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Explore 24 books like Swing Time by Zadie Smith — a handpicked selection united by Sagas, Coming of Age, Friendship, and Women.

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Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

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The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach — Pam Jenoff

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Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

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Good Company A Novel — Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

Good Company A Novel — Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

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Little Women — Louisa May Alcott

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Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

Home Front Girls — Suzanne Hayes

Home Front Girls

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

Honey Girl — Morgan Rogers

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

Persuasion — Jane Austen

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The Book Club — Mary Alice Monroe

Mary Alice Monroe

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

The Lost Orphan — Stacey Halls

The Lost Orphan

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

Every Last Lie A Thrilling Suspense Novel from the Author of Local Woman Missing — Mary Kubica

Every Last Lie A Thrilling Suspense Novel from the Author of Local Woman Missing

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

Black Girl/White Girl — Joyce Carol Oates

Black Girl/White Girl

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

A Woman’s Fortune — Josephine Cox

A Woman’s Fortune

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood A Novel — Rebecca Wells

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood A Novel

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

The Turtle House A Novel — Amanda Churchill

The Turtle House A Novel

Amanda Churchill

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

My Sister’s Keeper The Gripping and Hugely Emotional Tear-Jerker from the Bestselling Author of Mad Honey — Jodi Picoult

My Sister’s Keeper The Gripping and Hugely Emotional Tear-Jerker from the Bestselling Author of Mad Honey

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

We Could Be Heroes — Mike Chen

We Could Be Heroes

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

The Shape of Family — Shilpi Somaya Gowda

The Shape of Family

Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

Orphans of War — Leah Fleming

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

A Little Life — Hanya Yanagihara

Hanya Yanagihara

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

A Cattleman’s Honor — Diana Palmer

A Cattleman’s Honor

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

The Story of a New Name — Elena Ferrante

The Story of a New Name

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

Mornings on Main A Clean and Wholesome Romance — Jodi Thomas

Mornings on Main A Clean and Wholesome Romance

Themes: Sagas • Coming of Age • Friendship

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