Helen Fielding · 1996
- What it is
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Tender, with a sting · laughing so you don't cry
- Genre
- Literary Romance Humor
- Feels
- Intimate Funny Bittersweet
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. Each card tells you why.
Books similar to Bridget Jones's Diary
Coming from Bridget Jones's Diary? Start with Sag Harbor, Normal People, The Course of Love. 3 more below, each with why it fits.
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If you're after something tender that stings a little, start here
Sag Harbor
Colson Whitehead · 2009
Lovely, but it stings · comedy with teeth
Normal People
Sally Rooney · 2018
Tender until it hurts · a small story, told up close
The Course of Love
Alain De Botton · 2016
Lovely, but it stings · a small story, told up close
Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry · 1995
Lovely, but it stings · it tells it straight
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Good Omens
Neil Gaiman · 1990
A reader shelved it with yours in Books that made me laugh out loud, alone
Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris · 2001
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