Books like What to Say Next
12 books with a reading profile close to What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum. Practical, inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
If I Was Your Girl
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Amanda Hardy moves to Lambertville, Tennessee, to live with her father after a violent assault at her previous school.
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2
Someone Like You
by Sarah Dessen
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Halley has always lived in the shadow of her bold best friend, Scarlett.
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3
The Truth About Forever
by Sarah Dessen
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Macy Queen spends her summer grieving her father’s sudden death by maintaining a rigid, controlled routine.
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4
The Last Summer of You and Me
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Riley, Alice and Paul are friends who grew up together in a small town in Maine.
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5
Since You've Been Gone
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Shy teenager Emily depends entirely on her charismatic best friend Sloane to navigate social life.
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6
Our Chemical Hearts
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Henry Page is a high school senior, an editor of the school newspaper and a self-confessed neurotic.
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7
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Joanna Teale, a graduate student researching nesting indigo buntings in rural Illinois, is recovering from the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer.
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8
The Bridges of Madison County
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
In 1965, Francesca Johnson, an Italian war bride in her forties, is alone on an Iowa farm for four days while her husband Richard and their children attend a state fair.
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9
Imogen, Obviously
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Imogen Scott is a high school senior who has always thought of herself as straight and who has a reputation for being the friend of everyone.
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10
Us
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Douglas Petersen, a biochemist, wakes one night to hear his wife Connie say she thinks their marriage is over.
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11
Where the Heart Is
by Billie Letts
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Novalee Nation is seventeen, seven months pregnant, and abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in a small Oklahoma town.
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12
Bloom
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Ari has graduated from high school and dreams of moving to the city to find success with his band, but his father expects him to keep working at the family bakery.
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