Books like Bloom
12 books with a reading profile close to Bloom by Kevin Panetta. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Circle of Friends
by Maeve Binchy
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Benny Hogan, a shy, plump girl from a small Irish town, goes to University College Dublin in the 1950s, where she becomes friends with Eve Malone, an orphan raised by nuns, and the glamorous Nan Mahon.
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2
Someone Like You
by Sarah Dessen
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Halley has always lived in the shadow of her bold best friend, Scarlett.
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3
The Girl from the Sea
romance, narrative
Fifteen-year-old Morgan Kwon lives on an island where she hides her true identity to fit in with her friend group.
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4
Since You've Been Gone
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Shy teenager Emily depends entirely on her charismatic best friend Sloane to navigate social life.
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5
If I Was Your Girl
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Amanda Hardy moves to Lambertville, Tennessee, to live with her father after a violent assault at her previous school.
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6
In Her Shoes
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Rose and Maggie Feller are sisters who could hardly be less alike.
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7
Us
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Douglas Petersen, a biochemist, wakes one night to hear his wife Connie say she thinks their marriage is over.
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8
The Music Shop
by Rachel Joyce
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Frank owns a record shop on a shabby street in an English town in the 1980s, in a world that has already moved to CDs.
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9
Where the Heart Is
by Billie Letts
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Novalee Nation is seventeen, seven months pregnant, and abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in a small Oklahoma town.
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10
Keeping the Moon
by Sarah Dessen
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Colie Sparks arrives in Colby for the summer to stay with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her fitness-guru mother tours Europe.
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11
The Last Summer of You and Me
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Riley, Alice and Paul are friends who grew up together in a small town in Maine.
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12
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Frederica "Freddy" Riley is a high school student stuck in a cycle of toxic romance with Laura Dean, a popular girl who alternates between grand gestures of affection and cold, public neglect.
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