Books like Someone Like You
12 books with a reading profile close to Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Since You've Been Gone
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Shy teenager Emily depends entirely on her charismatic best friend Sloane to navigate social life.
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2
If I Was Your Girl
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Amanda Hardy moves to Lambertville, Tennessee, to live with her father after a violent assault at her previous school.
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3
The Last Summer of You and Me
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Riley, Alice and Paul are friends who grew up together in a small town in Maine.
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4
Imogen, Obviously
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Imogen Scott is a high school senior who has always thought of herself as straight and who has a reputation for being the friend of everyone.
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Bloom
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Ari has graduated from high school and dreams of moving to the city to find success with his band, but his father expects him to keep working at the family bakery.
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6
The Truth About Forever
by Sarah Dessen
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Macy Queen spends her summer grieving her father’s sudden death by maintaining a rigid, controlled routine.
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What to Say Next
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
David Drucker is a teenager who has difficulty reading social cues and has been mocked at school.
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8
In Her Shoes
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Rose and Maggie Feller are sisters who could hardly be less alike.
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9
Us
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Douglas Petersen, a biochemist, wakes one night to hear his wife Connie say she thinks their marriage is over.
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10
Circle of Friends
by Maeve Binchy
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Benny Hogan, a shy, plump girl from a small Irish town, goes to University College Dublin in the 1950s, where she becomes friends with Eve Malone, an orphan raised by nuns, and the glamorous Nan Mahon.
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11
Where the Heart Is
by Billie Letts
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Novalee Nation is seventeen, seven months pregnant, and abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in a small Oklahoma town.
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12
The Bridges of Madison County
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
In 1965, Francesca Johnson, an Italian war bride in her forties, is alone on an Iowa farm for four days while her husband Richard and their children attend a state fair.
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