Books like Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything
12 books with a reading profile close to Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything by E. Lockhart. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Big Lies in a Small Town
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, mystery
In 2018, Morgan Christopher is released from a North Carolina prison on the condition that she restores a massive, crumbling mural in the quiet town of Edenton.
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Tangerine
by Edward Bloor
Also clear-cut · narrative, mystery
Paul Fisher is a legally blind soccer goalkeeper who has moved to Tangerine County, Florida, where underground coal fires burn indefinitely and lightning strikes are a daily occurrence.
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The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis
Also clear-cut · narrative, mystery
Set within the Upper East Side’s historic Frick mansion, the narrative weaves together two timelines centered on the building’s evolution from private residence to public gallery.
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The Violin Conspiracy
Also clear-cut · narrative, mystery
Rayquan "Ray" McMillian is a gifted Black classical violinist who discovers that his family’s weathered fiddle is actually a priceless 1711 Stradivarius.
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Also clear-cut · narrative, mystery
Twelve-year-old Claudia Kincaid decides to run away from her home in suburban Connecticut to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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Apples Never Fall
narrative, mystery
The Delaney family appears defined by their lifelong obsession with competitive tennis.
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The Art Forger
Also clear-cut · narrative, mystery
Claire Roth is a talented but blacklisted artist earning a living by painting high-quality reproductions for a popular website.
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The Lost Apothecary
by Sarah Penner
Also practical and clear-cut · narrative, mystery
In 1791 London, Nella operates a hidden apothecary shop, preparing toxic tinctures for women to use against abusive or unfaithful men.
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Nine Perfect Strangers
Also practical · narrative, mystery
Nine people from different walks of life arrive at Tranquillum House, a remote health resort promising a complete internal reset.
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Weyward
by Emilia Hart
Also clear-cut · narrative, mystery
Weyward tracks the interconnected lives of three women from the same bloodline across five centuries.
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Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
narrative, mystery
Robert Kolker reconstructs the lives of five women—Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, and Shannan Gilbert—whose bodies were discovered on a remote strip of Gilgo Beach, Lon…
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The Phoenix Crown
by Kate Quinn
Also clear-cut · narrative, mystery
Set in 1906 San Francisco, the narrative follows soprano Gemma Bastion and artist Saffron Everleigh, two women whose lives intersect through their connection to a wealthy, mysterious benefactor named Henry Thornton.
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