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What to read after Forgiven by Alison Stoker: 24 titles sharing themes of Mothers & Children, Women's Fiction, Literary, and Literature & Fiction, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Parade A Novel — Rachel Cusk

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

The Vulnerables A Novel — Sigrid Nunez

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Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

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Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

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Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

The Merge A Novel — Grace Walker

The Merge A Novel

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

The Deep End of the Ocean A Novel — Jacquelyn Mitchard

The Deep End of the Ocean A Novel

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Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Daughter A Novel — Claudia Dey

Daughter A Novel

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea — Jessica Guerrieri

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

The Warbler A Novel — Sarah Beth Durst

The Warbler A Novel

Sarah Beth Durst

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

The Girl I Was (Standard Edition) From the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Perfect Marriage — Jeneva Rose

The Girl I Was (Standard Edition) From the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Perfect Marriage

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Thrilled to Death Selected Stories — Lynne Tillman

Thrilled to Death Selected Stories

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Days You Were Mine A Novel — Clare Leslie Hall

Days You Were Mine A Novel

Clare Leslie Hall

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Skin and Bones A Novel — Renée Watson

Skin and Bones A Novel

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Three Mothers — Hannah Beckerman

Hannah Beckerman

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Gulf A Novel — Mo Ogrodnik

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Hazel Says No — Jessica Berger Gross

Jessica Berger Gross

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Cursed Daughters A Novel — Oyinkan Braithwaite

Cursed Daughters A Novel

Oyinkan Braithwaite

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

The Comfort of Lies: A Novel — Randy Susan Meyers

The Comfort of Lies: A Novel

Randy Susan Meyers

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Every Precious and Fragile Thing A Novel — Barbara Davis

Every Precious and Fragile Thing A Novel

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Same As It Ever Was A Novel — Claire Lombardo

Same As It Ever Was A Novel

Claire Lombardo

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Poor Deer A Novel — Claire Oshetsky

Poor Deer A Novel

Claire Oshetsky

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things — Naomi Wood

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

Far and Away A Novel — Amy Poeppel

Far and Away A Novel

Themes: Mothers & Children • Women's Fiction • Literary

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