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Books like Submarine
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. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Submarine.
- awkward
- nostalgic
- bittersweet
- damp and coastal
- 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
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
Sue Townsend
A masterclass in deadpan cringe comedy that perfectly captures the agonizing, self-important delusion of being thirteen.
- 03
A long way down
Nick Hornby · 2005
A darkly funny, deeply humane exploration of what happens when desperate strangers accidentally save each other's lives.
- 04
The Vast Fields of Ordinary
Nick Burd · 2009
A sun-drenched, bittersweet exploration of the messy, heartbreaking summer between high school and whatever comes next.
- 05
Black Swan Green
David Stephen Mitchell · 2006
A bittersweet, sharply observant plunge into the muddy, anxious, and secretly poetic world of a thirteen-year-old boy in 1980s England.
- 06
More Than This
Patrick Ness
A mind-bending, desolate journey through the afterlife that slowly morphs into a profound meditation on trauma, reality, and the defiant choice to keep living.
- 07
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.
- 08
Golden boy
Abigail Tarttelin
A tense, emotionally charged exploration of a picture-perfect family fracturing under the weight of its own secrets and a young man's search for his true self.
- 09
The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Emily Windsnap #1)
Liz Kessler
A buoyant, shimmering plunge into a hidden underwater world where family secrets and magical identities float to the surface.
- 10
Girl Online
Zoe Sugg
A sweet, confessional whirlwind of first love, internet secrets, and finding the courage to be yourself offline.
- 11
Watch me disappear
Diane Vanaskie Mulligan
A tender, relatable exploration of the messy social web of high school, where secret online profiles and new friendships collide.
- 12
At the Edge of the Universe
Shaun David Hutchinson
A surreal, heart-wrenching exploration of grief and first love, set against the backdrop of a slowly vanishing universe.
