Books Like Hello Beautiful

10 books for fans of Hello Beautiful

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   Theo of Golden

   by Allen Levi

   When Theo starts purchasing ninety-two portraits from a coffeehouse wall, he quietly begins changing an entire town through simple acts of recognition.

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   When Theo starts purchasing ninety-two portraits from a coffeehouse wall, he quietly begins changing an entire town through simple acts of recognition.

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (168.5K ratings)

   400 pages • 2023

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   Sunrise on the Reaping

   The Hunger Games

   by Suzanne Collins

   Follow teenage Haymitch Abernathy into the arena during the second Quarter Quell, where the Capitol's twisted anniversary celebration doubles the death toll.

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   Follow teenage Haymitch Abernathy into the arena during the second Quarter Quell, where the Capitol's twisted anniversary celebration doubles the death toll.

   ★ 4.50 Goodreads (1.1M ratings)

   387 pages • 2025

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   The Great Alone

   by Kristin Hannah

   Thirteen-year-old Leni watches her father's PTSD tear their family apart in 1970s Alaska, where the wilderness is less dangerous than the man who brought them there.

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   Thirteen-year-old Leni watches her father's PTSD tear their family apart in 1970s Alaska, where the wilderness is less dangerous than the man who brought them there.

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M ratings)

   435 pages • 2018

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   The Godfather

   The Godfather • Book 1

   by Mario Puzo

   Puzo's saga follows the Corleone family through decades of power struggles, betrayals, and violence that defined American organized crime. The novel explores how loyalty and brutality intertwine when family business means life and death.

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   Puzo's saga follows the Corleone family through decades of power struggles, betrayals, and violence that defined American organized crime. The novel explores how loyalty and brutality intertwine when family business means life and death.

   ★ 4.40 Goodreads (468.0K ratings)

   428 pages • 1969

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5. 5

   

   Small Great Things

   Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

   by Jodi Picoult

   After twenty years as a labor nurse, Ruth Jefferson faces her most impossible case: a newborn whose parents refuse her care because she's Black.

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   After twenty years as a labor nurse, Ruth Jefferson faces her most impossible case: a newborn whose parents refuse her care because she's Black.

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K ratings)

   510 pages • 2016

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   My Friends

   by Fredrik Backman

   Four teenagers forge a friendship so powerful it reaches across twenty-five years to transform a complete stranger's life in ways none of them could imagine.

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   Four teenagers forge a friendship so powerful it reaches across twenty-five years to transform a complete stranger's life in ways none of them could imagine.

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (413.4K ratings)

   436 pages • 2025

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   The River

   by Wally Lamb

   New father Corby's secret addiction and devastating mistake land him in prison, where he witnesses both human cruelty and unexpected kindness.

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   New father Corby's secret addiction and devastating mistake land him in prison, where he witnesses both human cruelty and unexpected kindness.

   ★ 4.30 Goodreads (155.0K ratings)

   480 pages • 2025

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   UnDivided

   Unwind Dystology • Book 4

   by Neal Shusterman

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (32.4K ratings)

   372 pages • 2014

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   Arch of Triumph

   by Erich Maria Remarque

   ★ 4.43 Goodreads (32.8K ratings)

   464 pages • 1945

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    The Darkest Child

    by Delores Phillips

    Tangy Mae, the brightest but darkest-skinned of ten children, battles her abusive mother's colorism and violence in 1958 Georgia while desperately seeking education and freedom.

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    Tangy Mae, the brightest but darkest-skinned of ten children, battles her abusive mother's colorism and violence in 1958 Georgia while desperately seeking education and freedom.

    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (17.8K ratings)

    400 pages • 2004

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