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24 alternatives to Ordinary Light

National Book Award nomination for Nonfiction 2015

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ordinary Light launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A Little Life: A Novel▲5

   National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   National Book Award nomination for YA Literature 2015

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   Fortune Smiles: Stories▲57

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   National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

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   Fates and Furies▲71

   National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs▲70

   National Book Award nomination for Nonfiction 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Soul of an Octopus▲4

   National Book Award nomination for Nonfiction 2015

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   Bright Dead Things▲1

   National Book Award nomination for Poetry 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude▲2

   National Book Award nomination for Poetry 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Turner House▲5

    National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War▲60

    National Book Award nomination for YA Literature 2015

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    Light▲58

    A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Nimona▲3

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    The Sellout▲55

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    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Waking Up▲71

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    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Meaningful▲69

    The story of ideas that fly

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Andy Grove▲76

    The life and times of an American

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Black Swan▲80

    The impact of the highly improbable

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    The Art of Possibility▲58

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    We Need Diverse Books▲87

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    2014 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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    How to Be Drawn▲3

    National Book Award nomination for Poetry 2015

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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