Books like Miss Benson's Beetle
12 books with a reading profile close to Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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Mary Jane
narrative, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Mary Jane Duer grows up in a strictly conservative, religious household in 1970s Baltimore.
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The Paris Library
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.
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Elevation
by Stephen King
narrative, accessible
Scott Carey lives in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine, and he has a puzzling medical problem: he is steadily losing weight, but he looks the same and weighs the same on the scale whether he is dressed or naked and c…
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Olga Dies Dreaming
narrative, accessible
Set in 2017 New York City, the narrative follows Olga Acevedo, a high-end wedding planner for the billionaire class, and her brother Prieto, a popular congressman representing their native Brooklyn neighborhood.
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The Music of Bees
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.
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Modern Lovers
by Emma Straub
narrative, accessible
Elizabeth and Andrew, and Zoe and Harry, are two couples who have been friends since their youth in a band, living in Brooklyn.
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City of Girls
narrative, accessible
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York City after being expelled from Vassar College.
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
narrative, accessible
In 1930s Paris, a young orphan named Hugo Cabret lives in the hidden maintenance tunnels of a busy train station.
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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.
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Margo's Got Money Troubles
by Rufi Thorpe
narrative, accessible
Margo Scarlett is a twenty-year-old college student who becomes pregnant after an affair with her English professor.
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West With Giraffes
narrative, accessible
In 1938, a hurricane strikes the New York harbor, leaving two young giraffes stranded on the docks.
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