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A lush, melancholic meditation on the passage of time and the enduring echoes of past loves across European landscapes. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Find Me.

  • nostalgic
  • autumnal
  • yearning
  • bittersweet
  1. 01

    Call Me by Your Name

    André Aciman

    A sun-drenched, intoxicating plunge into the agonizing beauty of first love and the haunting power of memory.

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    • nostalgic
    • yearning
    • bittersweet
  2. 02

    Less

    Andrew Sean Greer

    A sparkling, globe-trotting comedy of errors about outrunning heartbreak and accidentally stumbling into grace.

    Shares:
    • bittersweet
  3. 03

    Mitko

    Garth Greenwell

    A hypnotic, exquisitely written descent into the labyrinth of transactional desire and the inescapable ghosts of the past.

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    • melancholic
  4. 04

    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    A devastatingly beautiful, poetic excavation of the tender and violent intersections of love, trauma, and queer identity.

    Shares:
    • melancholic
  5. 05

    To Paradise

    Hanya Yanagihara

    A sweeping, symphonic epic that shatters the illusion of utopia across three centuries of American longing and heartbreak.

    Shares:
    • melancholic
  6. 06

    Normal People

    Sally Rooney

    An achingly intimate portrait of two people who cannot stay away from each other, yet constantly fail to speak their minds.

    Shares:
    • melancholic
  7. 07

    All adults here

    Emma Straub

    A warm, wry exploration of the messy reality that no one ever really figures out how to be a grown-up.

    Shares:
    • nostalgic
  8. 08

    Enduring Love

    Ian McEwan · 1997

    A chilling, elegantly crafted descent into paranoia that pits scientific rationalism against the terrifying force of obsession.

    Shares:
    • philosophical
  9. 09

    Under the Whispering Door

    T. J. Klune

    A warm cup of tea and a gentle, lingering hug at the end of a long, difficult life.

    Shares:
    • bittersweet
    • melancholic
  10. 10

    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    Gabrielle Zevin

    A sweeping, bittersweet love letter to the messy, beautiful sanctuary of creative partnership and lifelong friendship.

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    • nostalgic
    • bittersweet
    • wistful
  11. 11

    What If It's Us

    Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

    A bustling, Broadway-infused summer romance that asks if the universe actually knows what it is doing when it pushes two opposites together.

    Shares:
    • romantic
  12. 12

    A Little Life

    Hanya Yanagihara

    An emotionally annihilating, deeply intimate epic about the enduring scars of trauma and the fierce, sometimes helpless, power of found family.

    Shares:
    • melancholic

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