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Books like How to Walk Away

12 books with a reading profile close to How to Walk Away by Katherine Center. Practical, inward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 Someone Else's Shoes

    Someone Else's Shoes

    by Jojo Moyes

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Nisha Cantor lives a life of extreme luxury until her wealthy husband suddenly cuts her off and demands a divorce.

  2. 2 The Heartstopper Yearbook

    The Heartstopper Yearbook

    by Alice Oseman

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    This full-color companion volume documents the creative evolution of Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring through collected illustrations and narrative extras.

  3. 3 Dear John

    Dear John

    by Nicholas Sparks

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    John Tyree is a rebellious youth who enlists in the Army to find direction.

  4. 4 The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

    The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

    by Jennifer E. Smith

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan misses her flight to London by four minutes, an accident that leads her to meet Oliver in the airport waiting area.

  5. 5 My Life Next Door

    My Life Next Door

    by Huntley Fitzpatrick

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Samantha Reed spends her summers watching the Garrett family from her balcony, fascinated by their chaotic, loud, and affectionate household which contrasts sharply with her mother’s rigid, sterile expectations.

  6. 6 The last song

    The last song

    by Nicholas Sparks

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Seventeen-year-old Ronnie Miller travels from New York City to a quiet North Carolina beach town to spend the summer with her estranged father, Steve.

  7. 7 Beach Read

    Beach Read

    by Emily Henry

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    January Andrews is a romance writer who no longer believes in love, while Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction who treats happy endings with cynicism.

  8. 8 Quentins

    Quentins

    by Maeve Binchy

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Ella Brady, a young Irish writer, is asked to make a documentary about Quentins, the famous Dublin restaurant that has been a gathering place for the city's well-known people for decades.

  9. 9 The Woman Who Stole My Life

    The Woman Who Stole My Life

    by Marian Keyes

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Stella Sweeney was an ordinary Dublin beautician until she caught Guillain-Barré syndrome and was temporarily paralysed.

  10. 10 Love, Rosie

    Love, Rosie

    by Cecelia Ahern

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Rosie Dunne and Alex Stewart are lifelong best friends whose connection is tested by a sudden move from Dublin to Boston.

  11. 11 Evvie Drake Starts Over

    Evvie Drake Starts Over

    by Linda Holmes

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    In a small town in coastal Maine, Evvie Drake lives in a large, quiet house, grieving a husband she was actually planning to leave the day he died.

  12. 12 If You Could See Me Now

    If You Could See Me Now

    by Cecelia Ahern

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Elizabeth Egan, a divorced woman, has built a stiff and careful life in a small Irish town with her young son Luke.

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