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Books like Playing for Pizza
A warm, carb-loaded vacation of a novel about finding redemption and community in the most unexpected of places. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Playing for Pizza.
- sun-drenched
- appetizing
- relaxed
- uplifting
- 01
The Associate
John Grisham
A high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse played out in the gleaming, cutthroat corridors of corporate law.
- 02
Skipping Christmas
John Grisham
A wry, fast-paced comedy of errors about the inescapable, chaotic gravity of holiday cheer.
- 03
Play Dirty
Sandra Brown · 2007
A steamy, high-stakes thrill ride where scandalous wealth collides with desperate bids for redemption.
- 04
Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby · 2001
A hilarious, self-deprecating love letter to the irrational, all-consuming nature of sports fandom and the way it anchors a life.
- 05
Miracle for the Girl Next Door
Rebecca Winters
A tender, sun-warmed Italian romance about childhood friends finding healing and unexpected miracles in each other's arms.
- 06
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.
- 07
The Aristocrat
Catherine Coulter · 1986
A breezy, culture-clash romance where brash American gridiron energy collides with stuffy British aristocratic tradition.
- 08
Football Genius
Tim Green · 2007
An energetic, high-stakes sports story about a young underdog trying to prove his unbelievable talent to the pros.
- 09
One Summer in Italy…
Lucy Gordon
A lush, sun-drenched escape into an Italian villa where hidden sorrows give way to a sweeping, healing romance.
- 10
Affair in Venice
Rachel Lindsay
A glamorous, mid-century romantic escape into the sun-drenched canals and high-society drama of Venice.
- 11
Across the lagoon
Roumelia Lane
A sun-drenched Venetian escape where a spirited heroine clashes with her brooding, impossibly handsome employer.
- 12
Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes · 1996
A sun-drenched, sensory escape into the art of slow living, where every meal and crumbling stone feels like a love letter to Italy.
