Summary | Excerpt | Reading Guide | Reviews | Read-Alikes | Genres & Themes | Author Bio
A Novel
by Shelley ReadIf you liked Go as a River, try these:
by Ann Patchett
Published Apr 2025
Read ReviewsIn this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers.
by Terah Shelton Harris
Published May 2024
Read ReviewsAn explosive and emotional story of four siblings―each fighting their own personal battle―who return home in the wake of their father's death in order to save their family's home from being sold out from under them, from the author of One Summer in Savannah.
by Susan Tekulve
Published Apr 2013
Read ReviewsBleak, harrowing, and beautifully told, In the Garden of Stone is a haunting saga of endurance and redemption.
by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Published Jun 2012
Read ReviewsFor 16 year-old Margo Crane, a river odyssey through rural Michigan becomes a defining journey, one that leads her beyond self-preservation and to the decision of what price she is willing to pay for her choices.
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it...
Click Here to find out who said this, as well as discovering other famous literary quotes!
Your guide toexceptional books
BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.