Books like Smile

If you liked Smile by Raina Telgemeier, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Everything I Know About Love

    Dolly Alderton · 2018

    Because shares tags: memoir, friendship.

    Dolly Alderton recalls bad dates flatshares and female friendship in her twenties memoir.

  2. The Mark of Athena

    Rick Riordan · 2012 · The Heroes of Olympus #3

    Because shares tags: middle grade, friendship.

    Seven demigods sail for Rome where Annabeth must follow the Mark to the Athena Parthenos alone.

  3. V for Vendetta

    Alan Moore · 1988

    Because shares tag: graphic novel.

    A masked rebel stalks fascist London while lost girl Evey finds her nerve, in Alan Moore and David Lloyd's 1988 DC graphic novel.

  4. Under the Tuscan Sun

    Frances Mayes · 1996

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Frances Mayes and her husband Ed restore an abandoned villa near Cortona, learning its stone walls, markets, and seasonal cooking one room…

  5. Truly Madly Guilty

    Liane Moriarty · 2016

    Because shares tag: friendship.

    A Sydney barbecue turns when two-year-old Ruby falls in a fountain. Three couples face guilt, marriage strain, and repair.

  6. This Is Going to Hurt

    Adam Kay · 2017

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Adam Kay retells his junior doctor diaries with humour and strain, from labour ward nights to leaving medicine.

  7. The Rose Code

    Kate Quinn · 2021

    Because shares tag: friendship.

    Three Bletchley Park women reunite in 1947 to expose a wartime traitor in Quinn's codebreaking novel.

  8. The Lies of Locke Lamora

    Scott Lynch · 2006 · Gentleman Bastard #1

    Because shares tag: friendship.

    Locke Lamora leads con artists in Camorr until a rival boss and a deadly coup force a fight for survival.

  9. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    Malcolm X · 1965

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Malcolm X traces his life from Michigan childhood through Harlem, prison, and the Nation of Islam to Mecca in this 1965 memoir told to Alex…

  10. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

    Sherman Alexie · 2007

    Because shares tag: friendship.

    Fourteen-year-old Junior leaves his Spokane reservation school for an all-white farm town, drawing cartoons through grief, basketball, and…

  11. Stargirl

    Jerry Spinelli · 2000 · Stargirl #1

    Because shares tag: friendship.

    Leo Borlock likes blending in until homeschooled Stargirl Caraway arrives at Mica High with a ukulele, a pet rat, and kindness that tests…

  12. Shoe Dog

    Phil Knight · 2016

    Because shares tag: memoir.

    Phil Knight tells how Blue Ribbon Sports grew from a trunk of Japanese running shoes into Nike.

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