Books like Paper towns
12 books with a reading profile close to Paper towns by John Green. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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1
Anxious People
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, mystery
A failed bank robber escapes into an open house apartment viewing, inadvertently taking a group of prospective buyers hostage.
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2
Marina
Also inward-looking · narrative, mystery
In the labyrinthine streets of Barcelona, a young boy named Oscar Drai is drawn into a mysterious world when he discovers a forbidden book.
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3
Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult
Also inward-looking · narrative, mystery
In rural Pennsylvania, a Amish farm woman, Katie Fisher, is accused of killing her newborn baby, whose body is found in a barn.
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Mad Honey
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, mystery
Olivia McAfee relocates to her New Hampshire childhood home to raise her son, Asher, and manage her father’s apiary after escaping an abusive marriage.
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5
The Light Between Oceans
by M.L. Stedman
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Tom Sherbourne, a traumatized veteran of the Great War, takes a job as a lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, a remote island off the Western Australian coast.
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6
The Astonishing Color of After
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Leigh Chen Sanders is convinced that her mother turned into a large red bird after dying by suicide.
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7
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
by Jomny Sun
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Jomny Sun tells the story of an alien researcher, Jomny, who visits Earth to study its inhabitants but struggles with loneliness and self-doubt.
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8
Hello Beautiful
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
William Waters grows up in a silent, loveless household, finding his only refuge in basketball.
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9
The Spectacular Now
by Tim Tharp
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Sutter Keely is a high school senior in a small Oklahoma town who lives for parties and drinking and thinks of himself as the life of every gathering.
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10
Before I Fall
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Samantha Kingston is a popular high school senior who occupies a high rank in her school’s social hierarchy alongside her three best friends.
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11
American Born Chinese
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Gene Luen Yang weaves together three distinct narrative threads to examine the internal conflicts of cultural assimilation.
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12
Bridge to Terabithia
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Jess Aarons, a fifth-grader living in rural Virginia, spends his summer training to be the fastest runner in his school.
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