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Books like The Language of Flowers

12 books with a reading profile close to The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

The Immortalists

by Chloe Benjamin

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

In 1969 New York, the four Gold siblings—Varya, Daniel, Klara, and Simon—visit a psychic who predicts the exact date each will die.
2

The Light Between Oceans

by M.L. Stedman

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Tom Sherbourne, a traumatized veteran of the Great War, takes a job as a lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, a remote island off the Western Australian coast.
3

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.
4

This One Summer

by Mariko Tamaki

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Rose and Wind are childhood friends who reunite every July at a lakeside cabin in Awago Beach.
5

The Spectacular Now

by Tim Tharp

Also inward-looking · 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.
6

Tom Lake

by Ann Patchett

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

During the 2020 pandemic, Lara gathers with her three adult daughters on their family cherry orchard in Michigan.
7

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.
8

Interesting Facts about Space

by Emily R. Austin

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Enid Hoffman is a deaf woman who manages her chronic anxiety through a fixation on space trivia and a compulsive habit of monitoring local crime reports.
9

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Born in a rural Irish village to an unwed teenager, Cyril Avery is adopted by an eccentric, wealthy Dublin couple who constantly remind him he is not a "real" Avery.
10

The Collected Regrets of Clover

by Mikki Brammer

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Clover Brooks works as a death doula in New York City, supporting terminal patients through their final hours.
11

The Thing About Jellyfish

by Ali Benjamin

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

After her best friend Franny drowns, twelve-year-old Suzy Swanson stops talking.
12

I Am the Messenger

by Markus Zusak

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Ed Kennedy is an underage cab driver in a dead-end Australian suburb with no prospects beyond playing cards with his eccentric friends.

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