Books like…

Books Like About a Boy

by Nick Hornby · about this book

Loved About a Boy by Nick Hornby? If its contemporary fiction, multiple pov and male lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Becoming Ted, Will Grayson, Will Grayson and Gather. 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 About a Boy: Contemporary Fiction · Multiple POV · Male Lead · London · Late Bloomer

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   Becoming Ted

   Matt Cain

   Late Bloomer · Contemporary Fiction · Self-Discovery · Heartwarming · Male Lead

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   Will Grayson, Will Grayson

   John Green, David Levithan

   Contemporary Fiction · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Male Lead · Coming of Age

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   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Single Mother · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Heartwarming

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   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   Shelby Van Pelt

   Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Dry Humor · Heartwarming · Multiple POV

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5. 

   The Other Bennet Sister

   Janice Hadlow

   Late Bloomer · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Heartwarming · Coming of Age

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   First-Time Caller

   B.K. Borison

   Single Mother · Contemporary Fiction · Heartwarming · Witty Banter · Hopeful

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   A Gentleman in Moscow

   Amor Towles

   Character-Driven · Dry Humor · Heartwarming · Male Lead · Witty Banter

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8. 

   Good in Bed

   Jennifer Weiner

   Single Mother · Contemporary Fiction · Self-Discovery · Self-Deprecating Humor · Character-Driven

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9. 

   Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

   Brandon Sanderson

   Self-Discovery · Heartwarming · Dry Humor · Hopeful · Character-Driven

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10. 

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    Dry Humor · Dialogue-Heavy · Character-Driven · Witty Banter · Self-Discovery

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11. 

    A Man Called Ove

    Fredrik Backman

    Dry Humor · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Male Lead · Funny

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12. 

    Romancing Mister Bridgerton

    Julia Quinn

    Late Bloomer · London · Witty Banter · Heartwarming · Character-Driven

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13. 

    This Is Where I Leave You

    Jonathan Tropper

    Self-Deprecating Humor · Contemporary Fiction · Dialogue-Heavy · Character-Driven · Funny

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14. 

    Better Than the Movies

    Lynn Painter

    Pop Culture · Contemporary Fiction · Heartwarming · Witty Banter · Coming of Age

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    Jemima J

    Jane Green

    Self-Deprecating Humor · Self-Discovery · Contemporary Fiction · London · Bullying

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16. 

    Shrines of Gaiety

    Kate Atkinson

    London · Single Mother · Dry Humor · Multiple POV · Character-Driven

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    Spoiler Alert

    Olivia Dade

    Contemporary Fiction · Pop Culture · Heartwarming · Funny · Hopeful

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18. 

    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    Character-Driven · Dry Humor · Male Lead · Self-Discovery · Dialogue-Heavy

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19. 

    Wreck

    Catherine Newman

    Contemporary Fiction · Heartwarming · Character-Driven · Dry Humor · Funny

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20. 

    I See You've Called in Dead

    John Kenney

    Self-Deprecating Humor · Contemporary Fiction · Dry Humor · Funny · Male Lead

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