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How I Live Now
Meg Rosoff · Book · 2004
What hooked you in How I Live Now was the way the urgency of global upheaval forces characters to confront their own fragile, transformative coming-of-age.
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Adaptation
How I Live Now
Kevin Macdonald · Film · 2013
Films on the same thread
Little Women
Greta Gerwig · Film · 2019
Explores: Sisterhood, Female ambition, Artistic expression.
Like the bond Daisy forms with her cousins in How I Live Now, this story centers on the fierce, formative power of family ties amidst a world shaped by war.
Flow
Film · 2024
Shares a thread with How I Live Now: Coming-of-Age.
This film echoes the primal struggle for survival found in How I Live Now, showing how displacement and isolation force a young protagonist to adapt to a transformed world.
Me Before You
Thea Sharrock · Film · 2016
Explores: Caregiver-Patient Relationship, Right to Die, Finding Purpose.
The intense, life-altering connection between the leads mirrors the profound first love found in How I Live Now, where personal intimacy becomes a sanctuary against an uncertain and difficult future.
Now Is Good
Ol Parker · Film · 2012
Shares 3 threads with How I Live Now: First Love, Loss of Innocence, Self-Discovery.
Just as the war in How I Live Now strips away the innocence of youth, this film explores how the looming shadow of mortality forces a teenager to prioritize authentic experience.
Series on the same thread
How I Met Your Mother
Carter Bays · Series · 2005
Explores: Friendship, Dating, Nostalgia.
While lighter in tone, this series captures the same central importance of chosen family and the nostalgic, bittersweet passage of time that defines the journey in How I Live Now.
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han · Series · 2022
Shares 2 threads with How I Live Now: First Love, Self-Discovery.
This series captures the specific, heightened intensity of a transformative summer that marks the end of childhood, much like the pivotal season Daisy spends in How I Live Now.
The 100
Jason Rothenberg · Series · 2014
Shares a thread with How I Live Now: Survival.
If the dystopian survival elements of How I Live Now captured your interest, this show provides a similarly gritty look at how young people navigate moral ambiguity and societal collapse.
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
Bill Wolkoff · Series · 2020
Shares a thread with How I Live Now: Survival.
This story mirrors the way How I Live Now thrusts a sheltered protagonist into a dangerous, post-apocalyptic landscape where resilience and the search for connection become essential for survival.
Podcasts on the same thread
The End Of The World with Josh Clark
iHeartPodcasts · Podcast · 2018
This podcast explores the same existential anxiety regarding the future of humanity that underscores the backdrop of How I Live Now, grounding global threats in a very human perspective.
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe · Podcast · 2026
Explores: untold historical anecdotes, curiosity-driven learning, American cultural history.
For those who appreciated the observational, character-driven narrative of How I Live Now, these stories offer a similar curiosity about the hidden lives and histories that shape our world.
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Common questions
Is How I Live Now based on a book?
Yes, the 2013 movie How I Live Now is based on the 2004 novel of the same name written by Meg Rosoff. The story follows a girl named Daisy who travels from New York City to England just before a war breaks out and separates her from her cousins.
Does How I Live Now take place in New York?
The story of How I Live Now begins in New York City, where the protagonist Daisy lives with her pregnant stepmother. However, the majority of the plot occurs in the English countryside, where Daisy travels to stay with her aunt and cousins before the outbreak of war.
What happens to the family in How I Live Now?
In How I Live Now, the protagonist Daisy bonds with her aunt and cousins after arriving in England. Their lives are soon disrupted when a war breaks out, which rips the family apart and causes significant devastation to the land where they were staying.
Should I read the book before watching the How I Live Now movie?
You can choose either format to experience the story of How I Live Now. Both the 2004 book by Meg Rosoff and the 2013 film adaptation cover the same narrative regarding Daisy's journey to England and the subsequent impact of war on her family.