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Books Like Peace Like a River

by Leif Enger · about this book

Loved Peace Like a River by Leif Enger? If its first person narrator, religion & spirituality and lyrical prose hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Dead Don't Dance, The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell and The Other Side of the Bridge. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Peace Like a River: First Person Narrator · Religion & Spirituality · Lyrical Prose · Emotional · Father and Son

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   The Dead Don't Dance

   Charles Martin

   Christian Fiction · Rural Farm · Lyrical Prose · Religious Identity · First Person Narrator

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   The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

   Robert Dugoni

   Religious Identity · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age · Historical Fiction

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   The Other Side of the Bridge

   Mary Lawson

   Coming of Age · Rural Farm · Brothers · Father and Son · Historical Fiction

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   Cutting for Stone

   Abraham Verghese

   Father and Son · Brothers · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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   To Kill a Mockingbird

   Harper Lee

   Single Father · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · Emotional

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   A Gentleman in Moscow

   Amor Towles

   Single Father · Lyrical Prose · Emotional · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction

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   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Rural Farm · Coming of Age · Emotional · Lyrical Prose · Single Parent Protagonist

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   The Ten Thousand Doors of January

   Alix E. Harrow

   Lyrical Prose · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction

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   The Outcasts of Time

   Ian Mortimer

   Brothers · Religion & Spirituality · First Person Narrator · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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    Tom's Crossing

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    Rural Farm · Coming of Age · Religious Identity · Lyrical Prose · Literary Fiction

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11. 

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Arthur Golden

    Lyrical Prose · Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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12. 

    All the Light We Cannot See

    Anthony Doerr

    Lyrical Prose · Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · Emotional · Historical Fiction

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    The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

    James McBride

    Religious Identity · Literary Fiction · Emotional · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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    The Outsiders

    S.E. Hinton

    Brothers · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age · Emotional · Literary Fiction

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    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    Lyrical Prose · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Emotional · Rural Farm

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    Spinning Silver

    Naomi Novik

    Religious Identity · Lyrical Prose · First Person Narrator · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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17. 

    Corrag

    Susan Fletcher

    Lyrical Prose · First Person Narrator · Literary Fiction · Religious Identity · Emotional

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18. 

    This Time Tomorrow

    Emma Straub

    Single Father · Emotional · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Character-Driven

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19. 

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Lyrical Prose · First Person Narrator · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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    The Bookbinder

    Pip Williams

    Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Lyrical Prose · Emotional · Disability Representation

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