Books like With the Fire on High
12 books with a reading profile close to With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Japanese Lover
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
In 1939, Alma Belasco leaves Nazi-occupied Poland for her relatives' San Francisco estate.
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The Last Anniversary
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Sophie Honeywell inherits a house on Scribbly Gum Island from Connie Tickle, a woman she barely knew.
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Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Maria is a young woman from a small Brazilian town who goes to Geneva with the promise of becoming a samba dancer.
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True Colors
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Three sisters grow up on their father's horse ranch: the dutiful Winona, the quiet Aurora, and the youngest, Vivi Ann, whom everyone adores.
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Romantic Comedy
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Sally Milz is a sketch writer for a late-night comedy program called The Night Owls.
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Fangirl
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Cath Avery enters her freshman year at the University of Nebraska clinging to the online world of Simon Snow fanfiction.
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Emergency Contact
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Penny Lee leaves for college in Austin, Texas, hoping to distance herself from her mother and a stagnant hometown life.
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Cleopatra and Frankenstein
by Coco Mellors
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Twenty-four-year-old Cleo, a British painter living in New York on an expiring student visa, impulsively marries Frank, an advertising executive twenty years her senior.
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The Hypnotist's Love Story
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Ellen O'Farrell is a hypnotherapist in Sydney who helps people with problems such as phobias and bad habits.
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Evidence of the Affair
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set in the 1970s, this epistolary novella centers on the correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer after Carrie discovers a stash of love letters written by David’s wife to Carrie’s husband.
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The Break
by Marian Keyes
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Amy Bartlett's husband, Hugh, tells her he needs a break from their marriage, six months in which he can do whatever he likes, with no responsibilities.
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