Books like Today Will Be Different
12 books with a reading profile close to Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
The Book of Essie
entertainment, narrative
Essie Hicks is a seventeen-year-old girl, the daughter of a famous evangelical preacher whose family stars in a reality television show.
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2
Truly Madly Guilty
entertainment, narrative
Clementine and Erika have been friends since childhood, but their relationship is strained by unspoken resentment and a sudden request regarding egg donation.
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3
Sourdough
by Robin Sloan
entertainment, narrative
Lois Clary is a software engineer in San Francisco who spends her days coding robotic arms.
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4
Drama
entertainment, narrative
Seventh-grader Callie is an aspiring set designer for her middle school’s stage crew.
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5
Ghosts
entertainment, narrative
Catrina and her family move to Bahía de la Luna, a foggy town on the Northern California coast, to help her younger sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis.
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6
Night Road
entertainment, narrative
Twins Mia and Zach Farraday are popular, close and loved by their mother Jude, who has made them the centre of her life.
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7
The List
entertainment, narrative
At Mount Washington High School, a list appears on the first Monday of the year that names one girl as the prettiest and one as the ugliest in each class.
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Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
entertainment, narrative
Scott Pilgrim faces his final confrontation with Gideon Graves, the leader of the League of Evil Exes, to determine the fate of his relationship with Ramona Flowers.
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9
Restart
entertainment, narrative
Chase Ambrose falls off a roof, hits his head and wakes up with no memory of who he was.
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10
A Week in Winter
by Maeve Binchy
entertainment, narrative
Chicky Starr, once a restless Dubliner, buys a decaying Victorian house on the west coast of Ireland and turns it into a guesthouse called Stone House.
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11
Carrie Soto Is Back
entertainment, narrative
Carrie Soto retired from professional tennis as the greatest player in history, holding every major record.
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12
The Next Best Thing
entertainment, narrative
Ruth Saunders is a young woman who survived a car accident that killed her parents and left her scarred.
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