Books like Uncommon Type
12 books with a reading profile close to Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles
narrative, accessible
In 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson returns to his foreclosed Nebraska farm after serving time at a juvenile work farm for involuntary manslaughter.
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2
The House of Eve
narrative, accessible
In 1948 Philadelphia, high school student Ruby Pearsall strives to become the first in her family to attend college until a forbidden relationship with a local boy threatens her scholarship prospects.
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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
narrative, accessible
Nikki, a young British-Punjabi woman, accepts a job teaching creative writing to a group of Sikh widows in Southall, London.
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All American Boys
narrative, accessible
Rashad Butler, a Black teenager, is brutally beaten by a white police officer who wrongly suspects him of shoplifting and assault at a corner store.
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The Art of Fielding
by Chad Harbach
narrative, accessible
Henry Skrimshander is a gifted shortstop at Westish College whose life revolves around the pursuit of a flawless defensive record.
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6
This Tender Land
narrative, accessible
In 1932, orphans Odie and Albert O’Banion flee the Lincoln School in Minnesota, a state-run institution where Native American children face systemic abuse.
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7
You Think It, I'll Say It
narrative, accessible
Curtis Sittenfeld's collection of ten stories looks at contemporary American relationships with a sharp, witty eye.
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8
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles
narrative, accessible
On New Year’s Eve in 1937, legal secretary Katey Kontent and her roommate Eve Ross meet a wealthy banker named Tinker Grey in a Greenwich Village jazz hole.
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9
The Dictionary of Lost Words
by Pip Williams
narrative, accessible
Set in the late nineteenth century during the compilation of the first Oxford English Dictionary, Esme Nicoll grows up beneath the sorting table where her father and other lexicographers classify words.
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10
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
narrative, accessible
Budo is the imaginary friend of Max, a boy with autism, and he has lasted far longer than most imaginary friends because Max still needs him.
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The Invention of Wings
narrative, accessible
The story follows Sarah Grimké, the daughter of a wealthy Charleston judge, and Hetty "Handful," the enslaved girl gifted to Sarah on her eleventh birthday.
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12
Olga Dies Dreaming
narrative, accessible
Set in 2017 New York City, the narrative follows Olga Acevedo, a high-end wedding planner for the billionaire class, and her brother Prieto, a popular congressman representing their native Brooklyn neighborhood.
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