Books like Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness
12 books with a reading profile close to Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Practical and escapist; an easy read.
-
1
Twenties Girl
Also practical and escapist · romance, entertainment
Lara Lington’s life is stalling: her business is failing, her boyfriend left her, and she is stuck attending the funeral of her great-aunt Sadie.
-
2
28 Summers
Also practical and escapist · romance, entertainment
Mallory Blessing and Jake McCloud meet on Nantucket in the summer of 1993, and over the next twenty-eight years they spend one weekend together every summer.
-
3
Baby Proof
by Emily Giffin
Also practical and escapist · romance, entertainment
Claire Rynn is a book editor in New York, happily married to Ben, a sweet and successful man, and she has always been sure that she does not want children.
-
4
Last Voyage of the Valentina
Also practical and escapist · romance, entertainment
In 1969 London, Alba Arbuckle discovers a portrait of her late mother, Valentina, which prompts her to travel to the Amalfi Coast to uncover her family’s history.
-
5
Atmosphere
Also practical and escapist · romance, entertainment
Set against the backdrop of the 1980s aerospace industry, Atmosphere follows the professional and romantic intersection of two ambitious scientists competing for a position on a high-stakes NASA mission.
-
6
Love the One You're With
by Emily Giffin
Also escapist · romance, entertainment
Ellen Graham is a photographer recently married to Andy, a successful lawyer who provides a stable, affectionate life in New York.
-
7
9-Nov
Also practical and escapist · romance, entertainment
On November 9th, eighteen-year-old Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring writer, just hours before she moves from Los Angeles to New York.
-
8
Everything, Everything
by Nicola Yoon, Eric Chevreau (Traduction)
Also practical and escapist · romance, entertainment
Eighteen-year-old Madeline Whittier lives in a hermetically sealed house because she suffers from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency.
-
9
Daisy Jones & The Six
romance, entertainment
Written as an oral history through a series of filtered interviews, the novel follows the rise and ultimate dissolution of a 1970s rock band.
-
10
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Also practical · romance, entertainment
Sara Lindqvist, a shy Swedish bookshop worker, travels to a small town in Iowa to meet her pen pal, Amy Harris, only to find that Amy has just died.
-
11
The Switch
by Beth O'Leary
Also escapist · romance, entertainment
After a public panic attack ruins a major professional presentation, high-achiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical from her London life.
-
12
One Plus One
by Jojo Moyes
Also escapist · romance, entertainment
Jess Thomas is a single mother working two cleaning jobs to support her unruly stepson and her daughter, Tanzie, a young math prodigy.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
