Books like Elevation
12 books with a reading profile close to Elevation by Stephen King. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
narrative, accessible
In 1930s Paris, a young orphan named Hugo Cabret lives in the hidden maintenance tunnels of a busy train station.
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The Paris Library
narrative, accessible
In 1939 Paris, Odile Souchet secures her dream job at the American Library in Paris, but her life fractures when the Nazis occupy the city.
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Wonderstruck
narrative, accessible
Ben and Rose live fifty years apart, but their lives intersect through a shared experience of deafness and a search for belonging.
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Miss Benson's Beetle
by Rachel Joyce
narrative, accessible
In 1950s London, Margery Benson, a lonely domestic science teacher, abandons her stifling life to find a mythical golden beetle on the island of New Caledonia.
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West With Giraffes
narrative, accessible
In 1938, a hurricane strikes the New York harbor, leaving two young giraffes stranded on the docks.
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
narrative, accessible
Hendrik Groen is an elderly resident of a nursing home in North Amsterdam who refuses to succumb to the institutional apathy of his environment.
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Modern Lovers
by Emma Straub
narrative, accessible
Elizabeth and Andrew, and Zoe and Harry, are two couples who have been friends since their youth in a band, living in Brooklyn.
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City of Girls
narrative, accessible
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York City after being expelled from Vassar College.
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Mary Jane
narrative, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Mary Jane Duer grows up in a strictly conservative, religious household in 1970s Baltimore.
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The Music of Bees
narrative, accessible
In the high desert of Hood River, Oregon, forty-four-year-old widow Alice Holtzman fills her solitary life with the meticulous labor of beekeeping.
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Before We Were Yours
by Lisa Wingate
narrative, accessible
The story oscillates between 1939 Mississippi and modern-day South Carolina.
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