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12 books with a reading profile close to Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

Good Material

by Dolly Alderton

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Andy is a thirty-five-year-old struggling stand-up comedian whose life collapses when his girlfriend, Jen, ends their four-year relationship.
2

Really Good, Actually

by Monica Heisey

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Kit Bennett is twenty-nine, and her marriage has just ended after only a short time.
3

Handle with Care

by Jodi Picoult

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe's second daughter, Willow, is born with a severe form of osteogenesis imperfecta, a condition that causes her bones to break easily.
4

Dear Evan Hansen

by Val Emmich

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Evan Hansen is a high school senior with severe social anxiety, whose therapist suggests he write himself letters of encouragement.
5

Tara Road

by Maeve Binchy

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Ria Lynch lives in a house on Tara Road in Dublin.
6

Heart of the Matter

by Emily Giffin

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Tessa Russo is a stay-at-home mother who prioritizes her marriage to Nick, a renowned pediatric plastic surgeon.
7

Fly Away Home

by Jennifer Weiner

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Sylvie Serfer Woodruff, the wife of a Connecticut senator, learns that her husband Richard has been having an affair, and the news breaks just as her two daughters face their own crises.
8

Home Front

by Kristin Hannah

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Jolene Zarkades is a helicopter pilot in the Army National Guard and also a wife and mother, with two daughters, living in Seattle.
9

All We Ever Wanted

by Emily Giffin

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Nina Browning has lived in a wealthy Nashville suburb for years, moving between charity events and the school where her son Finch is a student.
10

Wish You Were Here

by Jodi Picoult

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Diana O’Toole is a professional art specialist in New York City with a rigid plan for her career and engagement.
11

Eliza and Her Monsters

by Francesca Zappia

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Eliza Mirk is a shy high school senior who secretly creates Monstrous Sea, a global webcomic phenomenon.
12

Radio Silence

by Alice Oseman

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Frances Janvier is a high-achieving student whose identity revolves around securing a place at Cambridge University.

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