Books like Fleishman Is in Trouble
12 books with a reading profile close to Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Inward-looking; a moderate read.
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Wonder Boys
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Grady Tripp, a middle-aged English professor in Pittsburgh, wrote a successful novel years ago and has spent seven years trying to finish a second one, which has grown to thousands of pages.
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How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from New York to the English countryside to live with cousins she has never met.
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The Casual Vacancy
by J.K. Rowling
narrative, accessible
Set in the fictional English village of Pagford, the story begins with the sudden death of parish councillor Barry Fairbrother.
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Vladimir
narrative, accessible
A popular English professor at a small liberal arts college faces a social crisis when her husband, the chair of the department, is investigated for past sexual misconduct with students.
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Either/Or
by Elif Batuman
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Set in 1996, the story follows Selin Karadağ during her sophomore year at Harvard as she attempts to construct a life based on aesthetic and literary principles.
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
narrative, accessible
In 1972, workers digging a foundation in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, discover a skeleton at the bottom of a well.
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Monster
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon sits in a courtroom facing charges of felony murder for his alleged role as a lookout in a drugstore robbery.
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A Spark of Light
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, accessible
The novel takes place in a single day at a women's reproductive health clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, where a gunman takes hostages.
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Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles
narrative, accessible
On New Year’s Eve in 1937, legal secretary Katey Kontent and her roommate Eve Ross meet a wealthy banker named Tinker Grey in a Greenwich Village jazz hole.
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10
Infinite Country
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The narrative follows Elena and Mauro, a Colombian couple who overstay their visas in the United States, and the three children they raise across two nations.
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Migrations
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Franny Stone travels to Greenland to track the final migration of Arctic terns, a species nearing extinction in a world depleted of wildlife.
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Sweetbitter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The story follows twenty-two-year-old Tess, who moves to New York City and secures a position as a backwaiter at a high-end Union Square restaurant.
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