Books like Salem Falls: A Novel
12 books with a reading profile close to Salem Falls: A Novel by Jodi Picoult. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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City of Girls
narrative, accessible
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York City after being expelled from Vassar College.
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Miss Benson's Beetle
by Rachel Joyce
narrative, accessible
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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Keeping Faith
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, accessible
Mariah Hopkins is a young mother whose husband has left her, and she is raising seven-year-old Faith alone.
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West With Giraffes
narrative, accessible
In 1938, a hurricane strikes the New York harbor, leaving two young giraffes stranded on the docks.
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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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Vanishing Acts
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, accessible
Delia Hopkins is a search-and-rescue worker in New Hampshire, raising her daughter with her fiance, Fitz.
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The Painted Girls
narrative, accessible
Set in 1870s Paris, the novel follows the impoverished van Goethem sisters after their father’s death.
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Modern Lovers
by Emma Straub
narrative, accessible
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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Elevation
by Stephen King
narrative, accessible
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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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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Heartburn
by Nora Ephron
narrative, accessible
Rachel Samstat, a successful cookbook author seven months pregnant with her second child, discovers her husband Mark is having an affair with a mutual acquaintance.
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