Books like Where'd You Go, Bernadette
12 books with a reading profile close to Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
Pineapple Street
entertainment, narrative
Set in the elite enclave of Brooklyn Heights, the narrative follows three women navigating the Stockton family’s immense generational wealth.
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2
Nothing to See Here
by Kevin Wilson
entertainment, narrative
Lillian, a young woman living in her mother’s attic, accepts a job from her wealthy former roommate, Madison, to care for ten-year-old twins, Bessie and Roland.
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3
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
entertainment, narrative
Levi, known as Biff, is resurrected by an angel in the twenty-first century to write a new gospel that fills the thirty-year gap in the life of Jesus, or Joshua.
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4
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
entertainment, narrative
Rob Fleming is a thirty-something record store owner in London whose life is defined by vinyl and chronic indecision.
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5
This is Where I Leave You
entertainment, narrative
When Judd Foxman catches his wife in bed with his boss, his life collapses simultaneously with the death of his father.
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Drama
Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Seventh-grader Callie is an aspiring set designer for her middle school’s stage crew.
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Ghosts
Also clear-cut · 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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Restart
Also clear-cut · 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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Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
by Clare Pooley
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Iona Iverson takes the same train into London every day and follows a firm rule: no talking to other commuters.
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Elevation
by Stephen King
narrative, accessible
Scott Carey lives in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine, and he has a puzzling medical problem: he is steadily losing weight, but he looks the same and weighs the same on the scale whether he is dressed or naked and c…
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11
Before We Were Yours
by Lisa Wingate
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
The story oscillates between 1939 Mississippi and modern-day South Carolina.
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A Week in Winter
by Maeve Binchy
Also clear-cut · 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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