Books like Windfall
12 books with a reading profile close to Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith. Practical, inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
The Henna Wars
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Nishat is a teenage girl living in Dublin who decides to come out to her Bengali parents, only to be met with a silent refusal to acknowledge her identity.
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2
The Girl He Used to Know
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Annika Rose, a quiet, brilliant student with undiagnosed autism, meets Wes Winters at the University of Illinois chess club in the early 1990s.
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3
Finding Audrey
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
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.
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4
When We Collided
by Emery Lord
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Jonah Daniels lives in the coastal town of Verona Cove, where he handles the responsibilities of his family’s restaurant and cares for his younger siblings following his father’s sudden death.
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5
Once and for All
by Sarah Dessen
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
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.
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6
The Rest of the Story
by Sarah Dessen
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Emma Saylor Northup spends her summer at North Lake, the childhood home of her mother, who died from an overdose years earlier.
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7
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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8
Twenty Boy Summer
by Sarah Ockler
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Anna and her best friend Frankie, both fifteen, spend a summer with Frankie's family at a beach house in California.
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9
Instructions for Dancing
by Nicola Yoon
Also practical and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Evie Thomas gains a supernatural ability to witness the entire trajectory of a couple’s romance, from the first spark to the eventual breakup, just by watching them kiss.
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10
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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11
Boy Meets Boy
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Paul Ames lives in a fictional town where being gay is unremarkable, the high school homecoming queen is a star quarterback named Infinite Darlene, and the Boy Scouts are inclusive.
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12
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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