Books like Plain Truth
12 books with a reading profile close to Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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1
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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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
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
narrative, mystery
In late 1969, the body of Chase Andrews lies in the swampy mud of Barkley Cove, North Carolina.
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4
The Thirteenth Tale
narrative, mystery
Margaret Lea, a quiet antiquarian bookshop assistant, receives a summons to the decaying Angelfield estate to interview Vida Winter, a prolific novelist famous for her invented pasts.
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5
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Also inward-looking · narrative, mystery
Kokoro, a thirteen-year-old in Tokyo, has stopped attending school after being bullied, and spends her days at home.
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6
Anxious People
Also inward-looking · 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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7
The Book of Speculation
by Erika Swyler
narrative, mystery
Simon Watson, a young librarian in a small New York town, receives a package from an antiquarian bookseller: a fragile, water-damaged ledger from the 1700s, which appears to be a record kept by a traveling circus.
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8
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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9
Change of Heart
by Jodi Picoult
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
June Nealon's husband, Michael, is a lawyer, and her daughter is dead.
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10
Paper towns
by John Green
Also inward-looking · narrative, mystery
Quentin Jacobsen has spent years admiring his neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman, from a distance.
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11
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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12
Sweetbitter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The story follows twenty-two-year-old Tess, who moves to New York City and secures a position as a backwaiter at a high-end Union Square restaurant.
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