Books like A Little Life
If you liked A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Paper Palace
Because shares tags: literary fiction, trauma.
Elle faces Jonas choice at Cape Cod while assault memory returns.
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Because shares tags: friendship, literary fiction.
Footbound Lily and Snow Flower share laotong bond through 19th century Hunan hardship.
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She's Come Undone
Because shares tags: literary fiction, trauma.
Abused as a girl, divorced and struggling with weight, Dolores Price slowly finds healing after years of trauma.
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My Dark Vanessa
Because shares tags: literary fiction, trauma.
Vanessa recalls teacher Strane abuse as adult reckoning looms.
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My Brilliant Friend
Because shares tags: literary fiction, friendship.
Elena and Lila grow up in 1950s Naples bound by rivalry and love.
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Because shares tags: friendship, lgbtq.
Two Chicago teens with one name collide, with Tiny Cooper's musical stealing every scene.
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Because shares tags: literary fiction, new york.
A young art graduate tries to sleep for a year with pills and Reva while the city drifts toward 2001.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Because shares tags: literary fiction, new york.
Nine year old Oskar searches New York for a lock matching his father's key after 9/11.
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
Because shares tags: literary fiction, friendship.
Two friends Alice and Eileen trade letters while navigating love with Felix and Simon.
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Call Me by Your Name
Because shares tags: lgbtq, literary fiction.
One summer on the Italian Riviera: seventeen-year-old Elio and grad student Oliver circle each other through swims, talks, and missed…
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Bared to You
Because shares tags: trauma, new york.
Eva starts over in New York and falls for Gideon Cross, whose past mirrors her own trauma.
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They Both Die at the End
Because shares tags: friendship, lgbtq.
Two teens called as dying meet through an app and share one full day.
