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12 books with a reading profile close to Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum. Practical, inward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 The wedding

    The wedding

    by Nicholas Sparks

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

    Wilson Lewis, a middle-aged estate attorney, realizes his thirty-year marriage is failing after he forgets his wedding anniversary.

  2. 2 Love and Other Words

    Love and Other Words

    by Christina Lauren

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

    Macy Sorensen is a pediatrics resident who leads a structured, predictable life until she encounters Elliot Petropoulos, the man who was once her entire world.

  3. 3 How to Fall in Love

    How to Fall in Love

    by Cecelia Ahern

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Christie Rose works as a counselor at a Dublin radio station and has a hard time with her own love life.

  4. 4 Regretting You

    Regretting You

    by Colleen Hoover

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

    Morgan Grant and her daughter Clara have a strained relationship built on conflicting personalities.

  5. 5 Second Chance Summer

    Second Chance Summer

    by Morgan Matson

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Taylor Edwards does not handle conflict well; her habit is to run away when life becomes difficult.

  6. 6 Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

    Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

    by Joya Goffney

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Quinn Collins is a pastor's daughter in Texas who keeps a notebook where she records her biggest fears and a list of things she is too scared to do, from kissing to being honest with her parents.

  7. 7 The Moon and More

    The Moon and More

    by Sarah Dessen

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Luke’s tides and seasonal rhythms dictate life in the coastal town of Colby, where Emaline works for her family’s vacation rental business.

  8. 8 Hecha de estrellas

    Hecha de estrellas

    by Ashley Herring Blake

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative

    Mara and her twin brother, Owen, share an inseparable bond until their classmate, Hannah, accuses Owen of rape.

  9. 9 Pumpkinheads

    Pumpkinheads

    by Rainbow Rowell

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    High school seniors Deja and Josiah have worked together at a sprawling Nebraska pumpkin patch every autumn for three years.

  10. 10 The Copper Beech

    The Copper Beech

    by Maeve Binchy

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    In the Irish town of Shancarrig, eight children carve their initials into the trunk of a copper beech tree overlooking their schoolhouse.

  11. 11 Firefly Summer

    Firefly Summer

    by Maeve Binchy

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    In the mid-1960s, an Irish-American widower named Patrick O'Neill arrives in the quiet village of Mountfern with his two teenage children.

  12. 12 First Comes Love

    First Comes Love

    by Emily Giffin

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Josie Bartolo lives in New York as a teacher, and her older sister Meredith is a successful lawyer who is cold and competitive.

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