Books like A Handful of Stars
12 books with a reading profile close to A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
by Clare Pooley
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Iona Iverson takes the same train into London every day and follows a firm rule: no talking to other commuters.
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2
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, literary
In 1960s Minnesota, a group of women in a suburban neighborhood form a book club that evolves into a lifelong friendship.
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3
The Book Club for Troublesome Women
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, literary
In 2025, Marie Bostwick examines the intersection of civic engagement and female friendship in her study of grassroots political organizing.
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Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
by Beth Hoffman
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is sent to live with her fiercely independent grandmother, Tootie, in a small Georgia town for the summer of 1964.
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5
The Truth About Melody Browne
by Lisa Jewell
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Melody Browne is a woman who has no memory of her life before the age of seven, when her house burned down.
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6
Before We Were Yours
by Lisa Wingate
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
The story oscillates between 1939 Mississippi and modern-day South Carolina.
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7
Wonderstruck
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Ben and Rose live fifty years apart, but their lives intersect through a shared experience of deafness and a search for belonging.
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The School of Essential Ingredients
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Lillian teaches a weekly cooking class at her restaurant, where eight students gather to learn the mechanics of food preparation.
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9
Blubber
by Judy Blume
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
In a suburban fifth-grade classroom, Jill Brenner joins a group of girls led by Wendy to systematically torment their classmate Linda.
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10
Fly Away Home
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Sylvie Serfer Woodruff, the wife of a Connecticut senator, learns that her husband Richard has been having an affair, and the news breaks just as her two daughters face their own crises.
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11
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Hollis Woods is a twelve-year-old girl who has been moved from one foster home to another and has run away from many.
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12
What Alice Forgot
narrative, literary
Twenty-nine-year-old Alice Love wakes up on a gym floor believing she is pregnant and happily married.
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