Books like Laskar Pelangi
12 books with a reading profile close to Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata. Contemplative; a moderate read.
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The Girl with the Louding Voice
by Abi Daré
inspirational, narrative
Fourteen-year-old Adunni lives in a rural Nigerian village where her father sells her into marriage to a local polygamist to pay the rent.
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2
THEO OF GOLDEN
by Allen Levi
Also contemplative · inspirational, narrative
Theo enters the quiet town of Golden with a specific, unusual mission.
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3
The Stranger in the Lifeboat
by Mitch Albom
Also contemplative · inspirational, narrative
After a luxury yacht explodes in the Atlantic Ocean, ten survivors crowd into a small life raft, battling thirst, hunger, and hopelessness.
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4
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Also contemplative · inspirational, narrative
Seven-year-old Elsa is an outcast who finds sanctuary in the elaborate fairy tales told by her eccentric, rule-breaking grandmother.
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5
Britt-Marie Was Here
Also contemplative · inspirational, narrative
Sixty-three-year-old Britt-Marie defines her life through bicarbonate of soda, daily lists, and a dinner schedule that never deviates.
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6
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
Also contemplative · inspirational, narrative
Enzo, a loyal terrier-mix, observes the life of his owner, Denny Swift, an aspiring race car driver navigating personal tragedy and a high-stakes legal battle for his daughter.
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7
Because of Winn-Dixie
inspirational, narrative
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her father, a preacher who struggles to talk about Opal’s absent mother.
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8
Dead Poets Society
by N.H. Kleinbaum, Tom Schulman
inspirational, narrative
Set in 1959 at Welton Academy, a strict boarding school for boys, the narrative follows students Neil Perry, Todd Anderson, and their peers as they encounter a new English teacher named John Keating.
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9
Fourteen Days
by Margaret Atwood, Douglas Preston
narrative, accessible
Set in a Lower East Side tenement during the early lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, this collaborative novel follows a group of neighbors who gather on their rooftop to exchange stories.
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10
Traumsammler
Also contemplative · narrative, accessible
The narrative begins in a small Afghan village where a father tells his children a myth about a giant stealing a beloved son, a story that foreshadows a forced separation.
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
by Pip Williams
narrative, accessible
Set in the late nineteenth century during the compilation of the first Oxford English Dictionary, Esme Nicoll grows up beneath the sorting table where her father and other lexicographers classify words.
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Also contemplative · narrative, accessible
Set in the rural English village of Edgecombe St.
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