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If you loved a mysterious book leading to secrets
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Why Matchbook recommends it: A boy chooses a forgotten novel from the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and is drawn into its author's dark history.
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Books Like The Lost Bookshop
The Lost Bookshop weaves together a 1920s woman running from a stifling life, a present-day woman in Dublin and a bookshop that seems to appear only for those who need it. Readers looking for books like The Lost Bookshop want dual timelines, bookish settings with a touch of magic, women starting over and the comforting sense that stories can find the people who need them.
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If you loved a bookshop that changes lives
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin
Why Matchbook recommends it: A grieving island bookseller's life is transformed when a child is left in his shop.
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If you loved a dual timeline with a hidden shop
The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner
Why Matchbook recommends it: A secret apothecary in 18th-century London and a modern woman who uncovers its history.
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If you loved gentle magic and lost stories
The Keeper of Lost Things
Ruth Hogan
Why Matchbook recommends it: A writer who collects lost objects leaves his assistant the task of returning them — warm, whimsical and kind.
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If you loved a woman starting over with books
The Bookshop on the Corner
Jenny Colgan
Why Matchbook recommends it: A librarian buys a van and becomes a travelling bookseller in the Scottish Highlands.
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If you loved a mysterious book changing a life
The Library of Lost and Found
Phaedra Patrick
Why Matchbook recommends it: A shy librarian receives a book of fairy tales that reveals family secrets she never knew.
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If you loved a bookshop as a refuge
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa
Why Matchbook recommends it: A young woman recovering from heartbreak moves into her uncle's secondhand bookshop in Tokyo.
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