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Books like Me Before You
The best books like Me Before You are Normal People, Bel Canto, and The Alchemist. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes is about disability and autonomy, love and letting go, class and ambition. 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.
- 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 romance read.
Read the summary → - Bel Canto
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Ann Patchett · Literary fiction
Bel Canto opens at a birthday party in an unnamed South American country: a Japanese industrialist, Hosokawa, is celebrating in the private residence of the country's vice president, the sole attraction being a performance by his favorite soprano, Roxane Coss.
A kindred romance read.
Read the summary → - The Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho · Religion & Spirituality
The Alchemist is a Brazilian novel first published in 1988 and translated into 80 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history.
A kindred romance read.
Read the summary → - The Giver of Stars
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Jojo Moyes · Historical fiction
In Depression-era Kentucky, a group of women becomes part of Eleanor Roosevelt's Pack Horse Library project — riding mules and horses through mountain terrain to deliver books to isolated communities.
A kindred romance read.
Read the summary → - Part of Your World
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Abby Jimenez · Romance
Part of Your World opens with Dr.
Both dig into self-discovery.
Read the summary → - Designing Your Life
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Bill Burnett and Dave Evans · Self-help
Designing Your Life borrows tools from Silicon Valley product design and applies them to the messier problem of building a fulfilling life.
Both dig into self-discovery.
Read the summary → - Great Expectations
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Charles Dickens · Classics
Great Expectations follows Pip, an orphan boy on the Kent marshes who is yanked from modest obscurity into the orbit of wealth and social aspiration when an anonymous benefactor funds his move to London.
Both dig into class and ambition.
Read the summary → - Greenlights
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Matthew McConaughey · Memoir
Greenlights is Matthew McConaughey's memoir-philosophy hybrid, built around decades of journals he kept starting in his teens.
Both dig into self-discovery.
Read the summary → - Rules of Civility
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Amor Towles · Literary fiction
Rules of Civility opens in 1966, when Katey Kontent — now in her early forties — encounters a series of photographs at a gallery show.
Both dig into class and ambition.
Read the summary → - Siddhartha
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Hermann Hesse · Religion & Spirituality
Siddhartha is Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel of spiritual seeking, written at a time when Hesse was deeply studying Buddhist and Hindu texts.
Both dig into self-discovery.
Read the summary → - The Artist's Way
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Julia Cameron · Self-help
The Artist's Way is Julia Cameron's twelve-week program for recovering and developing creative ability, originally published in 1992 and still widely used in studio groups and classrooms.
Both dig into self-discovery.
Read the summary → - The Mayor of Casterbridge
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Thomas Hardy · Literary fiction
The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with an act so audacious it takes a moment to process: a drunken hay-trusser named Michael Henchard sells his wife and infant daughter at a country fair for five guineas.
Both dig into class and ambition.
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Books like Me Before You: quick answers
What are the best books like Me Before You?
The best books like Me Before You by Jojo Moyes are Normal People by Sally Rooney, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes, Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Me Before You, such as disability and autonomy, love and letting go, class and ambition.
What should I read after Me Before You?
A natural next read after Me Before You is Normal People by Sally Rooney. A kindred romance read. Other strong choices are Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes.
What books are similar to Me Before You by Jojo Moyes?
Me Before You centers on disability and autonomy, love and letting go, class and ambition. Books with a similar feel include Normal People by Sally Rooney, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes, Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez, Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
