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A cozy, bittersweet love letter to bookstores, found family, and the life-saving magic of the right book at the right time. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The storied life of A. J. Fikry.
- cozy
- bookish
- heartwarming
- melancholic
- 01
The book of speculation
Erika Swyler
A wondrous, atmospheric dive into crumbling coastal homes, traveling carnivals, and the haunting power of antiquarian books.
- 02
Evvie Drake Starts Over
Linda Holmes
A warm, witty, and deeply empathetic exploration of two people figuring out how to get unstuck together.
- 03
The Bookshop
Penelope Fitzgerald · 2002
A deceptively quiet, razor-sharp portrait of a well-intentioned woman slowly crushed by the polite cruelty of a damp English seaside town.
- 04
Twenty Wishes
Debbie Macomber · 2008
A gentle, heartwarming exploration of grief, healing, and the unexpected ways we find our way back to joy.
- 05
Elsewhere
Gabrielle Zevin
A bittersweet, imaginative exploration of what it means to live, even after life has ended.
- 06
The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George
A sun-drenched, sensory voyage down the canals of France that celebrates the healing power of a perfectly chosen book.
- 07
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout · 2007
A masterclass in the quiet, devastating beauty of ordinary lives and the prickly, profound ways we love and fail each other.
- 08
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.
- 09
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
A sweeping, bittersweet love letter to the messy, beautiful sanctuary of creative partnership and lifelong friendship.
- 10
The thing about jellyfish
Ali Benjamin
A quiet, aching exploration of grief that uses the wonders of the natural world to make sense of the unimaginable.
- 11
What Alice forgot
Liane Moriarty
A witty, bittersweet exploration of how time and resentment change us, seen through the fresh, optimistic eyes of a forgotten younger self.
- 12
Forever, interrupted
Taylor Jenkins Reid
A bittersweet exploration of an electric, whirlwind romance colliding with sudden, profound grief.
