Books like Anxious People
12 books with a reading profile close to Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.
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Paper towns
by John Green
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, mystery
Quentin Jacobsen has spent years admiring his neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman, from a distance.
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Marina
Also inward-looking · narrative, mystery
In the labyrinthine streets of Barcelona, a young boy named Oscar Drai is drawn into a mysterious world when he discovers a forbidden book.
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Mad Honey
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, mystery
Olivia McAfee relocates to her New Hampshire childhood home to raise her son, Asher, and manage her father’s apiary after escaping an abusive marriage.
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Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Also inward-looking · narrative, mystery
Kokoro, a thirteen-year-old in Tokyo, has stopped attending school after being bullied, and spends her days at home.
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Traumsammler
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
The narrative begins in a small Afghan village where a father tells his children a myth about a giant stealing a beloved son, a story that foreshadows a forced separation.
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A Man Called Ove
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Fifty-nine-year-old Ove is a steadfast misanthropist who enforces neighborhood association rules with militant precision and drives a Saab.
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Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult
Also inward-looking · narrative, mystery
In rural Pennsylvania, a Amish farm woman, Katie Fisher, is accused of killing her newborn baby, whose body is found in a barn.
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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Three thieves hiding in an abandoned general store discover they can communicate with the past through letters left in the store's old mailbox.
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Hello Beautiful
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
William Waters grows up in a silent, loveless household, finding his only refuge in basketball.
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The Secret Life of Bees
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Set in 1964 South Carolina, the story follows fourteen-year-old Lily Owens, who flees her abusive father and the memory of her mother’s accidental death.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
narrative, mystery
In late 1969, the body of Chase Andrews lies in the swampy mud of Barkley Cove, North Carolina.
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The Collected Regrets of Clover
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Clover Brooks works as a death doula in New York City, supporting terminal patients through their final hours.
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