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Books like Carrie Soto Is Back
The best books like Carrie Soto Is Back are The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & The Six, and Malibu Rising. Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid is about competitive drive, aging and legacy, father-daughter bonds. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid · Contemporary fiction
Evelyn Hugo is eighty-one, a reclusive Hollywood legend who has outlived her beauty, most of her enemies, and all seven of her husbands.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Daisy Jones & The Six
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Taylor Jenkins Reid · Contemporary fiction
Daisy Jones & The Six is structured as an oral history — a transcript of interviews with the members of a fictional 1970s rock band, reconstructing how they rose, created their defining album, and then spectacularly fell apart in a single night in 1979.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Malibu Rising
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Taylor Jenkins Reid · Contemporary fiction
Malibu Rising takes place across a single night in August 1983, when the four Riva siblings throw the most famous party in Malibu — and the night ends in fire.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong · Literary fiction
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is structured as a letter from a young Vietnamese-American man, Little Dog, to his illiterate mother — a letter she will never be able to read.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - A Man Called Ove
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Fredrik Backman · Contemporary fiction
A Man Called Ove opens in a Swedish suburb where a fifty-nine-year-old man named Ove has just been forced into early retirement.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Anxious People
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Fredrik Backman · Contemporary fiction
Anxious People begins with a failed bank robbery.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Beach Read
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Emily Henry · Contemporary fiction
January Andrews is a romance novelist who has completely lost faith in love after discovering her late father had a secret mistress for years.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Beartown
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Fredrik Backman · Contemporary fiction
Beartown is a dying town in rural Sweden whose only remaining source of identity and pride is its youth hockey program.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Book Lovers
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Emily Henry · Contemporary fiction
Nora Stephens is a literary agent in New York who is professionally excellent and personally guarded.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Dial A for Aunties
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Jesse Q. Sutanto · Contemporary fiction
Medeline Meddelin — Meddelin Chan — accidentally kills her blind date and calls her mother.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman · Contemporary fiction
Eleanor Oliphant is twenty-nine years old, works in a Glasgow office doing data entry, and has not had a proper conversation with anyone outside of work in years.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Firefly Lane
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Kristin Hannah · Contemporary fiction
Tully Hart and Kate Mularkey meet in the summer of 1974 as fourteen-year-olds on Firefly Lane in rural Washington State, and their friendship spans three decades — through high school, college, careers in television journalism, marriages, and heartbreak.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
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Books like Carrie Soto Is Back: quick answers
What are the best books like Carrie Soto Is Back?
The best books like Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid are The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Carrie Soto Is Back, such as competitive drive, aging and legacy, father-daughter bonds.
What should I read after Carrie Soto Is Back?
A natural next read after Carrie Soto Is Back is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. A kindred contemporary fiction read. Other strong choices are Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong.
What books are similar to Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid?
Carrie Soto Is Back centers on competitive drive, aging and legacy, father-daughter bonds. Books with a similar feel include The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, Anxious People by Fredrik Backman — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
