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12 books with a reading profile close to By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

Loveless

by Alice Oseman

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Georgia Warr begins her first year at university with a checklist for the perfect romance, yet she feels a distinct disconnect from the sexual and romantic urges her peers describe.
2

Keeping You a Secret

by Julie Anne Peters

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Holland Jaeger is a popular senior with a boyfriend, a good grade point average and a spot in the cheerleading crowd.
3

The Sky Is Everywhere

by Jandy Nelson

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, a quiet first-chair clarinetist, grapples with the sudden death of her charismatic older sister, Bailey.
4

Our Chemical Hearts

by Krystal Sutherland

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Henry Page is a high school senior, an editor of the school newspaper and a self-confessed neurotic.
5

The Bridges of Madison County

by Robert James Waller

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

In 1965, Francesca Johnson, an Italian war bride in her forties, is alone on an Iowa farm for four days while her husband Richard and their children attend a state fair.
6

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

by Mariko Tamaki

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.
7

In Her Shoes

by Jennifer Weiner

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Rose and Maggie Feller are sisters who could hardly be less alike.
8

The Truth About Forever

by Sarah Dessen

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Macy Queen spends her summer grieving her father’s sudden death by maintaining a rigid, controlled routine.
9

The Brightest Star in the Sky

by Marian Keyes

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

At 66 Star Street, a Dublin building with a mix of tenants, a mysterious narrator who has no body watches the residents and talks to the reader.
10

Circle of Friends

by Maeve Binchy

Also inward-looking · 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.
11

Forever...

by Judy Blume

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Katherine Danziger is a high school senior who begins a serious relationship with Michael Wagner.
12

Magic Hour

by Kristin Hannah

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Dr Julia Cates is a Los Angeles child psychiatrist whose career collapses after a high-profile case ends badly.

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