Books like Holding Up the Universe
12 books with a reading profile close to Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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1
Us
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Douglas Petersen, a biochemist, wakes one night to hear his wife Connie say she thinks their marriage is over.
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2
Where the Heart Is
by Billie Letts
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Novalee Nation is seventeen, seven months pregnant, and abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in a small Oklahoma town.
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3
Georgie, All Along
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Georgie Mulcahy returns to her Virginia hometown after her professional life in Los Angeles collapses.
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4
Making Faces
by Amy Harmon
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set in a small town in Pennsylvania, the story follows Fern Taylor, a quiet girl who grows up in the shadow of Ambrose Young, the local wrestling star.
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5
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Frederica "Freddy" Riley is a high school student stuck in a cycle of toxic romance with Laura Dean, a popular girl who alternates between grand gestures of affection and cold, public neglect.
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6
Twenty Boy Summer
by Sarah Ockler
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Anna and her best friend Frankie, both fifteen, spend a summer with Frankie's family at a beach house in California.
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7
Nana, Vol. 1
by Ai Yazawa
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Two young women, both named Nana, travel on the same train to Tokyo at age twenty.
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8
Lock and Key
by Sarah Dessen
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Ruby Cooper has spent years living in a state of self-reliance, hiding the fact that her mother abandoned her in their dilapidated rental house.
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9
The Dinner List
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Sabrina is celebrating her thirtieth birthday at a restaurant in New York when she discovers her dinner guests are five people she has chosen for a fantasy dinner list: her father, who died, her ex-fiancé Tobias, her be…
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10
Boy Meets Boy
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Paul Ames lives in a fictional town where being gay is unremarkable, the high school homecoming queen is a star quarterback named Infinite Darlene, and the Boy Scouts are inclusive.
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11
In Her Shoes
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Rose and Maggie Feller are sisters who could hardly be less alike.
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12
Magic Hour
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Dr Julia Cates is a Los Angeles child psychiatrist whose career collapses after a high-profile case ends badly.
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