Books like Only Yesterday by Shmuel Yosef Agnon

After a hit‑and‑run leaves her with injuries and amnesia, Kendall Brooks must rebuild her life with the help of paramedic Brady Cooper, whose support sparks a fragile romance amid questions about memory and destiny.

A young superhero's past is revealed as he embarks on a time-travel adventure to prove he's not a villain.

He'd promised to love her forever, but would always be long enough? Colt Butler could make a woman shiver or bring swooning back into style, but Ann Debeau knew she was really in trouble when the blue-eyed rebel made her toes curl under! Drawn to this stranger who seemed to know all her secrets, spellbound by memories she couldn't explain, she responded with wild abandon to his every caress. Could a dreamer who'd waited more than a lifetime finally claim the woman who'd broken every rule for love? Reminding us that nothing is more romantic than love without end, Peggy Webb creates an exquisitely memorable tale that transcends time and weaves real magic. He'd charmed her with kisses sweeter than cherries, had known without asking that wild roses were her favorite, but was fate playing matchmaker . . . and could the impossible somehow be true?

Gideon Zadok, an Israeli émigré and novelist, leaves a failing marriage and a family in turmoil to escort paratroopers during the 1956 Sinai War and secure the strategic Mitla Pass, a story of love, sacrifice and political tension.

A social history of the United States during the "roaring twenties." Examines American individualism and the decade that they knew Mah Jong and Mencken, Couéism and Coolidge, Listerine and Lindbergh, as well as Capone, Ford, Babe Ruth, the Teapot Dome, and bathtub gin.

“So you married me to punish me, Yves?” With great effort, Marianne kept the shock from her voice and hoped her face showed nothing of her inner turmoil. “I don’t have to stay here, you know.” “Oh, no, Marianne.” Yves’s gray eyes glittered at her. “You won”t leave. You like some parts of being married—very much.” His gaze swept boldly over her, and her swift rise of colour told him he was indeed right. “You like being married sometimes, too!” Marianne flung back. “As for punishing me...you don’t seem to be having much success. Perhaps you’d better try harder—” “You tempt me, dear wife,” he whispered seductively. As he reached for her Marianne trembled, knowing he touched her with desire, never love, the worst hurt of all.