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Books like Malibu Rising
The best books like Malibu Rising are The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & The Six, and Normal People. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid is about family and legacy, fame and neglect, sibling 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 → - Normal People
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Sally Rooney · Literary fiction
Normal People follows Connell and Marianne from their small-town Irish secondary school through their years at Trinity College Dublin.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Jennifer Egan · Literary fiction
A Visit from the Goon Squad is a novel told in thirteen chapters, each from a different point of view and sometimes in a radically different form — including one chapter composed entirely as a PowerPoint presentation.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - The Dutch House
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Ann Patchett · Literary fiction
The Dutch House is narrated by Danny Conroy, who along with his sister Maeve grew up in an extraordinary mansion in the suburbs of Philadelphia — a house their father bought as a monument to his own success.
Both dig into sibling bonds.
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 → - Carrie Soto Is Back
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Taylor Jenkins Reid · Contemporary fiction
Carrie Soto is a retired tennis legend with twenty Grand Slam titles, the most in history — until a young player named Nicki Chan wins her twenty-first and breaks Carrie's record.
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.
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Books like Malibu Rising: quick answers
What are the best books like Malibu Rising?
The best books like Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid are The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Normal People by Sally Rooney, A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Malibu Rising, such as family and legacy, fame and neglect, sibling bonds.
What should I read after Malibu Rising?
A natural next read after Malibu Rising 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, Normal People by Sally Rooney, A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.
What books are similar to Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid?
Malibu Rising centers on family and legacy, fame and neglect, sibling 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, Normal People by Sally Rooney, A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
