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Books like The Body

12 books with a reading profile close to The Body by Stephen King. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; an easy read.

1

Dandelion Wine

by Ray Bradbury

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature

Set in the summer of 1952 in Green Town, Illinois, the narrative follows twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding as he awakens to the conscious realization that he is alive.
2

The Outsiders

by S.E. Hinton

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature

Ponyboy Curtis lives on the east side of town, where being a Greaser means constant conflict with the wealthy Socs.
3

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

by Judy Blume

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Eleven-year-old Margaret Simon moves from New York City to the New Jersey suburbs, where she joins a secret club with three other girls to discuss boys, bras, and the onset of puberty.
4

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck, J. Steinbeck

Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Set during the Great Depression in California’s Salinas Valley, the story follows George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced ranch hands seeking manual labor.
5

Charlotte’s Web

by E.B. White

Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

After Fern Arable saves a runt pig named Wilbur from her father’s axe, the animal is moved to a nearby farm where he faces an eventual winter slaughter.
6

The Hundred Dresses

by Eleanor Estes

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature

Wanda Petronski, a Polish immigrant girl in a small American town, wears the same faded blue dress to school every day.
7

The Pearl

by John Steinbeck

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Kino, a poor diver in a coastal Mexican village, discovers a massive pearl that he believes will secure his family’s future and provide medical treatment for his son, Coyotito.
8

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

The House on Mango Street follows Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl navigating a poverty-stricken neighborhood in Chicago.
9

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Set in the Alabama town of Maycomb during the Great Depression, the story follows young Scout Finch and her brother Jem.
10

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

narrative, classic literature

Milo is a boy suffering from a chronic sense of boredom until a mysterious toy tollbooth appears in his room.
11

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

by Betty Smith

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature

Francie Nolan grows up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn during the first two decades of the twentieth century.
12

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

by Christy Lefteri

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Nuri is a beekeeper who tends to hives in the Syrian city of Aleppo alongside his wife, Afra, an artist who loses her sight after a bomb kills their young son.

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