20 Best audiobook books like Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life by Helen Fisher

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Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

By: Helen Fisher

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A thoroughly uplifting novel about a neurodivergent young man who unexpectedly builds a community a…

"Instead of fearing a thing, try to understand it. Because understanding can change everything about the way that you feel."

-Helen Fisher, Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

"Instead of fearing a thing, try to understand it. Because understanding can change everything about the way that you feel."

-Helen Fisher, Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

If you liked the audiobook plot in Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life by Helen Fisher , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

1. Margo's Got Money Troubles

By: Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate ad… read more

Similar categories in Rufi Thorpe's Margo's Got Money Troubles book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I’m just saying,"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"I fell into a state that, if not sleep, was sleep adjacent."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"It really makes you wonder, what kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

Cover of The Days I Loved You Most by Amy  Neff

2. The Days I Loved You Most

By: Amy Neff

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Unforgettable and utterly romantic, The Days I Loved You Most is a heart-wrenching, life-affirming … read more

Similar categories in Amy Neff's The Days I Loved You Most book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen

3. House of Glass

By: Sarah Pekkanen

3.99

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perf… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pekkanen's House of Glass book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

4. The Return of Ellie Black

By: Emiko Jean

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl w… read more

Similar categories in Emiko Jean's The Return of Ellie Black book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"you cannot save yourself from heartbreak. You cannot save yourself from grief."

-Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black

"When you study what you’ve been through, what happened to you, it loses its power, and then you have a choice: stay or move on."

-Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black

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5. Husbands & Lovers

By: Beatriz Williams

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—discover … read more

Similar categories in Beatriz Williams's Husbands & Lovers book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Honey

By: Isabel Banta

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Banta's Honey book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

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8. The Lost Story

By: Meg Shaffer

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale fo… read more

Similar categories in Meg Shaffer's The Lost Story book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. All the Colors of the Dark

By: Chris Whitaker

4.44

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an e… read more

Similar categories in Chris Whitaker's All the Colors of the Dark book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

10. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's How to Age Disgracefully book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

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11. The Wedding People

By: Alison Espach

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people… read more

Similar categories in Alison Espach's The Wedding People book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Phoebe feels powerless to help. She imagines this what mothers often feel."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

"To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. to Take things out of the world and make them only yours."

-Alison Espach, The Wedding People

Cover of The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

12. The Lion Women of Tehran

By: Marjan Kamali

4.50

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stati… read more

Similar categories in Marjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"When I am surrounded by books, I feel most at peace."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

"I wanted what Homa had. I wanted her family. Her living father, her kind mother. I wanted her fat, edible baby sister. I wanted the warmth and safety of her home."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

Cover of The God of the Woods by Liz    Moore

13. The God of the Woods

By: Liz Moore

4.27

Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more

Similar categories in Liz Moore's The God of the Woods book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood

14. The Love of My Afterlife

By: Kirsty Greenwood

4.16

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

A recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Greenwood's The Love of My Afterlife book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I don't just hang around with people. Especially strangers. The woman pulls another face. "Then they will always be strangers if you never hang out with them. Never friends."

-Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

"Were you aware that emotional tears have a higher protein concentration than tears that comes from irritation? I read online that the higher protein content makes them fall down your cheeks more slow…"

-Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

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15. Jackpot Summer

By: Elyssa Friedland

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy liv… read more

Similar categories in Elyssa Friedland's Jackpot Summer book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella

16. The Same Bright Stars

By: Ethan Joella

3.87

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Three generations of Schmidts have run their family’s beachfront restaurant, and Jack has been at t… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Joella's The Same Bright Stars book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight

17. Like Mother, Like Daughter

By: Kimberly McCreight

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A daughter races to uncover her mother's secret life in the wake of her disappearance in this thril… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly McCreight's Like Mother, Like Daughter book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life by Helen   Fisher

18. Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

By: Helen Fisher

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A thoroughly uplifting novel about a neurodivergent young man who unexpectedly builds a community a… read more

Similar categories in Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • realistic fiction
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Instead of fearing a thing, try to understand it. Because understanding can change everything about the way that you feel."

-Helen Fisher, Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

Cover of The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman

19. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

By: Lynda Cohen Loigman

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's never too late for new beginnings. On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist … read more

Similar categories in Lynda Cohen Loigman's The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Five-Star Stranger by Kat Tang

20. Five-Star Stranger

By: Kat Tang

3.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In Kat Tang’s exciting and resonant debut, a “Rental Stranger”—a companion hired under various guis… read more

Similar categories in Kat Tang's Five-Star Stranger book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • adult fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker

21. Madwoman

By: Chelsea Bieker

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themse… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Bieker's Madwoman book and Helen Fisher's Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

21 Best fiction books like Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life by Helen Fisher

Transform Your Habits

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Days I Loved You Most

Amy Neff

4.13

Transform Your Habits

House of Glass

Sarah Pekkanen

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Return of Ellie Black

Emiko Jean

4.05

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19 must-read contemporary books like House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen

Transform Your Habits

If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

Transform Your Habits

One Perfect Couple

Ruth Ware

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Darling Girls

Sally Hepworth

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Bad Tourists

Caro Carver

3.69

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