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What to read after Finding Perfect by Elly Swartz: 24 titles sharing themes of Depression & Mental Illness, Friendship, Family, and Social Themes, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Top related books to Finding Perfect

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Finding Perfect.

Birdsong — Katya Balen

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

This Appearing House — Ally Malinenko

This Appearing House

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Where You’ve Got to Be — Caroline Gertler

Where You’ve Got to Be

Caroline Gertler

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Ruby in the Ruins — Shirley Hughes

Ruby in the Ruins

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

When Shadows Fall — Sita Brahmachari

When Shadows Fall

Sita Brahmachari

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Beginners Welcome — Cindy Baldwin

Beginners Welcome

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

What Happens Next — Claire Swinarski

What Happens Next

Claire Swinarski

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Hollow Chest — Brita Sandstrom

Brita Sandstrom

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Ghost Girl — Ally Malinenko

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

The Science of Breakable Things — Tae Keller

The Science of Breakable Things

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Ask Amy Green: Dancing Daze — Sarah Webb

Ask Amy Green: Dancing Daze

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Stay — Bobbie Pyron

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Balloons for Papa A Story of Hope and Empathy — Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia

Balloons for Papa A Story of Hope and Empathy

Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Rain Rising — Courtne Comrie

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

The Peacock Detectives — Carly Nugent

The Peacock Detectives

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

The Means That Make Us Strangers — Christine Kindberg

The Means That Make Us Strangers

Christine Kindberg

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Thanks a Lot, Universe — Chad Lucas

Thanks a Lot, Universe

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Eventown — Corey Ann Haydu

Corey Ann Haydu

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Turtles All the Way Down — John Green

Turtles All the Way Down

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

You Owe Me One, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe #2) — Chad Lucas

You Owe Me One, Universe (Thanks a Lot, Universe #2)

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Trowbridge Road — Marcella Pixley

Trowbridge Road

Marcella Pixley

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

Bubbles A Novel — Abby Cooper

Bubbles A Novel

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

The World Ends in April — Stacy McAnulty

The World Ends in April

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

After Zero — Christina Collins

Christina Collins

Themes: Depression & Mental Illness • Friendship • Family

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Depression & Mental Illness, Friendship, Family — the same threads that run through Finding Perfect by Elly Swartz. Among the authors featured: Katya Balen, Ally Malinenko, Caroline Gertler, Shirley Hughes, and others.

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