Books like Lessons in Chemistry
If you liked Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Because shares tags: science, humor.
Bryson asks how we know what we know, from atoms to continents, with humor and awe.
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Bossypants
Because shares tags: humor, feminism.
Tina Fey moves from Pennsylvania childhood through improv and SNL to 30 Rock in this funny 2011 memoir. Expect backstage stories, jokes…
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White Oleander
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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Tom Lake
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Lara tells daughters about young love with actor Peter Duke at Tom Lake.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
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 tag: literary fiction.
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
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The Testaments
Because shares tag: feminism.
Aunt Lydia, Agnes and Nicole conspire to bring down Gilead fifteen years later.
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the sun and her flowers
Because shares tag: feminism.
Kaur follows love and loss through wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming in short illustrated poems.
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The Paper Palace
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Elle faces Jonas choice at Cape Cod while assault memory returns.
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The Nanny Diaries
Because shares tag: humor.
NYU student Nan nannies four-year-old Grayer X on Park Avenue, caught between a demanding Mrs. X, an absent Mr. X, and a lonely child who…
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The Master and Margarita
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
