Book description
A New York Times and Guardian Best Thriller of the Year
A Deadly Pleasures and Minnesota Star Tribune Best Book of the Year
“A cliffhanger of a tale . . . Around the mystery of the fate of the so-called Metland Egg, Bauer constructs a multigenerational drama as captivating as…
- Coming soon!
Why read it?
1 author picked The Impossible Thing as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Imagine a crime novel about eggs! The story is about egg stealing, or trafficking, and a very rare red egg laid by guillemot birds. These eggs are so sought after that people kill for them, and the greed involved in egg trafficking is astounding. The book is based on fact, but the author has done a fabulous job of writing an enthralling and fascinating novel.
If you love The Impossible Thing...
Aggressor
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
Want books like The Impossible Thing?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 17 books like The Impossible Thing.
📚 If you like The Impossible Thing, you might also like...
Old Man Country
This book follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom as he narrates encounters with 12 distinguished American men over 80, including Paul Volcker, the former head of the Federal Reserve, and Denton Cooley, the world’s most famous heart surgeon.
In these and other intimate conversations, the book…
Lane and the Inventor
A grumpy-sunshine, slow-burn, sweet-and-steamy romance set in wild and beautiful small-town Colorado. Lane Gravers is a wanderer, adventurer, yoga instructor, and social butterfly when she meets reserved, quiet, pensive Logan Hickory, a loner inventor with a painful past.
Dive into this small-town, steamy romance between two opposites who find love…