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Flashbacks
Description
Novels in which flashbacks are utilized as a plot devise, to provide critical backstory or assist in character development.
Rank
Title
Author
Added
1
Tom Lake
by
Ann Patchett
3,775 members
173 reviews
4
Score 4
Added 2026-03-06, 07:55 AM
Member
Gatoruss
2
I Know This Much Is True
by
Wally Lamb
10,932 members
180 reviews
4.1
Score 3.36
Added 2026-03-06, 07:55 AM
Member
Gatoruss
3
The Orphans of Race Point
by
Patry Francis
203 members
16 reviews
3.9
Score 3.04
Added 2026-03-06, 07:57 AM
Member
Gatoruss
4
Breathing Lessons
by
Anne Tyler
4,536 members
78 reviews
½
3.6
Score 2.83
Added 2026-03-06, 08:18 AM
Member
Gatoruss
5
Empire Falls
by
Richard Russo
9,252 members
191 reviews
3.9
Score 2.68
Added 2026-03-06, 08:32 AM
Member
Gatoruss
6
Did You Ever Have a Family
by
Bill Clegg
1,349 members
98 reviews
3.9
Score 2.56
Added 2026-03-06, 08:33 AM
Member
Gatoruss
7
The Yellow Birds
by
Kevin Powers
2,072 members
144 reviews
½
3.7
Score 2.46
Added 2026-03-06, 08:33 AM
Member
Gatoruss
8
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
by
Richard Flanagan
3,712 members
163 reviews
4
Score 2.38
Added 2026-03-06, 08:33 AM
Member
Gatoruss
9
Crossing to Safety
by
Wallace Earle Stegner
4,736 members
158 reviews
4.2
Score 2.31
Added 2026-03-06, 08:34 AM
Member
Gatoruss
10
A Man Called Ove
by
Fredrik Backman
14,377 members
790 reviews
½
4.3
Score 2.25
Added 2026-03-06, 08:35 AM
Member
Gatoruss
11
Everything I Never Told You
by
Celeste Ng
7,831 members
414 reviews
3.9
Score 2.2
Added 2026-03-06, 08:35 AM
Member
Gatoruss
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