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Books like The Beekeeper of Aleppo

12 books with a reading profile close to The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; an easy read.

1

The Book of Unknown Americans

by Cristina Henríquez

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Two families move into the same apartment building in Delaware: the Riveras, who came from Mexico, and the Toros from Panama.
2

The Weird Sisters

by Eleanor Brown

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

The three Andreas sisters, daughters of a Shakespeare professor who speaks mostly in quotations, come home to their small Ohio college town because their mother has breast cancer.
3

Tom Lake

by Ann Patchett

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

During the 2020 pandemic, Lara gathers with her three adult daughters on their family cherry orchard in Michigan.
4

Ask Again, Yes

by Mary Beth Keane

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope are rookie NYPD officers who buy neighboring houses in a quiet New York suburb.
5

Three Days in June

by Anne Tyler

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Set against the humid backdrop of Baltimore, seventeen-year-old June navigates seventy-two hours of familial tension and burgeoning romantic attraction.
6

The Spectacular Now

by Tim Tharp

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Sutter Keely is a high school senior in a small Oklahoma town who lives for parties and drinking and thinks of himself as the life of every gathering.
7

Little Bee

by Chris Cleave

Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

The story follows two women whose lives intersect on a Nigerian beach during a violent encounter involving an oil company’s mercenaries.
8

Traumsammler

by Khaled Hosseini

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

The narrative begins in a small Afghan village where a father tells his children a myth about a giant stealing a beloved son, a story that foreshadows a forced separation.
9

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

by E. Lockhart

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

At Alabaster Preparatory Academy, sophomore Frankie Landau-Banks discovers that her boyfriend belongs to the Loyal Order of the Basset Hound, an all-male secret society with deep historical roots.
10

Was man von hier aus sehen kann

by Mariana Leky

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Luise, a ten-year-old girl in a small village in the German Westerwald, learns that whenever her grandmother Selma dreams of an okapi, someone in the village will die within twenty-four hours.
11

The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas, Angie Thomas

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter lives a split existence between her impoverished neighborhood, Garden Heights, and her wealthy suburban prep school.
12

Hello Beautiful

by Ann Napolitano

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

William Waters grows up in a silent, loveless household, finding his only refuge in basketball.

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