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The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.85 — 861,953 ratings — published 2020
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.31 — 106,244 ratings — published 2024
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.90 — 146,836 ratings — published 2010
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.82 — 311,970 ratings — published 2009
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,280,111 ratings — published 2012
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.49 — 226,776 ratings — published 2014
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.42 — 8,918 ratings — published 1984
The Correspondent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.43 — 886,648 ratings — published 2025
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.34 — 385,685 ratings — published 2021
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.72 — 43,208 ratings — published 2013
Our Souls at Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.92 — 88,866 ratings — published 2015
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,902,821 ratings — published 1993
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,726,610 ratings — published 2006
Theo of Golden (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.43 — 615,414 ratings — published 2023
Mad Mabel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.37 — 288,006 ratings — published 2025
The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.45 — 258,744 ratings — published 2023
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.01 — 237,503 ratings — published 2023
The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.34 — 303,251 ratings — published 2022
The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.79 — 88,242 ratings — published 2021
How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.09 — 50,979 ratings — published 2020
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,578,725 ratings — published 2022
Killers of a Certain Age (Killers of a Certain Age, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.85 — 127,305 ratings — published 2022
The Remember Balloons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.71 — 2,394 ratings — published 2018
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.92 — 32,938 ratings — published 2014
The Story of Arthur Truluv (Mason, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.19 — 57,372 ratings — published 2017
The Buried Giant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.59 — 128,271 ratings — published 2015
Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.13 — 114,646 ratings — published 2019
Drawn Together (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.40 — 6,332 ratings — published 2018
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.16 — 32,764 ratings — published 2014
Lost & Found (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.40 — 12,504 ratings — published 2014
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,375,082 ratings — published 1952
Emily, Alone (Emily Maxwell, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.68 — 5,643 ratings — published 2011
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.94 — 200,312 ratings — published 2012
Life After Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.33 — 4,857 ratings — published 2013
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,984 ratings — published 2007
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.86 — 280,984 ratings — published 2008
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.27 — 334,877 ratings — published 1987
Too Old for This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.78 — 60,332 ratings — published 2025
The Heart of Winter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.07 — 8,711 ratings — published 2025
Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.27 — 21,556 ratings — published 2024
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.04 — 29,858 ratings — published 2024
How to Age Disgracefully (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.11 — 71,580 ratings — published 2024
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge (Mrs. Plansky #1)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.68 — 6,108 ratings — published 2023
The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp (Miss Sharp Investigates, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.51 — 7,789 ratings — published 2020
The Old Woman with the Knife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.49 — 9,092 ratings — published 2013
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed (Elderly Lady, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.86 — 15,088 ratings — published 2020
Dandelion Wine (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.09 — 82,053 ratings — published 1957
The Switch (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.93 — 156,464 ratings — published 2020
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 4.05 — 20,183 ratings — published 2020
Florence Gordon (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as elderly)
avg rating 3.68 — 4,399 ratings — published 2014
“brothers,
this big woman
carries much sweetness
in the folds of her flesh.
her hair
is white with wonderful.
she is
rounder than the moon
and far more faithful.
brothers,
who will hold her,
who will find her beautiful
if you do not?”
― Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000
this big woman
carries much sweetness
in the folds of her flesh.
her hair
is white with wonderful.
she is
rounder than the moon
and far more faithful.
brothers,
who will hold her,
who will find her beautiful
if you do not?”
― Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000
