Books like In Her Shoes
12 books with a reading profile close to In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
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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2
The Brightest Star in the Sky
by Marian Keyes
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
At 66 Star Street, a Dublin building with a mix of tenants, a mysterious narrator who has no body watches the residents and talks to the reader.
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3
Us
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · 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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4
Magic Hour
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · 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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5
Circle of Friends
by Maeve Binchy
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Benny Hogan, a shy, plump girl from a small Irish town, goes to University College Dublin in the 1950s, where she becomes friends with Eve Malone, an orphan raised by nuns, and the glamorous Nan Mahon.
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6
Where the Heart Is
by Billie Letts
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · 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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7
The Bridges of Madison County
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
In 1965, Francesca Johnson, an Italian war bride in her forties, is alone on an Iowa farm for four days while her husband Richard and their children attend a state fair.
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8
Imogen, Obviously
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Imogen Scott is a high school senior who has always thought of herself as straight and who has a reputation for being the friend of everyone.
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9
Someone Like You
by Sarah Dessen
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Halley has always lived in the shadow of her bold best friend, Scarlett.
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10
Bloom
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Ari has graduated from high school and dreams of moving to the city to find success with his band, but his father expects him to keep working at the family bakery.
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11
The Truth About Forever
by Sarah Dessen
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Macy Queen spends her summer grieving her father’s sudden death by maintaining a rigid, controlled routine.
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12
Our Chemical Hearts
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Henry Page is a high school senior, an editor of the school newspaper and a self-confessed neurotic.
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