Books like Yolk
12 books with a reading profile close to Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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1
About a Boy
by Nick Hornby
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Will Freeman is a thirty-six-year-old Londoner living off the royalties of a Christmas song written by his father.
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2
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fifteen-year-old Julia Reyes lives in a cramped Chicago apartment, navigating the high expectations of her immigrant parents while mourning her older sister, Olga.
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3
Maine
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Three generations of the Kelleher family, an Irish American clan from Boston, gather at the family's house in Maine for a summer.
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4
Mosquitoland
by David Arnold
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Mary Iris Malone, who goes by Mim, is sixteen, dosed with medication, and unhappy in Mississippi with her father and new stepmother.
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5
Fresh Water for Flowers
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Violette Toussaint is the caretaker of a cemetery in Burgundy, where she lives in a lodge by the gate.
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6
Felix Ever After
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Felix Love is a Black, queer, transgender teenager attending a summer arts program in New York City while navigating the complicates of identity and self-worth.
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7
Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Rebecca Winter, a once-famous New York City photographer, finds her bank account dwindling and her artistic relevance fading as she enters her sixties.
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8
Change of Heart
by Jodi Picoult
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
June Nealon's husband, Michael, is a lawyer, and her daughter is dead.
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9
Sweetbitter
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The story follows twenty-two-year-old Tess, who moves to New York City and secures a position as a backwaiter at a high-end Union Square restaurant.
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10
The Tenth Circle
by Jodi Picoult
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Daniel Stone is a comic-book artist with a troubled childhood, married to Laura, a college professor, and father to fourteen-year-old Trixie.
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11
THE NEST
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The Plumb siblings—Leo, Beatrice, Jack, and Melody—have spent years anticipating the distribution of a shared trust fund they call the Nest.
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12
Eliza and Her Monsters
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Eliza Mirk is a shy high school senior who secretly creates Monstrous Sea, a global webcomic phenomenon.
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