Books like Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
If you liked Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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She's Come Undone
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age, family.
Abused as a girl, divorced and struggling with weight, Dolores Price slowly finds healing after years of trauma.
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Norwegian Wood
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age, grief.
Toru recalls 1969 Tokyo, torn between fragile Naoko and lively Midori after a friend's suicide.
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The Goldfinch
Because shares tags: coming of age, grief, new york.
Theo Decker steals a Dutch painting after a museum blast kills his mother, then drifts through guilt and crime.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Because shares tags: coming of age, literary fiction, family.
Curious Incident retold: Christopher finds Wellington dead, maps primes, seeks truth in Swindon.
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The Catcher in the Rye
Because shares tags: coming of age, literary fiction, new york.
J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye explained: Holden's weekend in New York, the phony adults, Phoebe's carousel, and why readers keep…
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White Oleander
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age.
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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Tom Lake
Because shares tags: literary fiction, family.
Lara tells daughters about young love with actor Peter Duke at Tom Lake.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age.
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
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The Virgin Suicides
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age.
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
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The Paper Palace
Because shares tags: literary fiction, family.
Elle faces Jonas choice at Cape Cod while assault memory returns.
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The Karamazov Brothers
Because shares tags: literary fiction, family.
Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.
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Running with Scissors
Because shares tags: family, coming of age.
A boy sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist grows up in a chaotic house with no rules.
