Recommended Reads Featuring Multiple Viewpoints
Not everyone sees things the same way, and being able to understand different perspectives allows us to share the human experience more profoundly. FCPL staff offers up the following list of adult, youth and children’s fiction* books with multiple viewpoints — sometimes multiple views of the same event, sometimes views of a character over multiple timelines, and one an intriguing combination of both (hint: it’s the first one)!
- The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (A)
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds (Y)
- All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Y)
- A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (A)
- Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan (J)
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (Y)
- Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (A)
- The Girls by Lori Lansens (A)
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (A)
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Y)
- Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (A)
- Lovely War by Julie Berry (Y)
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (A)
- Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (A)
- Pax by Sara Pennypacker (J)
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (A)
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (A)
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (Y)
*Category Key: (A) Adult Fiction, (Y) Youth Fiction, (J) Children’s Fiction