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24 alternatives to A Little Life: A Novel

National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A Little Life: A Novel launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Thing About Jellyfish▲59

   National Book Award nomination for YA Literature 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Refund: Stories▲55

   National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   A Little Life▲71

   An epic about love + friendship in the 21st century

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Fortune Smiles: Stories▲57

   National Book Award winner for Fiction 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Ordinary Light▲5

   National Book Award nomination for Nonfiction 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   A Little Life▲5

   An emotional piece of fiction

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Fates and Furies▲71

   National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Minor King▲64

   American Fiction

   2016 · minorking.com · its alternatives →

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   Nimona▲3

   National Book Award nomination for YA Literature 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs▲70

    National Book Award nomination for Nonfiction 2015

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War▲60

    National Book Award nomination for YA Literature 2015

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Turner House▲5

    National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Soul of an Octopus▲4

    National Book Award nomination for Nonfiction 2015

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Bone Gap▲4

    National Book Award nomination for YA Literature 2015

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Tiny Beautiful Things ▲83

    Advice on Life and Love from Dear Sugar

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Little Brother▲54

    Novel about the contradictions of society, family, & desire

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    To Kill A Mockingbird▲71

    Pulitzer Prize winner, an American classic

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Our Dried Voices▲55

    INDIEFAB Book of the Year-nominated dystopian fiction novel

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Homeland▲53

    The bigger and bolder follow up to Little Brother

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    The Surrender Experiment ▲61

    Surrendering to life

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Road to Little Dribbling▲70

    Adventures of an American in Britain

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry▲74

    From a fairy tale to the serious philosophical questions

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Challenger Deep▲3

    National Book Award nomination for YA Literature 2015

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Sellout▲55

    A NYT Book Review Best Book of 2015

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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