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Books like Someone A Novel

Across Cultural Heritage, Southern, 21st Century, and City Life — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Someone A Novel by Alice McDermott.

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If Someone A Novel by Alice McDermott is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Cultural Heritage, Southern, 21st Century and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Kaveh Akbar, Aube Rey Lescure, Kiare Ladner, Dorothea Benton Frank, and others.