Our 2024-2025 genre study provides an overview of relationship fiction by looking at key authors, tropes, and themes. The study will also explore crossover appeal with various genres.
Relationship Fiction Genre Study: Unlikely Friendships / Used to be Friends
The meeting will be on Thursday, December 12 from 2-4pm in-person at the Deerfield Public Library. We will be discussing Relationship Fiction with the themes Unlikely Friendships and Used to be Friends. Read two books with either theme. Below is a list of suggestions of titles and authors; feel free to choose your own as well.
Bird Summons by Leila Aboulela
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Mariann Cronin
Good Harbor by Anita Diamant
These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany
The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey
Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn
Look on the Bright Side by Kristan Higgans
A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
Confessions of a Domestic Failure by Bunmi Laditan
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons
Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes by Alexa Martin
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
Confessions of a Forty-Something F*** Up by Alexandra Potter
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt