Books like The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
12 books with a reading profile close to The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Emergency Contact
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Penny Lee leaves for college in Austin, Texas, hoping to distance herself from her mother and a stagnant hometown life.
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The Last Anniversary
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Sophie Honeywell inherits a house on Scribbly Gum Island from Connie Tickle, a woman she barely knew.
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Me Before You
by Jojo Moyes
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Louisa Clark lives a predictable life in a small English town until she loses her cafe job and becomes a companion for Will Traynor.
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The Little Paris Bookshop
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Jean Perdu operates a floating bookstore on a barge called the Literary Apothecary, moored on the Seine.
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With the Fire on High
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Emoni Santiago is a high school senior in Philadelphia balancing the demands of raising her young daughter with the academic pressures of her final year.
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Fangirl
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Cath Avery enters her freshman year at the University of Nebraska clinging to the online world of Simon Snow fanfiction.
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The Japanese Lover
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
In 1939, Alma Belasco leaves Nazi-occupied Poland for her relatives' San Francisco estate.
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The Wedding People
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Phoebe Stone arrives at a luxury Rhode Island hotel with a suitcase full of evening gowns and a plan to end her life following a divorce and the collapse of her academic career.
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Romantic Comedy
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Sally Milz is a sketch writer for a late-night comedy program called The Night Owls.
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The Hypnotist's Love Story
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Ellen O'Farrell is a hypnotherapist in Sydney who helps people with problems such as phobias and bad habits.
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One Day
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
On July 15, 1988, Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew share a single night together after their university graduation in Edinburgh.
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Words in Deep Blue
by Cath Crowley
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Rachel Sweetie returns to her seaside hometown three years after leaving a letter for Henry Jones in a book at his family’s secondhand shop, Howling Books.
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