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12 books with a reading profile close to The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 Save the Date

    Save the Date

    by Morgan Matson

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Charlie Grant wants one last perfect weekend with all four of her older siblings at their family home before it is sold.

  2. 2 A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

    A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

    by Laura Taylor Namey

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Lila Reyes is a Miami teenager whose plans for a culinary career and life with her boyfriend collapse after three personal losses.

  3. 3 What I Thought Was True

    What I Thought Was True

    by Huntley Fitzpatrick

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Seventeen-year-old Gwen Castle spends her summer working as a swim instructor and house cleaner on the affluent island of Seashell.

  4. 4 Blackout

    Blackout

    by Dhonielle Clayton

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    This young-adult anthology of linked romances is set during a heat wave in New York City when a citywide blackout strikes.

  5. 5 The Woman Who Stole My Life

    The Woman Who Stole My Life

    by Marian Keyes

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Stella Sweeney was an ordinary Dublin beautician until she caught Guillain-Barré syndrome and was temporarily paralysed.

  6. 6 The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

    The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

    by Abbi Waxman

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Nina Hill lives a strictly organized life in Los Angeles, centered around her job at a local bookstore, her trivia team, and her cat.

  7. 7 Second Chance Summer

    Second Chance Summer

    by Morgan Matson

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

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

  8. 8 The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

    The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

    by Jennifer E. Smith

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan misses her flight to London by four minutes, an accident that leads her to meet Oliver in the airport waiting area.

  9. 9 Beach Read

    Beach Read

    by Emily Henry

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    January Andrews is a romance writer who no longer believes in love, while Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction who treats happy endings with cynicism.

  10. 10 Better Off Friends

    Better Off Friends

    by Elizabeth Eulberg

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Macallan and Levi have been friends since childhood and neighbours, and when he goes off to a boarding school she keeps in touch.

  11. 11 How to Fall in Love

    How to Fall in Love

    by Cecelia Ahern

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

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

  12. 12 The Beach House

    The Beach House

    by Jane Green

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Nan Powers, a widow in her sixties, lives in a large old house on Nantucket that she has owned for years.

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