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12 books with a reading profile close to Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. Clear-cut; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

    Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

    by Gabrielle Zevin

    Also clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Naomi Porter, a high school student, slips on a bar of soap in her kitchen, hits her head, and loses four years of memory.

  2. 2 An Abundance of Katherines

    An Abundance of Katherines

    by John Green

    romance, accessible

    Colin Singleton is a child prodigy who has been dumped by nineteen girls, all of whom share the name Katherine.

  3. 3 This Lullaby

    This Lullaby

    by Sarah Dessen

    Also clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Remy Starr is a cynical eighteen-year-old who manages her romantic life through a strict set of rules designed to avoid emotional attachment.

  4. 4 Autoboyography

    Autoboyography

    by Christina Lauren

    Also clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Tanner Scott is a bisexual teenager living in Provo, Utah, where the local culture is dominated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

  5. 5 Will Grayson, Will Grayson

    Will Grayson, Will Grayson

    by John Green

    Also clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Two teenagers named Will Grayson lead separate, disconnected lives in the suburbs of Chicago until a chance encounter at a novelty shop brings them together.

  6. 6 The Beach House

    The Beach House

    by Jane Green

    Also clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Nan Powers, a widow in her sixties, lives in a large old house on Nantucket that she has owned for years.

  7. 7 September

    September

    by Rosamunde Pilcher

    Also clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Set in the Scottish Highlands during a transitional autumn, the narrative centers on an upcoming twenty-first birthday dance hosted by Verena and Angus Steynton.

  8. 8 Love & Misadventure

    Love & Misadventure

    by Lang Leav

    romance, accessible

    Lang Leav’s collection uses brief, rhyming stanzas and minimalist illustrations to chart the timeline of a romantic relationship.

  9. 9 The Dollhouse

    The Dollhouse

    by Fiona Davis

    Also clear-cut · romance, accessible

    In 1952, Darby McLaughlin moves into the Barbizon Hotel for Women to study secretarial skills, where she befriends a rebellious maid named Esme who introduces her to the jazz clubs of mid-century New York.

  10. 10 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

    by Mary Ann Shaffer

    Also clear-cut · romance, accessible

    In 1946, London writer Juliet Ashton begins a correspondence with Dawsey Adams, a resident of Guernsey who found her name inside a secondhand volume of Charles Lamb.

  11. 11 The Break

    The Break

    by Marian Keyes

    Also clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Amy Bartlett's husband, Hugh, tells her he needs a break from their marriage, six months in which he can do whatever he likes, with no responsibilities.

  12. 12 The Japanese Lover

    The Japanese Lover

    by Isabel Allende

    Also clear-cut · romance, accessible

    In 1939, Alma Belasco leaves Nazi-occupied Poland for her relatives' San Francisco estate.

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