Books like

Books like About a Boy

12 books with a reading profile close to About a Boy by Nick Hornby. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

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.
2

Secret Daughter

by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

In a village in India, a young mother named Kavita gives birth to a girl and, knowing that her husband will not accept a daughter, secretly gives the baby away to an orphanage in Mumbai.
3

Yolk

by Mary H.K. Choi

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Jayne and June Baek are sisters living in New York City with vastly different lives.
4

Fresh Water for Flowers

by Valérie Perrin

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Violette Toussaint is the caretaker of a cemetery in Burgundy, where she lives in a lodge by the gate.
5

Eliza and Her Monsters

by Francesca Zappia

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Eliza Mirk is a shy high school senior who secretly creates Monstrous Sea, a global webcomic phenomenon.
6

The Vacationers

by Emma Straub

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

The Post family embarks on their annual summer vacation to Mallorca, but behind the sun-drenched facade, simmering resentments and long-held secrets threaten to unravel their seemingly perfect lives.
7

Still Life with Bread Crumbs

by Anna Quindlen

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Rebecca Winter, a once-famous New York City photographer, finds her bank account dwindling and her artistic relevance fading as she enters her sixties.
8

Change of Heart

by Jodi Picoult

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

June Nealon's husband, Michael, is a lawyer, and her daughter is dead.
9

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

by Erika L. Sánchez

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.
10

Solitaire

by Alice Oseman

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Tori Spring is a teenager navigating a period of deep cynicism and chronic apathy at Higgs Hospital for Girls.
11

Mosquitoland

by David Arnold

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Mary Iris Malone, who goes by Mim, is sixteen, dosed with medication, and unhappy in Mississippi with her father and new stepmother.
12

All We Ever Wanted

by Emily Giffin

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Nina Browning has lived in a wealthy Nashville suburb for years, moving between charity events and the school where her son Finch is a student.

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