Saints of Big Harbour

8 best books like Saints of Big Harbour (Lynn Coady): White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, An Orchestra of Minorities, Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven, Motherhood, The Innocents, Dual Citizens, The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District, Saints of the Shadow Bible

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Author

Robin DiAngelo

The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.

Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially,...

An Orchestra of Minorities

Author	Chigozie Obioma
ISBN	0316412392

A heart-breaking and mythic story about a Nigerian poultry farmer who sacrifices everything to win the woman he loves, by Man Booker Finalist and author of The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma.

A contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit of a...

Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven

Author

Bella Forrest

When a rogue 19-year-old witch is recruited to help guard an ancient magical Bestiary, a breath-stealing journey begins...
Being an empath has its advantages.

Harley Merlin can sense people’s emotions, among other things. It’s how she snagged her first job pinpointing cheaters...

Motherhood

Author	Sheila Heti
ISBN	1627790772

From the author of How Should a Person Be? (“one of the most talked-about books of the year”—Time Magazine) and the New York Times Bestseller Women in Clothes comes a daring novel about whether to have children.

In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman...

The Innocents

Author

Michael Crummey

From prizewinning author Michael Crummey comes a spellbinding story of survival in which a brother and sister confront the limits of human endurance and their own capacity for loyalty and forgiveness.
A brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline....

Dual Citizens

Author

Alix Ohlin

Lark and Robin are half-sisters whose similarities end at being named for birds. While Lark is shy and studious, Robin is wild and artistic. Raised in Montreal by their disinterested single mother, they form a fierce team in childhood regardless of their differences. As they grow up, Lark excels at...

The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District

Author	James Rebanks
ISBN	0385682840

Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, he and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations. Their way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand,...

Saints of the Shadow Bible

Author	Ian Rankin
ISBN	0316224553

Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the past

Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. He is investigating a car accident when news arrives that a case from 30 years...