Books like Sourdough
12 books with a reading profile close to Sourdough by Robin Sloan. Practical; an easy read.
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1
Funny Girl
by Nick Hornby
Also practical · entertainment, narrative
In 1960s Britain, Barbara, a young woman from Blackpool, wins a beauty contest but gives up the crown to pursue her dream of becoming a comedian.
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2
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
Also practical · entertainment, narrative
This collection compiles a decade of comic strips featuring the adventures of six-year-old Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes.
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3
The List
Also practical · entertainment, narrative
At Mount Washington High School, a list appears on the first Monday of the year that names one girl as the prettiest and one as the ugliest in each class.
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4
Today Will Be Different
by Maria Semple
entertainment, narrative
Eleanor Flood, a middle-aged animator living in Seattle, starts her morning with a manifesto to be her best self: she will initiate sex with her husband, skip her shower, and avoid getting annoyed with her son.
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5
Restart
Also practical · entertainment, narrative
Chase Ambrose falls off a roof, hits his head and wakes up with no memory of who he was.
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6
Revolting rhymes
by Roald Dahl
entertainment, narrative
Roald Dahl reimagines six classic fairy tales through dark, comedic poetry.
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
entertainment, narrative
This anthology collects the early installments of Bill Watterson’s comic strip, featuring a hyper-imaginative six-year-old boy named Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes.
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8
Pope Joan
entertainment, narrative
In ninth-century Europe, Joan is born into a world that denies women education and agency.
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9
The Orphan Collector
Also practical · entertainment, narrative
Set in Philadelphia during the 1918 influenza pandemic, the story follows thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange.
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10
The Book of Essie
entertainment, narrative
Essie Hicks is a seventeen-year-old girl, the daughter of a famous evangelical preacher whose family stars in a reality television show.
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11
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
entertainment, narrative
Scott Pilgrim faces his final confrontation with Gideon Graves, the leader of the League of Evil Exes, to determine the fate of his relationship with Ramona Flowers.
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12
Blockade Billy
by Stephen King
Also practical · entertainment, narrative
Set in the 1957 baseball season, this novella follows William Blakely, a catcher for the fictional Newark Titans.
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