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A darkly funny, deeply humane exploration of what happens when desperate strangers accidentally save each other's lives. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with A long way down.
- bittersweet
- chaotic
- melancholic
- warm
- 01
About a Boy
Nick Hornby · 2002
A sharp, funny, and surprisingly tender exploration of growing up, whether you are twelve or thirty-six.
- 02
Let the great world spin
Colum McCann
A sweeping, polyphonic love letter to a gritty 1970s New York, where disparate lives are briefly united by a single moment of impossible beauty.
- 03
High Fidelity
Nick Hornby · 2000
A sharp, hilarious, and painfully relatable dive into the mind of a pop-culture obsessive terrified of growing up.
- 04
Submarine
Joe Dunthorne
A painfully funny, deadpan plunge into the mind of a teenage boy who thinks he can fix his parents' marriage and master first love with a pocket dictionary.
- 05
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
A sweeping, beautifully fractured tapestry of a single life lived over and over against the backdrop of a world at war.
- 06
One Day
David Nicholls
A witty, decade-spanning portrait of a messy, magnetic connection that will leave you aching for the passage of time.
- 07
My sister lives on the mantelpiece
Annabel Pitcher
A heartbreakingly honest and surprisingly funny exploration of a fractured family, seen through the unfiltered eyes of a boy who just wants to move forward.
- 08
All the Bright Places
Jennifer Niven
A tender, devastating exploration of two broken teenagers finding a fleeting, beautiful world in each other.
- 09
Britt-Marie was here
Fredrik Backman
A tender, wryly funny exploration of a prickly woman discovering that life's messy unpredictability is exactly what makes it worth living.
- 10
Grief is the thing with feathers
Max Porter
A surreal, poetic, and darkly funny exploration of the chaotic shape that mourning takes in a shattered home.
- 11
High-rise
J. G. Ballard · 1975
A clinical, claustrophobic descent into the feral underbelly of modern luxury.
- 12
The Last Policeman
Ben H. Winters
A quiet, existential noir where the ticking clock isn't just for the case, but for the end of the world.
