Books like The Other Hand
If you liked The Other Hand by Chris Cleave, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Wish You Were Here
Because shares tags: fiction, grief.
Diana goes to the Galapagos alone when Covid keeps her boyfriend in New York, and being stranded there forces her to rethink her job and…
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My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
Because shares tags: fiction, grief.
Seven-year-old Elsa loses her granny and best friend, then delivers apology letters to neighbours while holding onto fairy tales of Miamas…
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Because shares tags: fiction, grief.
A widowed bookseller on Alice Island adopts abandoned toddler Maya, rebuilds Island Books, and finds love with sales rep Amelia before…
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Americanah
Because shares tags: immigration, nigeria.
Ifemelu leaves Nigeria for America on a scholarship, blogs about race and hair, while Obinze endures undocumented London until they reunite…
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Beartown
Because shares tags: fiction, grief.
In a fading Swedish hockey town, a rape accusation against the junior star splits neighbors, families, and teammates over truth and loyalty.
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Bridge to Terabithia
Because shares tags: friendship, grief.
Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia retold: Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke build an imagined kingdom and face sudden loss.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
Because shares tags: friendship, grief.
A widowed night janitor, a lost young man, and a grumpy octopus circle the same old loss in a small seaside town.
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A Man Called Ove
Because shares tags: fiction, grief.
A grumpy widower plans to end his life after losing his wife, but new neighbors keep interrupting him. Backman blends grief, humor, and…
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Looking for Alaska
Because shares tags: grief, friendship.
Looking for Alaska retold: Miles at Culver Creek, Alaska Young, pranks, loss, before and after.
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Because shares tags: fiction, friendship.
Eleanor keeps a rigid Glasgow routine until she and Raymond from IT help an old man who collapses in the street, and slowly remembers why.
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Where the Heart Is
Because shares tag: fiction.
Pregnant teen Novalee Nation is abandoned at a Sequoyah, Oklahoma Wal-Mart, where she gives birth to Americus and rebuilds life with town…
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When We Believed in Mermaids
Because shares tag: grief.
ER doctor Kit flies to New Zealand when fire victim may be sister Josie.
