Books like Odder
12 books with a reading profile close to Odder by Katherine Applegate. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
narrative, literary
In 1930s Paris, a young orphan named Hugo Cabret lives in the hidden maintenance tunnels of a busy train station.
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2
West With Giraffes
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
In 1938, a hurricane strikes the New York harbor, leaving two young giraffes stranded on the docks.
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Elevation
by Stephen King
narrative, literary
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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The Paris Library
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
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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Wonderstruck
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Ben and Rose live fifty years apart, but their lives intersect through a shared experience of deafness and a search for belonging.
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Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
by Clare Pooley
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Iona Iverson takes the same train into London every day and follows a firm rule: no talking to other commuters.
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The Book Club for Troublesome Women
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
In 2025, Marie Bostwick examines the intersection of civic engagement and female friendship in her study of grassroots political organizing.
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Miss Benson's Beetle
by Rachel Joyce
narrative, literary
In 1950s London, Margery Benson, a lonely domestic science teacher, abandons her stifling life to find a mythical golden beetle on the island of New Caledonia.
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Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
by Beth Hoffman
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is sent to live with her fiercely independent grandmother, Tootie, in a small Georgia town for the summer of 1964.
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Modern Lovers
by Emma Straub
narrative, literary
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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12
Hey! Listen To This
by Jim Trelease, Beverly Cleary
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Jim Trelease organized this collection as a practical anthology for reading aloud to children between the ages of five and nine.
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