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Hello anon! It sounds like you enjoy Swedish fiction featuring strong-willed characters and reflections on aging, loss, and love. You're in good company!

For fans of The Red Address Book, NoveList recommends:

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, by Kathleen Rooney

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, by Rachel Joyce

For fans of A Man Called Ove, NoveList recommends:

The Story of Arthur Truluv, by Elizabeth Berg

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett, by Annie Lyons

Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss, by Rajeev Balasubramanyam

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin

Hi anon! 

The vast majority of NoveList customers are libraries and schools. However, it's totally possible that booksellers could use school or library access to NoveList while they're on the job! Much like librarians, booksellers have tons of readers' advisory expertise, but can always use support for genres and areas that are less familiar for them. (Please imagine a booksellers & librarians solidarity handshake meme here.)

Thanks for the shout-out, @bookriot! 

Introducing “Nonfiction that reads like fiction”

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Suggest a Read-alike

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While You Wait: Antiracist reading recommendations

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NoveList's Juvenile Brain Trust is a group of readers' advisory librarians and metadata librarians who focus on books for kids and teens. Once a week, the JBT gets together to catch up and share books. On 7/22/2020, we discussed:

Cinderella is Dead, Kalynn Bayron

Invisible Differences, Julie Dachez (adult book for young adults)

Milo Imagines the World, Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson

The Low, Low Wood, Carmen Maria Machado (adult book for young adults)

Have you read any of these books? What do you think of them?

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NoveList's Juvenile Brain Trust is a group of readers' advisory librarians and metadata librarians who focus on books for kids and teens. Once a week, the JBT gets together to catch up and share books. On 7/8/2020, we discussed:

Attack of the Stuff, Jim Benton

Fly On the Wall, Remy Lai

A Quick & Easy Guide to Consent, Isabella Rotman

Have you read any of these books? What do you think of them?

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Add collection promotion to your curbside pickup service

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