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Books like Luckiest Girl Alive

12 books with a reading profile close to Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll. Inward-looking and escapist; an easy read.

1

Yellowface

by R.F. Kuang

Also escapist · thriller, narrative

When June Hayward witnesses the accidental death of her more successful rival, Athena Liu, she steals Athena’s unfinished manuscript about Chinese laborers in World War I.
2

This Is Where It Ends

by Marieke Nijkamp

Also escapist · thriller, narrative

Set over the course of fifty-four minutes at Opportunity High School, the narrative follows a school shooting from the perspectives of four students: Claire, Autumn, Sylv, and Tomas.
3

Whisper Network

by Chandler Baker

Also escapist · thriller, narrative

Ames Garrett is positioned to become the next CEO of Truviv, a high-growth athletics company in Dallas.
4

Keeping Faith

by Jodi Picoult

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Mariah Hopkins is a young mother whose husband has left her, and she is raising seven-year-old Faith alone.
5

Perfect Match

by Jodi Picoult

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Nina Frost, an assistant district attorney in Massachusetts, discovers that her young son has been abused by a local Catholic priest.
6

Sadie

by Courtney Summers

Also inward-looking · thriller, narrative

Nineteen-year-old Sadie Hunter disappears from her small town following the brutal murder of her younger sister, Mattie.
7

The Female of the Species

by Mindy McGinnis

Also inward-looking · thriller, narrative

Alex Craft is a high school student who functions as a vigilante in her small town, three years after the rape and murder of her older sister.
8

City of Girls

by Elizabeth Gilbert

narrative, accessible

In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York City after being expelled from Vassar College.
9

The Other Black Girl

by Zakiya Dalila Harris

thriller, narrative

Nella Rogers is an editorial assistant and the only Black employee at Wagner Books, a prestigious but white-dominated publishing house in New York City.
10

Heartburn

by Nora Ephron

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Rachel Samstat, a successful cookbook author seven months pregnant with her second child, discovers her husband Mark is having an affair with a mutual acquaintance.
11

Heart of the Matter

by Emily Giffin

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Tessa Russo is a stay-at-home mother who prioritizes her marriage to Nick, a renowned pediatric plastic surgeon.
12

White Ivy

by Susie Yang

thriller, narrative

Ivy Lin grew up in Chinese immigrant poverty in suburban America, raised by a mother who steals and a grandmother who pushes her to succeed.

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