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Books like The Midnight Library
The best books like The Midnight Library are Man's Search for Meaning, Reasons to Stay Alive, and Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is about regret and possibility, depression and the will to live, identity and choice. 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.
- Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor E. Frankl · Psychology
Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's account of his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and the psychological theory he developed from that experience.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Reasons to Stay Alive
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Matt Haig · Memoir
Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt Haig's account of the severe depression and anxiety disorder he experienced in his mid-twenties, and how he survived it, returned to functioning, and eventually to something he could call a good life.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman · Self-help
Four Thousand Weeks is Oliver Burkeman's philosophical attack on the entire project of time management as it is usually practiced.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
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- The Rosie Project
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Graeme Simsion · Contemporary fiction
Don Tillman is a genetics professor who has never quite understood why other people find him odd.
Both dig into acceptance.
Read the summary → - Lucky Man: A Memoir
- The Girl Before
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JP Delaney · Thriller
Jane and Emma are two women who, years apart, rent the same minimalist house in London designed by the obsessive architect Edward Monkford.
Both dig into parallel lives.
Read the summary → - The Happiness Trap
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Russ Harris · Self-help
The Happiness Trap is Russ Harris's accessible introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a psychological framework developed by Steven Hayes at the University of Nevada.
Both dig into acceptance.
Read the summary → - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson · Self-help
Mark Manson's argument is that the relentless pursuit of positivity is itself a source of misery.
Both dig into acceptance.
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.
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Books like The Midnight Library: quick answers
What are the best books like The Midnight Library?
The best books like The Midnight Library by Matt Haig are Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Lucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Midnight Library, such as regret and possibility, depression and the will to live, identity and choice.
What should I read after The Midnight Library?
A natural next read after The Midnight Library is Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. A kindred contemporary fiction read. Other strong choices are Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion.
What books are similar to The Midnight Library by Matt Haig?
The Midnight Library centers on regret and possibility, depression and the will to live, identity and choice. Books with a similar feel include Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Lucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox, The Girl Before by JP Delaney — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
