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Carla Buckley is the internationally bestselling author of The Good Goodbye, The Deepest Secret, Invisible, and The Things That Keep Us Here, which was nominated for a Thriller Award as a best first novel and the Ohioana Book Award for fiction. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and the Wharton School of Business, and currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She serves on the board of the International Thriller Writers as Vice President, Awards and is at work on her next novel.

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Average rating: 3.82 · 16,732 ratings · 2,352 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Good Goodbye 3.94 avg rating — 6,141 ratings — published 2016 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deepest Secret 3.74 avg rating — 4,957 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Things That Keep Us Here 3.92 avg rating — 3,921 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible 3.44 avg rating — 1,713 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Wonderfully surprising and deeply tender coming-of-age story. Laugh out loud and tearful, too.
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Carla Buckley and 4 other people liked Jacqueline Burke's review of The Possible World: "Thank you Netgalley and publishers for providing an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest opinion. What a wonderful novel The Possible World is! This story unfolds through the perspectives of three narrators: Lucy, an overworked trauma docto..." Read more of this review »
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Truly terrific and lively novel about (of all places) the Human Resources department of a fictitious NYC research company.
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A gorgeously suspenseful, beautifully written story of a girl's coming of age following the brutal murder of a young boy in her neighborhood while she grapples with her own father's betrayal. One of the best novels I've ever read.
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“Easy enough to fight when the monster kept its distance, easy enough to draw the line. But when the moster was literally outside the door, that's when your actions mattered. The hard choice wasn't opening the door. The hard choice was keeping it closed.”
― Carla Buckley, The Things That Keep Us Here

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“...The lies we tell, and let ourselves believe, in the name of love.

The first thing you should know is that everyone lies. The second thing is that it matters.”
― Carla Buckley

tags: in-the-name-of-love, lies, lies-matter, life, love, reality-of-life, realizations

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“The first time you hold your baby and see she's all right, you breathe a sigh of relief. You think you've crossed the finish line. You don't realize that the race had just begun.”
― Carla Buckley, The Good Goodbye

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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

5 votes, 27.8%

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

3 votes, 16.7%

The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley

2 votes, 11.1%

The Selection by Kiera Cass

2 votes, 11.1%

Legend by Marie Lu

2 votes, 11.1%

Divergent by Veronica Roth

2 votes, 11.1%

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

1 vote, 5.6%

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

1 vote, 5.6%

The Female Man by Joanna Russ

0 votes, 0.0%

Facial Justice by L.P. Hartley

0 votes, 0.0%

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

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The Children of Men by P.D. James

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Matched by Ally Condie

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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

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Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson

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