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by Clare Pooley

Contemporary FictionLiterary FictionComedy 🌶️ 1/5

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8 Books Matched to The Authenticity Project

Grouped by the elements that made The Authenticity Project unforgettable.

Matches that share The Authenticity Project's dark energy

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A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
❄️ 0/5 · 816p · Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
Same enemies-to-lovers energy as The Authenticity Project, but Hanya Yanagihara cranks the addictive to eleven.
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94%
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A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
🌶️ 1/5 · 337p · Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
If The Authenticity Project left a void, A Man Called Ove fills it — then digs a new one.
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91%
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Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman
🌶️ 1/5 · 341p · Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
The contemporary fiction you didn't know you needed after The Authenticity Project. Trust us.
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89%
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Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
🌶️ 1/5 · 560p · Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
The contemporary fiction you didn't know you needed after The Authenticity Project. Trust us.
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Compatible reads for intense lovers

86%
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Someone Else's Shoes
by Jojo Moyes
🌶️ 1/5 · 400p · Contemporary Fiction, Comedy
The book equivalent of finding someone who also cried at The Authenticity Project.
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84%
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
by Sophie Kinsella
🌶️ 1/5 · 310p · Contemporary Fiction, Comedy
Your BookTok FYP is about to thank you for this one.
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81%
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My Not So Perfect Life
by Sophie Kinsella
🌶️ 1/5 · 416p · Contemporary Fiction, Comedy
The contemporary fiction you didn't know you needed after The Authenticity Project. Trust us.
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79%
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The Party Crasher
by Sophie Kinsella
🌶️ 1/5 · 352p · Contemporary Fiction, Comedy
Your TBR just found its soulmate.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara — ❄️ 0/5 spice, 816 pages

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