Books like A Long Way Down
12 books with a reading profile close to A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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1
Home Front
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Jolene Zarkades is a helicopter pilot in the Army National Guard and also a wife and mother, with two daughters, living in Seattle.
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2
Heartburn
by Nora Ephron
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Rachel Samstat, a successful cookbook author seven months pregnant with her second child, discovers her husband Mark is having an affair with a mutual acquaintance.
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Wish You Were Here
by Jodi Picoult
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Diana O’Toole is a professional art specialist in New York City with a rigid plan for her career and engagement.
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Fresh Water for Flowers
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Violette Toussaint is the caretaker of a cemetery in Burgundy, where she lives in a lodge by the gate.
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My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Thirteen-year-old Anna Fitzgerald was conceived through preimplantation genetic diagnosis to serve as a biological match for her older sister, Kate, who suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia.
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The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
by Mitch Albom
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Narrated by Music itself, the story follows Frankie Presto, an orphan born in a burning Spanish chapel who becomes the greatest guitar player in history.
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Blue Sisters
by Coco Mellors
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky Blue are three estranged sisters who return to their family apartment in New York one year after the death of their fourth sibling, Nicky.
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Sweetbitter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The story follows twenty-two-year-old Tess, who moves to New York City and secures a position as a backwaiter at a high-end Union Square restaurant.
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THE NEST
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The Plumb siblings—Leo, Beatrice, Jack, and Melody—have spent years anticipating the distribution of a shared trust fund they call the Nest.
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About a Boy
by Nick Hornby
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Will Freeman is a thirty-six-year-old Londoner living off the royalties of a Christmas song written by his father.
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fifteen-year-old Julia Reyes lives in a cramped Chicago apartment, navigating the high expectations of her immigrant parents while mourning her older sister, Olga.
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How to Make Friends with the Dark
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
After her mother dies suddenly from an undiagnosed brain aneurysm, sixteen-year-old Tiger Tolliver is thrust into the disorganized machinery of the foster care system.
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