Books like Romantic Comedy
12 books with a reading profile close to Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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True Colors
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Three sisters grow up on their father's horse ranch: the dutiful Winona, the quiet Aurora, and the youngest, Vivi Ann, whom everyone adores.
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The Hypnotist's Love Story
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Ellen O'Farrell is a hypnotherapist in Sydney who helps people with problems such as phobias and bad habits.
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Fangirl
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Cath Avery enters her freshman year at the University of Nebraska clinging to the online world of Simon Snow fanfiction.
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The Last Anniversary
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Sophie Honeywell inherits a house on Scribbly Gum Island from Connie Tickle, a woman she barely knew.
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The Break
by Marian Keyes
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Amy Bartlett's husband, Hugh, tells her he needs a break from their marriage, six months in which he can do whatever he likes, with no responsibilities.
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Words in Deep Blue
by Cath Crowley
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Rachel Sweetie returns to her seaside hometown three years after leaving a letter for Henry Jones in a book at his family’s secondhand shop, Howling Books.
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With the Fire on High
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Emoni Santiago is a high school senior in Philadelphia balancing the demands of raising her young daughter with the academic pressures of her final year.
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Emergency Contact
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Penny Lee leaves for college in Austin, Texas, hoping to distance herself from her mother and a stagnant hometown life.
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The Japanese Lover
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
In 1939, Alma Belasco leaves Nazi-occupied Poland for her relatives' San Francisco estate.
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Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Maria is a young woman from a small Brazilian town who goes to Geneva with the promise of becoming a samba dancer.
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Evidence of the Affair
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set in the 1970s, this epistolary novella centers on the correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer after Carrie discovers a stash of love letters written by David’s wife to Carrie’s husband.
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