ 5French Braid
Anne Tyler
A Baltimore family traced across decades and all the small ways they drift apart and find each other again. Quintessential Anne Tyler.