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12 books with a reading profile close to What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

    A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

    by Laura Taylor Namey

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Lila Reyes is a Miami teenager whose plans for a culinary career and life with her boyfriend collapse after three personal losses.

  2. 2 The Gravity of Us

    The Gravity of Us

    by Phil Stamper

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Cal Lewis is a teenage social media journalist who moves from Brooklyn to Houston when NASA selects his father for a high-profile mission to Mars.

  3. 3 Save the Date

    Save the Date

    by Morgan Matson

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Charlie Grant wants one last perfect weekend with all four of her older siblings at their family home before it is sold.

  4. 4 Blackout

    Blackout

    by Dhonielle Clayton

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    This young-adult anthology of linked romances is set during a heat wave in New York City when a citywide blackout strikes.

  5. 5 Finding Audrey

    Finding Audrey

    by Sophie Kinsella

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Fourteen-year-old Audrey Turner lives trapped behind dark sunglasses inside her house, struggling with a severe anxiety disorder and agoraphobia following a traumatic bullying incident at school.

  6. 6 You Should See Me in a Crown

    You Should See Me in a Crown

    by Leah Johnson

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Liz Lighty prioritizes her escape from Campbell, Indiana, through a scholarship to Pennington College.

  7. 7 Once and for All

    Once and for All

    by Sarah Dessen

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Louna Barrett spends her summers working for her mother’s wedding planning business, navigating the logistics of high-end ceremonies while maintaining a cynical outlook on romance.

  8. 8 The Rest of the Story

    The Rest of the Story

    by Sarah Dessen

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Emma Saylor Northup spends her summer at North Lake, the childhood home of her mother, who died from an overdose years earlier.

  9. 9 Pumpkinheads

    Pumpkinheads

    by Rainbow Rowell

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    High school seniors Deja and Josiah have worked together at a sprawling Nebraska pumpkin patch every autumn for three years.

  10. 10 Now That You Mention It

    Now That You Mention It

    by Kristan Higgins

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Nora Stuart, a physician in Los Angeles who loses her job and her fiancé on the same day, goes home to the small town in Maine where she grew up.

  11. 11 Yes No Maybe So

    Yes No Maybe So

    by Becky Albertalli

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Jamie Goldberg prefers the behind-the-scenes work of political campaigning to the public scrutiny of the podium.

  12. 12 Hecha de estrellas

    Hecha de estrellas

    by Ashley Herring Blake

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, accessible

    Mara and her twin brother, Owen, share an inseparable bond until their classmate, Hannah, accuses Owen of rape.

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