Books like How to Stop Time
12 books with a reading profile close to How to Stop Time by Matt Haig. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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The Humans
by Matt Haig
Also inward-looking · narrative, science fiction
An extraterrestrial from the planet Vonnador arrives on Earth to assume the identity of Andrew Martin, a Cambridge mathematics professor.
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The Measure
by Nikki Erlick
Also inward-looking · narrative, science fiction
On a single morning, every person over the age of twenty-two worldwide finds a small wooden box on their doorstep.
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Blue Sisters
by Coco Mellors
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky Blue are three estranged sisters who return to their family apartment in New York one year after the death of their fourth sibling, Nicky.
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This Time Tomorrow
by Emma Straub
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Alice Stern is approaching her fortieth birthday in New York City, feeling stagnant in her career and romantic life while her father, Leonard, lies dying in a hospital bed.
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THE NEST
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The Plumb siblings—Leo, Beatrice, Jack, and Melody—have spent years anticipating the distribution of a shared trust fund they call the Nest.
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I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Ed Kennedy is an underage cab driver in a dead-end Australian suburb with no prospects beyond playing cards with his eccentric friends.
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Fresh Water for Flowers
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Violette Toussaint is the caretaker of a cemetery in Burgundy, where she lives in a lodge by the gate.
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
by E. Lockhart
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
At Alabaster Preparatory Academy, sophomore Frankie Landau-Banks discovers that her boyfriend belongs to the Loyal Order of the Basset Hound, an all-male secret society with deep historical roots.
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The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Anthony Peardew is an elderly writer who has spent decades collecting lost objects, such as a glove, a key and a child's toy, which he keeps at home with notes about where he found them.
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This One Summer
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Rose and Wind are childhood friends who reunite every July at a lakeside cabin in Awago Beach.
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Elsewhere
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fifteen-year-old Liz Hall dies in a hit-and-run accident and wakes up on a ship heading to Elsewhere, a land where the dead age backward toward infancy.
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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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