Lisa Wingate Popular Books

Lisa Wingate Biography & Facts

Lisa Wingate (born 1965 in Germany) is an American writer. Biography When she was younger, Lisa was inspired by a teacher who said she could expect to be a writer someday. Lisa lives and writes in Texas. Before We Were Yours remained on the New York Times bestseller list for fifty-four weeks and has sold over two million copies. Wingate has penned over thirty novels. The Tennessee Children's Home Society's scandal which involved the kidnapping of children and their illegal adoptions is the subject of her 2017 novel, Before We Were Yours. In October 2019, Wingate and Judy Christie released the book Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society. It is a nonfiction companion to Wingate's novel. Awards Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize. Oklahoma Book Award. RT Booklovers Reviewer's Choice Award. 2017 Goodreads Choice Award winner for historical fiction for Before We Were Yours. Before and After was a finalist for the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Non-Fiction History and Biography. Works Novels Tending Roses books Tending Roses (2001) Good Hope Road (2003) The Language of Sycamores (2005) Drenched in Light (2006) A Thousand Voices (2007) Texas Hill Country books Texas Cooking (2003) Lone Star Café (2004) Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner (2005) Blue Sky Hill books A Month of Summer (2008) The Summer Kitchen (2009) Beyond Summer (2010) Dandelion Summer (2011) Daily, Texas books Talk of the Town (2008) Word Gets Around (2009) Never Say Never (2010) Moses Lake books Larkspur Cove (2010) Blue Moon Bay (2012) Firefly Island (2013) Wildwood Creek (2014) Carolina Chronicles The Sea Glass Sisters (2013) The Prayer Box (2013) The Tidewater Sisters (2014) The Story Keeper (2014) The Sandcastle Sister (2015) The Sea Keeper's Daughters (2015) Sisters (2016) Outer Banks short stories/novellas A Sandy's Seashell Shop Christmas (2014) Standalone novels Before We Were Yours (2017) The Book of Lost Friends (2020) Shelterwood (expected publication 2024) Non-fiction Before and After, with Judy Christie (2019) References . Discover the Lisa Wingate popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lisa Wingate books.

Best Seller Lisa Wingate Books of 2024

  • Tiny Prisoners synopsis, comments

    Tiny Prisoners

    Maggie Hartley

    Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and wideeyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep. Aged just two and three years old, this brother and sister h...

  • Before I Was Yours synopsis, comments

    Before I Was Yours

    Virginia Macgregor

    How far would you go for a child who isn't yours? Why do readers LOVE Virginia Macgregor? 'I defy you not to fall in love' Clare Mackintosh 'Will delight you but break your heart ...

  • Beyond Summer synopsis, comments

    Beyond Summer

    Lisa Wingate

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours presents an uplifting novel set in a small Texas neighborhood where unexpected challen...

  • The Oceans Between Us synopsis, comments

    The Oceans Between Us

    Gill Thompson

    Inspired by the heartrending true events behind Ten Pound Poms, a mother fights to find her son and a child battles for survival in this riveting debut novel.'A warmhearted tale of...

  • The Summer Kitchen synopsis, comments

    The Summer Kitchen

    Lisa Wingate

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes an inspiring novel about a lonely woman who finds a connection in...

  • Before We Were Yours synopsis, comments

    Before We Were Yours

    Turbo-Learning

    A Comprehensive Book Guide of Before We Were Yours There are few things more rewarding than getting together with a group of likeminded people and discussing a good book. Book clu...

  • Tending Roses synopsis, comments

    Tending Roses

    Lisa Wingate

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes a heartfelt novel about the bonds of family and the power of seco...

  • Before We Were Yours synopsis, comments

    Before We Were Yours

    Turbo-Learning

    A Comprehensive Book Review of Before We Were Yours There are few things more rewarding than getting together with a group of likeminded people and discussing a good book. Book cl...

  • Antes de que llegaras synopsis, comments

    Antes de que llegaras

    Lisa Wingate

    El libro que ha arrasado por sorpresa en las listas de Estados Unidos, basado en el impactante caso de niños robados que conmocionó al país.Aunque la vida nos lleve por diferentes ...

  • Die Sonnenblumenschwestern synopsis, comments

    Die Sonnenblumenschwestern

    Martha Hall Kelly

    Drei Frauen, die inmitten eines gespaltenen Landes um alles kämpfen müssen, was ihnen lieb und teuer ist …1861: Georgeanna stammt aus gutem Hause, für Ballabende hat die junge New ...

  • A Thousand Voices synopsis, comments

    A Thousand Voices

    Lisa Wingate

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours explores the connection between our hearts and our pasts in this emotional n...

  • Eine Bibliothek in Paris synopsis, comments

    Eine Bibliothek in Paris

    Janet Skeslien Charles

    Bücher sind das Licht in der Dunkelheit, der Hoffnungsschimmer in der Not …Montana, 1983. Auf der Suche nach Abenteuern lernt die zwölfjährige Lily ihre Nachbarin Odile kennen. Zwi...

  • The Book of Lost Friends synopsis, comments

    The Book of Lost Friends

    Lisa Wingate

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of t...

  • The Last Garden in England synopsis, comments

    The Last Garden in England

    Julia Kelly

    From the author of the international bestsellers The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes “a compelling read, filled with lovable characters and an alluring twist of fat...

  • The Language of Sycamores synopsis, comments

    The Language of Sycamores

    Lisa Wingate

    When a woman’s whole life falls apart, she finds refuge in the home she left behind in this touching novel in the Tending Roses series from the #1 New York Times bestselling a...

  • The Ballad of Laurel Springs synopsis, comments

    The Ballad of Laurel Springs

    Janet Beard

    From the internationally bestselling author of The Atomic City Girls, a provocative novel set in eastern Tennessee that “explores the legaciesof passion and violence, music and fai...

  • Summer of Secrets synopsis, comments

    Summer of Secrets

    Nikola Scott

    The unforgettable novel from Nikola Scott about two women born decades apart each faced with the knowledge that a man in their lives is not what he seems... Perfect for readers ...

  • Honor synopsis, comments

    Honor

    Thrity Umrigar

    THE JANUARY 2022 REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “In the way A Thousand Splendid Suns told of Afghanistan’s women, Thrity Umrigar tells a story of India with the intimacy of one w...

  • A Month of Summer synopsis, comments

    A Month of Summer

    Lisa Wingate

    An ordinary summer brings about an extraordinary change of heart in the first novel in the Blue Sky Hill series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lo...

  • Little Disasters synopsis, comments

    Little Disasters

    Sarah Vaughan

    This “thrilling and emotional depiction of family drama, friendship, and trust will have you on the edge of your seat” (CNN) as it explores the complexity of motherhood from the be...

  • The Foundling synopsis, comments

    The Foundling

    Ann Leary

    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good House, the “harrowing, gripping, and beautiful” (Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author) story of two friends, raised ...

  • The Whispers of War synopsis, comments

    The Whispers of War

    Julia Kelly

    From the author of The Last Garden in England and The Light Over London comes a “gripping tale by a writer at the top of her game” (Fiona Davis, author of The Chelsea Girls) follow...

  • Drenched in Light synopsis, comments

    Drenched in Light

    Lisa Wingate

    A woman struggling to find her way forward discovers hope in her bond with a troubled young girl in this heartfelt novel in the Tending Roses series from the #1 New York Times...

  • When the Summer Was Ours synopsis, comments

    When the Summer Was Ours

    Roxanne Veletzos

    “This compulsively readable tale of loss and love during and after the Second World War is a masterpiece.” Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author “A gorgeously written, ...

  • The Light Over London synopsis, comments

    The Light Over London

    Julia Kelly

    Reminiscent of Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls and Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, this entrancing story “is a poignant reminder that there is no limit to what women can do. A no...

  • Good Hope Road synopsis, comments

    Good Hope Road

    Lisa Wingate

    In a time of crisis, two women come together and set off down a road of hope in this novel in the Tending Roses series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before ...

  • Before We Were Yours synopsis, comments

    Before We Were Yours

    Lisa Wingate

    THE BLOCKBUSTER HITOver two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller“Poignant, engrossing.”People “Lisa Wingate take...

  • Bachelor Girl synopsis, comments

    Bachelor Girl

    Kim van Alkemade

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8 comes a fresh and intimate novel about the destructive power of secrets and the redemptive power of loveinspired by the true...

  • Before and After synopsis, comments

    Before and After

    Judy Christie & Lisa Wingate

    The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandalsome of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate’s bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were r...

  • The Orphans of Mersea House synopsis, comments

    The Orphans of Mersea House

    Marty Wingate

    In the tradition of Kristin Harmel and Elise Hooper, USA Today bestseller Marty Wingate transports us to postwar England’s Suffolk coast in a rich historical drama about love losta...

  • Before We Were Yours Summary synopsis, comments

    Before We Were Yours Summary

    Instant-Summary

    Before We Were Yours: A Comprehensive Summary There are few things more rewarding than getting together with a group of likeminded people and discussing a good book. Book club mee...

  • Dandelion Summer synopsis, comments

    Dandelion Summer

    Lisa Wingate

    “A story beautifully told, with richly drawn characters that will...make you want to laugh and cry” from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends a...

  • Shelterwood synopsis, comments

    Shelterwood

    Lisa Wingate

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children caught ...