Books like Lisette's List
12 books with a reading profile close to Lisette's List by Susan Vreeland. Clear-cut; an easy read.
-
1
The House of Eve
narrative, accessible
In 1948 Philadelphia, high school student Ruby Pearsall strives to become the first in her family to attend college until a forbidden relationship with a local boy threatens her scholarship prospects.
-
2
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
narrative, accessible
Nikki, a young British-Punjabi woman, accepts a job teaching creative writing to a group of Sikh widows in Southall, London.
-
3
The Music of Bees
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the high desert of Hood River, Oregon, forty-four-year-old widow Alice Holtzman fills her solitary life with the meticulous labor of beekeeping.
-
4
The Paris Library
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 1939 Paris, Odile Souchet secures her dream job at the American Library in Paris, but her life fractures when the Nazis occupy the city.
-
5
This Tender Land
narrative, accessible
In 1932, orphans Odie and Albert O’Banion flee the Lincoln School in Minnesota, a state-run institution where Native American children face systemic abuse.
-
6
Evening Class
by Maeve Binchy
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In late-twentieth-century Dublin, a schoolteacher named Aidan Lynch organizes an evening Italian language course to escape his stagnant career.
-
7
Blubber
by Judy Blume
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In a suburban fifth-grade classroom, Jill Brenner joins a group of girls led by Wendy to systematically torment their classmate Linda.
-
8
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
narrative, accessible
Set on the Korean island of Jeju, this novel follows the lifelong friendship between Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls who join a collective of haenyeo female divers.
-
9
West With Giraffes
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 1938, a hurricane strikes the New York harbor, leaving two young giraffes stranded on the docks.
-
10
The View from Saturday
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 1996, the Academic Bowl competition in New York’s Epiphany school district brings together four sixth-grade students: Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian.
-
11
The Wednesday Wars
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Set in 1967 Long Island, Holling Hoodhood is the only seventh grader at Camillo Junior High who does not attend weekly religious education.
-
12
Uncommon Type
by Tom Hanks
narrative, accessible
Tom Hanks's debut book of fiction contains seventeen stories, each in some way featuring a typewriter, whether as the object at the centre or just in passing.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
