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by Richard Osman

🌶️ 1/5 CharmingFunnyCozy

Finished The Bullet That Missed and immediately needed more? Same. The charming pull of this book doesn't come around every day, but we've spent hours finding reads that capture exactly what made Richard Osman's writing hit so hard. Not surface-level genre matches — we're talking mood, trope, and vibe alignment. The kind of books that actually fill the void.

YOUR MATCHES

12 Books Matched to The Bullet That Missed

Grouped by the elements that made The Bullet That Missed unforgettable.

Compatible reads for charming lovers

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The Maid
by Nita Prose
🌶️ 1/5 · 304p
If The Bullet That Missed left a void, The Maid fills it — then digs a new one.
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94%
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Fangirl
by Rainbow Rowell
🌶️ 1/5 · 438p
Your TBR just found its soulmate.
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91%
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A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
🌶️ 1/5 · 337p · Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
The book that The Bullet That Missed fans keep recommending to each other at 2 AM.
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More fantasy energy

89%
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The Mystery Guest
by Nita Prose
🌶️ 1/5 · 336p
If The Bullet That Missed was your type, The Mystery Guest is its hot friend.
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86%
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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
by Heather Fawcett
🌶️ 1/5 · 336p
Your BookTok FYP is about to thank you for this one.
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Matches that share The Bullet That Missed's humor energy

84%
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The Guncle
by Steven Rowley
🌶️ 1/5 · 352p
The book equivalent of finding someone who also cried at The Bullet That Missed.
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81%
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Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
by Benjamin Stevenson
🌶️ 1/5 · 416p
Think of this as The Bullet That Missed's dating profile match — same interests, compatible chemistry.
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Compatible reads for charming lovers

79%
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The Book of Cold Cases
by Simone St. James
🌶️ 1/5 · 336p
The romance you didn't know you needed after The Bullet That Missed. Trust us.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

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

The Maid by Nita Prose — 🌶️ 1/5 spice, 304 pages

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BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Quick answers before your next match

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to The Bullet That Missed include The Maid, Fangirl, The Mystery Guest. Each matches on specific elements like charming and funny that made The Bullet That Missed resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with The Maid by Nita Prose — it shares The Bullet That Missed's core Charming energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

The Bullet That Missed is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

The Bullet That Missed has a spice level of 1/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

The Bullet That Missed is already a low-spice read (1/5). Most similar books on this page have comparable heat levels.

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Every Sort By Cravings profile is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs. We cross-reference BookTok discussions, Goodreads reviews, and 500+ reader reactions before publishing any mood tag, spice rating, or compatibility note. Read our editorial standards.