Books like The Passengers on the Hankyu Line
12 books with a reading profile close to The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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1
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Billie Jo Kelby lives on a struggling Oklahoma wheat farm during the Great Depression.
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2
THE NEST
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The Plumb siblings—Leo, Beatrice, Jack, and Melody—have spent years anticipating the distribution of a shared trust fund they call the Nest.
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3
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
by Patrick Ness
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
In an unnamed town where "indie kids" are busy fighting supernatural soul-eating Immortals, Mikey Mitchell just wants to graduate and work up the courage to ask out his crush, Henna.
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Elsewhere
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.
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Fresh Water for Flowers
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Violette Toussaint is the caretaker of a cemetery in Burgundy, where she lives in a lodge by the gate.
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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.
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Small Great Things
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, accessible
Ruth Jefferson, a labor and delivery nurse with twenty years of experience, begins her shift at a Connecticut hospital only to be reassigned because a patient’s parents are white supremacists who demand that no African…
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8
Sweetbitter
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.
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The Boston Girl
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.
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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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11
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.
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What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The narrative centers on five Tokyo residents at different life crossroads, including a restless retail clerk and a retired salaryman.
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