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Loved A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby? If its multiple pov, suicide content and dark comedy hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Wedding People, Anybody Out There? and It's Kind of a Funny Story. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.
What’s inside A Long Way Down: Multiple POV · Suicide Content · Dark Comedy · Suicidal Ideation · Contemporary Fiction
Alison Espach
Suicidal Ideation · Second Chances · Depression · Starting Over · Suicide Content
Marian Keyes
Second Chances · Depression · Hopeful · Starting Over · Self-Deprecating Humor
Ned Vizzini
Suicidal Ideation · Depression · Suicide Content · Self-Deprecating Humor · Hopeful
Fredrik Backman
Suicidal Ideation · Second Chances · Dry Humor · Starting Over · Suicide Content
Elizabeth Strout
Depression · Ensemble Cast · Suicide Content · Second Chances · Dry Humor
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
Starting Over · Ensemble Cast · Dialogue-Heavy · Dry Humor · London
Michael Cunningham
Suicidal Ideation · Suicide Content · Depression · London · Starting Over
Rachel Joyce
Second Chances · Depression · Starting Over · Hopeful · Character-Driven
Mitch Albom
Suicidal Ideation · Suicide Content · Second Chances · Starting Over · Hopeful
John Kenney
Second Chances · Fall From Grace · Dark Comedy · Self-Deprecating Humor · Dry Humor
Kathleen Glasgow
Suicidal Ideation · Depression · Suicide Content · Starting Over · Hopeful
John Green
Suicide Content · Self-Deprecating Humor · Depression · Dialogue-Heavy · Hopeful
Jennifer Niven
Suicidal Ideation · Suicide Content · Depression · Hopeful · Character-Driven
Karen Joy Fowler
Second Chances · Starting Over · Ensemble Cast · Dialogue-Heavy · Hopeful
Jojo Moyes
Suicide Content · Suicidal Ideation · Starting Over · Character-Driven · Hopeful
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Suicidal Ideation · Suicide Content · Depression · Self-Deprecating Humor · Starting Over
Elizabeth Berg
Second Chances · Hopeful · Depression · Starting Over · Character-Driven
Annie Proulx
Dry Humor · Hopeful · Bittersweet · Dark Comedy · Starting Over
Muriel Barbery
Suicidal Ideation · Suicide Content · Dry Humor · Found Family · Multiple POV
Jonathan Tropper
Self-Deprecating Humor · Dialogue-Heavy · Starting Over · Dark Comedy · Character-Driven
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