Books like The Pleasure of My Company
12 books with a reading profile close to The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
Nothing to See Here
by Kevin Wilson
entertainment, narrative
Lillian, a young woman living in her mother’s attic, accepts a job from her wealthy former roommate, Madison, to care for ten-year-old twins, Bessie and Roland.
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2
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple
entertainment, narrative
Bernadette Fox is a former architectural star living in a decaying Seattle mansion, struggling to adjust to a suburban life she detests.
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3
Pineapple Street
entertainment, narrative
Set in the elite enclave of Brooklyn Heights, the narrative follows three women navigating the Stockton family’s immense generational wealth.
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4
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
entertainment, narrative
Levi, known as Biff, is resurrected by an angel in the twenty-first century to write a new gospel that fills the thirty-year gap in the life of Jesus, or Joshua.
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5
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
entertainment, narrative
Rob Fleming is a thirty-something record store owner in London whose life is defined by vinyl and chronic indecision.
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6
This is Where I Leave You
entertainment, narrative
When Judd Foxman catches his wife in bed with his boss, his life collapses simultaneously with the death of his father.
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7
Miss Benson's Beetle
by Rachel Joyce
narrative, accessible
In 1950s London, Margery Benson, a lonely domestic science teacher, abandons her stifling life to find a mythical golden beetle on the island of New Caledonia.
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8
Elevation
by Stephen King
narrative, accessible
Scott Carey lives in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine, and he has a puzzling medical problem: he is steadily losing weight, but he looks the same and weighs the same on the scale whether he is dressed or naked and c…
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9
Modern Lovers
by Emma Straub
narrative, accessible
Elizabeth and Andrew, and Zoe and Harry, are two couples who have been friends since their youth in a band, living in Brooklyn.
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10
City of Girls
narrative, accessible
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York City after being expelled from Vassar College.
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11
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
narrative, accessible
In 1930s Paris, a young orphan named Hugo Cabret lives in the hidden maintenance tunnels of a busy train station.
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12
Mary Jane
narrative, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Mary Jane Duer grows up in a strictly conservative, religious household in 1970s Baltimore.
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