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12 books with a reading profile close to THE NEST by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

Fresh Water for Flowers

by Valérie Perrin

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Violette Toussaint is the caretaker of a cemetery in Burgundy, where she lives in a lodge by the gate.
2

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.
3

Sweetbitter

by Stephanie Danler

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

The story follows twenty-two-year-old Tess, who moves to New York City and secures a position as a backwaiter at a high-end Union Square restaurant.
4

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

by E. Lockhart

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

At Alabaster Preparatory Academy, sophomore Frankie Landau-Banks discovers that her boyfriend belongs to the Loyal Order of the Basset Hound, an all-male secret society with deep historical roots.
5

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

by Erika L. Sánchez

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Fifteen-year-old Julia Reyes lives in a cramped Chicago apartment, navigating the high expectations of her immigrant parents while mourning her older sister, Olga.
6

The Boston Girl

by Anita Diamant

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

The novel follows Addie Baum, the daughter of Jewish immigrants, as she recounts her life story to her granddaughter in 1985.
7

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.
8

Elsewhere

by Gabrielle Zevin

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Fifteen-year-old Liz Hall dies in a hit-and-run accident and wakes up on a ship heading to Elsewhere, a land where the dead age backward toward infancy.
9

The Vacationers

by Emma Straub

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

The Post family embarks on their annual summer vacation to Mallorca, but behind the sun-drenched facade, simmering resentments and long-held secrets threaten to unravel their seemingly perfect lives.
10

This Time Tomorrow

by Emma Straub

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Alice Stern is approaching her fortieth birthday in New York City, feeling stagnant in her career and romantic life while her father, Leonard, lies dying in a hospital bed.
11

The Weird Sisters

by Eleanor Brown

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

The three Andreas sisters, daughters of a Shakespeare professor who speaks mostly in quotations, come home to their small Ohio college town because their mother has breast cancer.
12

About a Boy

by Nick Hornby

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Will Freeman is a thirty-six-year-old Londoner living off the royalties of a Christmas song written by his father.

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