Books like Everything I Know About Love

A chaotic, fiercely funny, and ultimately tender love letter to the messy reality of growing up and the enduring power of female friendship. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Everything I Know About Love.

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01
Good Material
Dolly Alderton
A sharply funny, achingly relatable autopsy of a millennial breakup that feels like venting to your smartest, messiest friend at a pub.
Shares:
- bittersweet
- wry
- self-deprecating
02
Big Friendship
Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
A rigorous, big-hearted love letter to the messy, essential work of keeping your best friends close.
Shares:
- warm
- earnest
03
Conversations With Friends
Sally Rooney
A sharp, hyper-observant dive into the messy, overlapping boundaries of friendship, lust, and intellectual posturing.
Shares:
- wry
04
How to be a woman
Caitlin Moran
A riotous, unapologetic manifesto disguised as a memoir that makes you laugh out loud while dismantling the patriarchy.
Shares:
- self-deprecating
- self-acceptance
05
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb
A warm, witty, and profoundly human look in the mirror that makes you feel a little less alone in your messiness.
Shares:
- warm
- wry
06
Three Women
Lisa Taddeo
An intensely intimate, voyeuristic deep-dive into the raw and often destructive nature of female desire.
Feels:
- voyeuristic
- raw
- claustrophobic
07
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman
A prickly, deadpan exploration of profound loneliness that slowly thaws into a deeply moving story of unexpected friendship.
Shares:
- wry
- earnest
08
Funny Story
Emily Henry
A sparkling, sun-soaked exploration of what happens when the worst day of your life accidentally becomes the beginning of your best chapter.
Shares:
- wry
- witty
09
The cost of living
Deborah Levy
A vibrant, urgent reflection on dismantling the social hierarchies that diminish women, in pursuit of a life lived with meaning, pleasure, and ultimate freedom.
Shares:
- witty
10
People We Meet On Vacation
Emily Henry
A sun-drenched, banter-filled exploration of the terrifying leap from platonic soulmates to true love.
Shares:
- nostalgic
- warm
- bittersweet
- wry
11
On love
Alain De Botton
A devastatingly witty and intellectually astute dissection of the thrills, pitfalls, and philosophical absurdities of romantic love.
Shares:
- witty
12
One True Loves
Taylor Jenkins Reid
An emotionally agonizing but ultimately hopeful exploration of choosing between the love of your past and the love of your future.
Shares:
- nostalgic
- bittersweet
- earnest

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