7 must-read adult books like Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts by Josie Shapiro

Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved …

If you liked the adult plot in Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts by Josie Shapiro , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

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family
fiction
contemporary
book club
audiobook

2. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

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adult
fiction
contemporary

3. Remember Me

By: Charity Norman

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

They never found Leah Parata. Not a boot, not a backpack, not a turquoise beanie. After she left me… read more

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family
fiction
contemporary
adult
audiobook

4. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

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fiction
contemporary
adult
book club
audiobook

5. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

By: Emma Espiner

4.31

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more

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adult
mental health

6. How to Loiter in a Turf War

By: Coco Solid

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa’s fiercest and most versatile… read more

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audiobook
fiction
contemporary

"She gives him a hurled brick wrapped up in a smile"
-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War
"Māoridom in Aotearoa dictates that we generate prestige from manaakitanga. It is the connection and hospitality we express for those in our care but also to show all that they are our equal, they too…"
-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

7. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

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audiobook
adult
fiction
contemporary

8. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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realistic fiction
adult
mental health
fiction
contemporary
family
womens
sports
book club
audiobook

9. Poor People With Money

By: Dominic Hoey

4.03

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Monday Woolridge is a fighter with a face covered in scars and life full of debt. Her Avondale f… read more

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fiction
family
audiobook

10. One of Those Mothers

By: Megan Nicol Reed

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasi… read more

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contemporary
fiction
audiobook

11. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

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fiction
contemporary

12. The Doctor's Wife

By: Fiona Sussman

4.04

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Nothing in Stan Andino's unremarkable life could prepare him for the day he discovers his wife in t… read more

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fiction
contemporary

13. Amma

By: Saraid de Silva

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Three generations. Three continents. Three sexualities. 1951. Singapore. Ten-year-old Josep… read more

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fiction
contemporary

14. The Bone Tree

By: Airana Ngarewa

3.71

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

After the death of both parents, Kauri and Black must find a way to survive in a world that doesn't… read more

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fiction

15. Because All Fades

By: Freddie Gillies

4.05

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Andrew and his girlfriend Jess are making a life for themselves in London, but it’s a bit of a grin… read more

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fiction

16. The Waters

By: Carl Nixon

3.77

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

One family. Forty years. The Waters kids ― practical, athletic Mark; the physically beautiful drea… read more

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fiction

17. Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story

By: Jools Topp

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The iconic Kiwi duo - comedians, country music stars, yodellers, lesbians - in their own words. … read more

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adult

18. Dice

By: Claire Baylis

3.86

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

A compelling courtroom drama, Dice is an incredibly timely exploration of how sexual violence is vi… read more

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audiobook
fiction
contemporary

19. Golden Days

By: Caroline Barron

3.55

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

'Nostalgic and tender as a bruise.' - Jacqueline Bublitz, Before You Knew My NameBecky thought she'… read more

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audiobook

20. Hannah & Huia

By: Charlotte Lobb

4.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Hannah is in a mental health unit, in shock and rendered speechless following the sudden death of h… read more

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21. All That We Know

By: Shilo Kino

4.61

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

'I don't want to be a pioneer. I want to be the last; to enjoy the fruits of everyone else's hard l… read more

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fiction