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Books like Home Body

12 books with a reading profile close to Home Body by Rupi Kaur. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.

1

The Anna Karenina Fix

by Viv Groskop

personal growth, accessible

Viv Groskop examines the perceived heavy-heartedness of Russian literature to extract practical advice for modern living.
2

Walk Two Moons

by Sharon Creech

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, accessible

Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle travels from Ohio to Idaho in a car with her eccentric grandparents to find her mother, who left the family months earlier.
3

By the book

by Pamela Paul, Scott Turow

personal growth, accessible

This collection compiles sixty-five interviews from the New York Times Book Review column, featuring writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Neil Gaiman, and David Sedaris.
4

Milk and honey

by Rupi Kaur

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, accessible

Rupi Kaur’s debut collection uses minimalist verse and line drawings to document a progression from deep trauma toward recovery.
5

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World

by Fredrik Backman

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, accessible

Fredrik Backman presents a series of personal essays written to his infant son, mixing practical advice with humorous confessions about early fatherhood.
6

Starfish

by Lisa Fipps

Also inward-looking · personal growth, accessible

Ellie is a young girl who has lived by a set of "Fat Girl Rules" since her fifth birthday party, a mental list designed to make her invisible and minimize the space she occupies.
7

Crying in H Mart

by Michelle Zauner

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, accessible

Michelle Zauner, the musician known as Japanese Breakfast, recounts her transition from a rebellious daughter to a primary caregiver after her mother receives a terminal cancer diagnosis.
8

Dry

by Augusten Burroughs

Also inward-looking · personal growth, accessible

Following his success in the Manhattan advertising world, Augusten Burroughs faces an ultimatum from his employers: attend rehabilitation or lose his job.
9

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira

Also inward-looking · accessible, literary

When Laurel’s English teacher assigns a letter to a deceased person, the high school freshman begins a secret journal addressed to figures like Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, and Amy Winehouse.
10

The Collected Regrets of Clover

by Mikki Brammer

Also inward-looking · accessible, literary

Clover Brooks works as a death doula in New York City, supporting terminal patients through their final hours.
11

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

Also inward-looking and contemplative · accessible, literary

Jess Aarons, a fifth-grader living in rural Virginia, spends his summer training to be the fastest runner in his school.
12

Hello Beautiful

by Ann Napolitano

Also inward-looking and contemplative · accessible, literary

William Waters grows up in a silent, loveless household, finding his only refuge in basketball.

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