If you liked
Books like Reasons to stay alive 2015
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Reasons to stay alive
Books closest to Reasons to stay alive
Love warrior 2016Also contemporary, spare and earnest
I Thought It Was Just Me 2007Also contemporary, spare and earnest
The Martian Child 2002Also spare, earnest and contemporary
Love and other impossible pursuits 2006Also contemporary, spare and classical in form
Rising strong 2015Also contemporary, spare and earnest
Every last word 2015Also contemporary, earnest and spare
Strange Son 2006Also contemporary, spare and earnest
The Beauty of Living Twice 2021Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now 2018Also contemporary, spare and earnest
Rage becomes her 2018Also contemporary, spare and earnest
Adult children of emotionally immature parents 2015Also contemporary, spare and earnest
The Last Lecture 2008Also contemporary, earnest and spare
The same feel, in other forms
Films
Tuesdays with Morrie 1999Also earnest, spare and contemporary
The Diary of a CEO: Louis Tomlinson 2025Also contemporary, earnest and character-led
Snow Falling on Pumpkins 2025Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
Series
The Me You Can't See 2021Also contemporary, spare and earnest
Once and Again 1999Also spare, contemporary and earnest
13 Reasons Why: Beyond the Reasons 2017Also contemporary, spare and earnest
Albums
- Live at the Orange Lounge 2012Also earnest, classical in form and character-led
- If You’re Dreaming 2020Also earnest, character-led and grave
- Cold Spring Harbor 1971Also earnest, classical in form and spare
Games
Robin 2018Also contemporary, earnest and character-led
The Last 47 Hours 2019Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
Arise: A Simple Story - Definitive Edition 2022Also contemporary, earnest and grave
Rate a few things and every title shows the odds you’ll like it, from your own taste.
Find your taste
