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Books Like The Midnight Library

If The Midnight Library by Matt Haig worked for you, these indie books offer a similar reading experience. The comparison comes from AI analysis of each full manuscript (pacing, tone, tropes, and more), not from marketing copy.

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Vanity Project

André Spiteri

Can DI Brian Brandon stop a ruthless killer before they bury him next, or will his demons bury him first? Cybersecurity consultant Ray Higgins is dead. Was it a love triangle turned deadly? Or is there something more at play? As DI Brian Brandon digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a trail of blackmail and betrayal that leads straight to Strathburgh's elite. But Brian is battling more than a killer hell-bent on silencing anyone who gets too close to the truth. A traumatic past and a drinking habit that's spiraling out of control threaten to derail the investigation and get him killed. Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Helen Fields, and Val McDermid, this gripping first instalment in a dark, gritty new Scottish crime series introduces DI Brian Brandon of the city of Strathburgh's Major Investigations Team.

Police Procedural
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Found on the Road to Damascus

Robert Hornbeck

John Locklear has built a life around self-reliance—until a four-year-old abandoned by his ex-girlfriend shatters that carefully constructed solitude. Trapped between baseball, legal obligation, and a child he never wanted, John begins an unexpected spiritual unraveling across highways and small towns, where found family and hard-won faith emerge from genuine loss and grief. Hornbeck charts this transformation with unflinching precision, balancing devastating emotional depths with dark humor and the quiet miracle of redemption earned through reluctant grace.

Literary Fiction
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Running From Herself

April Tompkins

Leah Branch is one humiliating assignment away from burning down her music career. After her singing dream dies, Leah hits the road to start over. Then a surprise record deal lands in her lap. But the label wants to mold her into a manufactured product, changing her look, her songs, and even her name. Finally, they force her to swallow one demoralizing demand too many. Caught between fame and her own soul, Leah makes a drastic move. From a peaceful small-town existence to the heady, confusing world of corporate music, Running From Herself proves there are second and even third chances. All Leah has to do is find the courage to grab them.

Women's Fiction
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Dread Dirt Road

Patti Larsen

Welcome to beautiful, magical (and murderous!) Prince Edward Island, Canada! When Necromancer Casey Cooke is forced into a summer-long vacation back home on the Island, it's not long before she's asked to look into a case right in her own backyard. Torn between gorgeous dragon detective Beau Deschamps and her friend, RCMP liaison Dana Hickey, Casey's quickly drawn into a string of murders that end up a bigger mess than the one she left behind in Toronto and may just push her over into death's realm herself before she can stop the killer!

Paranormal & Urban
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The Nonnegotiable

Susan Gooch

Ella Santiago arrives in Malibu with nothing but a backpack and secrets, fleeing a past she's determined to outrun. When she collides—literally—with Ben Carrington, a man from a world entirely unlike her own, the careful distance she's built begins to crumble. As forced proximity turns into something neither of them expected, Ella discovers that some choices can't be unmade, and that sometimes the life you're running toward matters far more than the one you're running from. A tender, unhurried romance about finding home in the last place you thought to look.

Contemporary
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Everything I Told Myself. A Novel of Love, Armor, and the Courage to Be Known

Christoff Namel

Sometimes the hardest person to keep a promise to is yourself. In Everything I Told Myself, Christoff Namel delivers a tender, intimate contemporary romance that intertwines a love story with a powerful journey of personal growth and transformation. If you crave emotional realism, vulnerable characters, and a romance that heals rather than defines, this is the book that speaks to the part of you that still believes in second chances.

Contemporary
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Unconditional: A Story of Fatherhood, Lost Love, and Lifelong Friendship

Stephen Kogon

She wasn't his daughter. But she made him a father. When Matthew's brother dies, leaving behind a newborn daughter, he must choose between walking away or raising her as his own. Spanning eighteen years, Unconditional is a heartfelt father-daughter story about family, loss, and unconditional love.

Women's Fiction

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