Books like Nine Perfect Strangers
12 books with a reading profile close to Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty. Practical and escapist; an easy read.
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1
The Husband's Secret
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Cecilia Fitzpatrick finds a sealed letter from her husband, John-Paul, intended for her to open only after his death.
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2
Joyland
by Stephen King
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Set in 1973, the story follows college student Devin Jones, who takes a summer job at Joyland, a small-town North Carolina amusement park.
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3
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Scott Pilgrim faces his final confrontation with Gideon Graves, the leader of the League of Evil Exes, to determine the fate of his relationship with Ramona Flowers.
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4
Carrie Soto Is Back
Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Carrie Soto retired from professional tennis as the greatest player in history, holding every major record.
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5
Apples Never Fall
Also escapist · narrative, mystery
The Delaney family appears defined by their lifelong obsession with competitive tennis.
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6
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative
In this fourth installment, twenty-four-year-old Scott Pilgrim faces the arrival of summer in Toronto and the looming threat of the fourth evil ex, Roxie Richter.
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7
Drama
entertainment, narrative
Seventh-grader Callie is an aspiring set designer for her middle school’s stage crew.
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8
Ghosts
entertainment, narrative
Catrina and her family move to Bahía de la Luna, a foggy town on the Northern California coast, to help her younger sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis.
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9
A Week in Winter
by Maeve Binchy
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Chicky Starr, once a restless Dubliner, buys a decaying Victorian house on the west coast of Ireland and turns it into a guesthouse called Stone House.
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10
The Book of Essie
entertainment, narrative
Essie Hicks is a seventeen-year-old girl, the daughter of a famous evangelical preacher whose family stars in a reality television show.
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11
Restart
Also practical · entertainment, narrative
Chase Ambrose falls off a roof, hits his head and wakes up with no memory of who he was.
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12
Today Will Be Different
by Maria Semple
entertainment, narrative
Eleanor Flood, a middle-aged animator living in Seattle, starts her morning with a manifesto to be her best self: she will initiate sex with her husband, skip her shower, and avoid getting annoyed with her son.
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