Books like Queenie
12 books with a reading profile close to Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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1
History Is All You Left Me
by Adam Silvera
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Griffin Jennings struggles to process the sudden death of his first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, who drowned in a private school pool.
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2
Ghosts
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Dolly Alderton's debut novel, "Ghosts," introduces readers to Nina Dean, a successful food writer navigating the treacherous waters of modern dating in her early thirties.
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3
I'll Give You the Sun
by Jandy Nelson
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Jandy Nelson’s novel centers on twins Jude and Noah, told through two shifting timelines.
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4
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Sam Masur and Sadie Green meet as children in a hospital game room and later reunite as college students in Boston to build a digital world together.
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5
Why We Broke Up
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Minny Green, a high school junior and film fanatic, writes a lengthy letter to her ex-boyfriend, Ed Slaterton, the school’s star basketball player.
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6
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Hazel Grace Lancaster lives with a terminal thyroid cancer diagnosis and carries an oxygen tank to breathe.
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7
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
by Coco Mellors
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Twenty-four-year-old Cleo, a British painter living in New York on an expiring student visa, impulsively marries Frank, an advertising executive twenty years her senior.
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8
One Day
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
On July 15, 1988, Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew share a single night together after their university graduation in Edinburgh.
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9
Looking for Alaska
by John Green
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Miles Halter leaves his mundane life in Florida to attend Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama, driven by a fascination with the final words of famous individuals.
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10
The Wedding People
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Phoebe Stone arrives at a luxury Rhode Island hotel with a suitcase full of evening gowns and a plan to end her life following a divorce and the collapse of her academic career.
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11
Eleanor & Park
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
In 1986 Omaha, sixteen-year-old Eleanor Douglas joins a new school with bright red hair and mismatched clothes that invite immediate bullying.
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12
Green Dot
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Hera, a woman in her twenties in Sydney, works a dull job at a magazine and wants to be a writer.
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