A Stranger in the Family: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and Unconditional Love

9 best books like A Stranger in the Family: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and Unconditional Love (Steven Naifeh): The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony, The Twisted Ones, Ladder of Years, A Walk Across America, Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home, Imaginary Friend, The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe, Toffee, White Bird

The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony

Author	James Deetz
ISBN	0385721536

James Deetz, who until his death was a leading expert on the archaeology of Plymouth Colony, and his wife, cultural historian Patricia Scott Deetz, give a realistic and fascinating picture of life in colonial America as they recount, in colorful detail, the true story of Plymouth Colony.

The...

The Twisted Ones

Author	T. Kingfisher
ISBN	1534429573

When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the woods.

When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be?

Answer:...

Ladder of Years

Author	Anne Tyler
ISBN	0804113475

If Ladder of Years isn't already one of my favorite novels, The Last Picture Show and The Remains of the Day can see it in their rearview mirrors. Taken together, each novel documents the human experience at critical points, ages 18, 45 and 65, perhaps. Anne Tyler's compulsively absorbing comic drama...

A Walk Across America

Author

Peter Jenkins

Twenty-five years ago, a disillusioned young man set out on a walk across America. This is the book he wrote about that journey -- a classic account of the reawakening of his faith in himself and his country.

"I started out searching for myself and my country," Peter Jenkins writes, "and found...

Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home

Author	Nicole J. Georges
ISBN	0544577833

From an award-winning artist, a memoir of life with a difficult, beloved dog that will resonate with anybody who has ever had a less than perfectly behaved pet

When Nicole Georges was sixteen she adopted Beija, a dysfunctional shar-pei/corgi mix—a troublesome combination of tiny and attack,...

Imaginary Friend

Author	Stephen Chbosky
ISBN	1538731339

IMAGINE...
Leaving your house in the middle of the night.
Knowing your mother is doing her best, but she's just as scared as you.

IMAGINE...
Starting a new school, making friends.
Seeing how happy it makes your mother.
Hearing a voice, calling out to you.

IMAGINE...
Following...

The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe

Author	Mary Simses
ISBN	0316225851

A high-powered Manhattan attorney finds love, purpose, and the promise of a simpler life in her grandmother's hometown.

Ellen Branford is going to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish--to find the hometown boy she once loved, and give him her last letter. Ellen leaves Manhattan and her Kennedy-esque...

Toffee

Author	Sarah Crossan
ISBN	1408868121

The astonishing new novel from the incomparable, multi-award-winning and Laureate, Sarah Crossan.

I am not who I say I am,
and Marla isn't who she thinks she is.

I am a girl trying to forget.
She is a woman trying to remember.

Allison has run away from home, and with...

White Bird

Author

R.J. Palacio

Wow! I borrowed this today from the library. I was going to concurrently read it with the other two library books I have at home and other reading material too. I had three phone calls I meant to make today. I picked up the book to start it, and I didn’t put it down until I finished it. I did not expect that....