Books like The Goldfinch
If you liked The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Because shares tags: grief, new york, coming of age.
Nine year old Oskar searches New York for a lock matching his father's key after 9/11.
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Norwegian Wood
Because shares tags: coming of age, grief.
Toru recalls 1969 Tokyo, torn between fragile Naoko and lively Midori after a friend's suicide.
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Because shares tags: art, coming of age.
A maid in Vermeer's Delft household is drawn into the painter's world and into his most famous canvas.
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Looking for Alaska
Because shares tags: coming of age, grief.
Looking for Alaska retold: Miles at Culver Creek, Alaska Young, pranks, loss, before and after.
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The Catcher in the Rye
Because shares tags: coming of age, 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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The Secret History
Because also by Donna Tartt; shares tag: literary.
A California outsider joins six classics students whose Greek rite ends in murder.
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White Oleander
Because shares tag: coming of age.
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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Ways of Seeing
Because shares tag: art.
Seven short essays on how pictures, ads, and nudes teach us to look.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tag: 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 tag: coming of age.
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
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The Sun Is Also a Star
Because shares tag: new york.
On deportation day, Natasha meets Daniel, who bets hours and science can make her fall in love.
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The Nanny Diaries
Because shares tag: new york.
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…
