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12 books with a reading profile close to Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan. Practical, inward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 One Day in December

    One Day in December

    by Josie Silver

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Laurie is looking out a bus window on a snowy London day when she locks eyes with a man at a bus stop.

  2. 2 The Last Letter

    The Last Letter

    by Rebecca Yarros

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    After his best friend Ryan is killed in combat, Special Forces soldier Beckett Gentry travels to Telluride to honor a final request.

  3. 3 Meet Me at the Lake

    Meet Me at the Lake

    by Carley Fortune

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Fern Brookbanks and Will Baxter met in their twenties and spent one day wandering through Toronto, making a pact to reunite a year later at Fern’s family lakeside resort.

  4. 4 Happily Never After

    Happily Never After

    by Lynn Painter

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Sophie Steinbeck abandons her own wedding after realizing her fiancé is unfaithful, only to encounter Max Cohen, a professional objector who was hired to stop the ceremony.

  5. 5 Eleanor & Grey

    Eleanor & Grey

    by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Eleanor and Grey's lives intertwine through a shared tragedy and a tumultuous past.

  6. 6 Remember Me?

    Remember Me?

    by Sophie Kinsella

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital after a car accident believing it is 2004, her teeth are crooked, and she is a low-level worker with a messy dating life.

  7. 7 The Soulmate Equation

    The Soulmate Equation

    by Christina Lauren

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Jess Davis, a single mother and data analyst, enters a world where genetic matching dictates romantic potential.

  8. 8 Before We Were Strangers

    Before We Were Strangers

    by Renee Carlino

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Matt and Grace meet at New York University in the late nineties, forming a connection over photography and music that ends abruptly after graduation.

  9. 9 In the Likely Event

    In the Likely Event

    by Rebecca Yarros

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    In the Likely Event follows Izzy Astor and Nate Phelan, two individuals whose lives intertwine during a traumatic plane crash in their youth.

  10. 10 Heart Bones

    Heart Bones

    by Colleen Hoover

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Beyah Grim grows up in extreme poverty, shaped by a mother’s addiction and the constant threat of hunger.

  11. 11 The Idea of You

    The Idea of You

    by Robinne Lee

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Solène Marchand is a thirty-nine-year-old art gallery owner in Los Angeles and a divorced mother.

  12. 12 My Life Next Door

    My Life Next Door

    by Huntley Fitzpatrick

    Also practical and inward-looking · romance, entertainment

    Samantha Reed spends her summers watching the Garrett family from her balcony, fascinated by their chaotic, loud, and affectionate household which contrasts sharply with her mother’s rigid, sterile expectations.

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