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12 books with a reading profile close to The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer. Inward-looking; an easy read.

  1. 1 The People We Keep

    The People We Keep

    by Allison Larkin

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

    In 1994, April Sawicki lives in a motorhome in Little River, New York, where she works at a motor vehicle office and plays guitar.

  2. 2 Before I Die

    Before I Die

    by Jenny Downham

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

    Sixteen-year-old Tessa Scott has lived with leukemia for four years and has decided to stop her medical treatments.

  3. 3 The Last Time We Say Goodbye

    The Last Time We Say Goodbye

    by Cynthia Hand

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

    High school senior Lexie Tyson faces the aftermath of her younger brother Tyler’s suicide.

  4. 4 Before I Fall

    Before I Fall

    by Lauren Oliver

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

    Samantha Kingston is a popular high school senior who occupies a high rank in her school’s social hierarchy alongside her three best friends.

  5. 5 Hello Beautiful

    Hello Beautiful

    by Ann Napolitano

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

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

  6. 6 The Astonishing Color of After

    The Astonishing Color of After

    by Emily X.R. Pan

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

    Leigh Chen Sanders is convinced that her mother turned into a large red bird after dying by suicide.

  7. 7 Maame

    Maame

    by Jessica George

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

    Twenty-five-year-old Maddie Wright spends her days navigating a high-pressure London office and her nights as the sole caregiver for her father, who struggles with late-stage Parkinson’s disease.

  8. 8 Blue Sisters

    Blue Sisters

    by Coco Mellors

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

    Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky Blue are three estranged sisters who return to their family apartment in New York one year after the death of their fourth sibling, Nicky.

  9. 9 How to Make Friends with the Dark

    How to Make Friends with the Dark

    by Kathleen Glasgow

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

    After her mother dies suddenly from an undiagnosed brain aneurysm, sixteen-year-old Tiger Tolliver is thrust into the disorganized machinery of the foster care system.

  10. 10 Suicide Notes

    Suicide Notes

    by Michael Thomas Ford

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

    Jeff Weeks is a fifteen-year-old who wakes up in a psychiatric ward after attempting suicide.

  11. 11 The Language of Flowers

    The Language of Flowers

    by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

    Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

    Victoria Jones ages out of the California foster care system with no resources and a history of failed placements.

  12. 12 Three Days in June

    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.

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