Books like This Lullaby
12 books with a reading profile close to This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen. Practical, inward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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Autoboyography
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, literary
Tanner Scott is a bisexual teenager living in Provo, Utah, where the local culture is dominated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Also clear-cut · romance, literary
Naomi Porter, a high school student, slips on a bar of soap in her kitchen, hits her head, and loses four years of memory.
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The Beach House
by Jane Green
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, literary
Nan Powers, a widow in her sixties, lives in a large old house on Nantucket that she has owned for years.
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An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Also inward-looking · romance, literary
Colin Singleton is a child prodigy who has been dumped by nineteen girls, all of whom share the name Katherine.
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5
Eligible
Also clear-cut · romance, literary
Curtis Sittenfeld transplants Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice to modern-day Cincinnati.
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by John Green
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, literary
Two teenagers named Will Grayson lead separate, disconnected lives in the suburbs of Chicago until a chance encounter at a novelty shop brings them together.
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Love & Misadventure
by Lang Leav
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, literary
Lang Leav’s collection uses brief, rhyming stanzas and minimalist illustrations to chart the timeline of a romantic relationship.
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Words in Deep Blue
by Cath Crowley
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, literary
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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9
The Break
by Marian Keyes
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, literary
Amy Bartlett's husband, Hugh, tells her he needs a break from their marriage, six months in which he can do whatever he likes, with no responsibilities.
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The Dollhouse
by Fiona Davis
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, literary
In 1952, Darby McLaughlin moves into the Barbizon Hotel for Women to study secretarial skills, where she befriends a rebellious maid named Esme who introduces her to the jazz clubs of mid-century New York.
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11
Romantic Comedy
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, literary
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, literary
Ellen O'Farrell is a hypnotherapist in Sydney who helps people with problems such as phobias and bad habits.
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