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Books like The Most Fun We Ever Had

12 books with a reading profile close to The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo. Inward-looking; a moderate read.

  1. 1 A Woman Is No Man

    A Woman Is No Man

    by Etaf Rum

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    In 1990 Palestine, Fareeda forces eighteen-year-old Isra into an arranged marriage that moves her to Brooklyn.

  2. 2 Three Women

    Three Women

    by Lisa Taddeo

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Lisa Taddeo documents the intimate lives of three American women to map the landscape of female desire and social stigma.

  3. 3 This Is How It Always Is

    This Is How It Always Is

    by Laurie Frankel

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Rosie and Penn Walsh are parents to five boys, the youngest of whom is Claude.

  4. 4 The Silver Linings Playbook

    The Silver Linings Playbook

    by Matthew Quick

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Pat Peoples returns to his parents’ home in New Jersey after months in a psychiatric facility.

  5. 5 Dear Edward

    Dear Edward

    by Ann Napolitano

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Twelve-year-old Edward Adler is the sole survivor of a commercial plane crash that kills 191 people, including his parents and older brother.

  6. 6 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

    Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

    by Gail Honeyman

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Eleanor Oliphant lives a life of rigid, isolated routine in Glasgow, working as a finance clerk and spending weekends with frozen pizza and vodka.

  7. 7 The Solitude of Prime Numbers

    The Solitude of Prime Numbers

    by Paolo Giordano

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Alice and Mattia first meet as teenagers in an Italian town.

  8. 8 The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    by Stephen Chbosky, Stephen Chbosky

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Charlie is an introverted high school freshman who narrates his life through a series of anonymous letters.

  9. 9 We Are Okay

    We Are Okay

    by Nina LaCour

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Marin leaves her California life behind without a word, fleeing to a New York college dormitory to spend winter break alone.

  10. 10 Nineteen Minutes

    Nineteen Minutes

    by Jodi Picoult

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    In Sterling, New Hampshire, Peter Houghton undergoes years of relentless bullying before bringing firearms to his high school and killing ten people.

  11. 11 Still Alice

    Still Alice

    by Lisa Genova

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Alice Howland is a fifty-year-old linguistics professor at Harvard whose life centers on the mastery of language and cognitive performance.

  12. 12 Almond

    Almond

    by Sohn Won-Pyung

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Yunjae is born with alexithymia, a neurological condition caused by underdeveloped amygdalae that prevents him from feeling fear, anger, or affection.

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