Books like Summer of '69
12 books with a reading profile close to Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand. Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
A Hundred Summers
Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative
In the summer of 1938, the privileged Lily and her former best friend Violet reconnect at Lily's lavish Long Island estate.
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2
Boy Meets Boy
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Paul Ames lives in a fictional town where being gay is unremarkable, the high school homecoming queen is a star quarterback named Infinite Darlene, and the Boy Scouts are inclusive.
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3
Making Faces
by Amy Harmon
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Set in a small town in Pennsylvania, the story follows Fern Taylor, a quiet girl who grows up in the shadow of Ambrose Young, the local wrestling star.
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4
The Geography of You and Me
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
The story begins in a stalled elevator during a New York City blackout, where Lucy, a teenager living in a luxury penthouse, meets Owen, the son of the building’s superintendent.
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5
The Identicals
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Harper and Tabitha Frost are identical twins who grew up in a divided family, and they have not spoken in years.
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The Future of Us
by Jay Asher
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Set in 1996, the story follows high school neighbors Josh and Emma after they install an America Online CD-ROM on a brand-new computer.
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7
The Girl He Used to Know
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Annika Rose, a quiet, brilliant student with undiagnosed autism, meets Wes Winters at the University of Illinois chess club in the early 1990s.
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99 Days
Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative
Molly Barlow returns to her hometown of Starling Bay, Michigan, after a year away, hoping to get through the summer quietly.
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9
Yes No Maybe So
Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative
Jamie Goldberg prefers the behind-the-scenes work of political campaigning to the public scrutiny of the podium.
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10
The Beginning of Everything
romance, narrative
Ezra Faulkner believes that everyone encounters a single tragedy that defines their personal history.
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11
Now That You Mention It
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Nora Stuart, a physician in Los Angeles who loses her job and her fiancé on the same day, goes home to the small town in Maine where she grew up.
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12
The Henna Wars
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Nishat is a teenage girl living in Dublin who decides to come out to her Bengali parents, only to be met with a silent refusal to acknowledge her identity.
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