Books like A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
12 books with a reading profile close to A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
-
1
The Winter's Tale
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
King Leontes of Sicily falls into a sudden, irrational jealousy, accusing his pregnant wife Hermione of adultery with his childhood friend, King Polixenes.
-
2
Snow Country
by Yasunari Kawabata, Edward G. Seidensticker
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in a remote hot spring town buried under heavy winter drifts, the narrative follows Shimamura, an aesthetician from Tokyo who travels north to seek relief from his mundane urban life.
-
3
Housekeeping
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
In the isolated town of Fingerbone, Idaho, sisters Ruth and Lucille are raised by a succession of female relatives following their mother’s suicide.
-
4
An Artist of the Floating World
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in post-war Japan, the narrative follows Masuji Ono, a retired painter navigating the physical and social ruins of his city.
-
5
-
6
Leaf Storm and Other Stories
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
This collection centers on the titular novella set in the fictional town of Macondo, narrated through the perspectives of a colonel, his daughter, and his grandson.
-
7
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Lib/E
by Ken Kesey, Tom Parker
Also deep and open-ended · narrative, literary
Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the story follows Randle McMurphy, a boisterous gambler who feigns insanity to avoid a prison farm sentence.
-
8
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in 1930s Harlem, the narrative centers on John Grimes, a fourteen-year-old navigating a spiritual crisis during his birthday weekend.
-
9
The Cherry Orchard
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
Madame Lyubov Ranevskaya returns to her family estate in Russia after years of exile in Paris to find her ancestral home facing public auction to pay off debts.
-
10
Ceremony
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Tayo, a young man of mixed Laguna Pueblo and white heritage, returns to his reservation in New Mexico after fighting in the Second World War as a prisoner of the Japanese.
-
11
The English Patient
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in a ruined Tuscan villa during the final stages of the Second World War, the narrative centers on four fractured lives brought together by circumstance.
-
12
The Great Gatsby
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
During the summer of 1922 in Long Island, Nick Carraway observes the extravagant life of Jay Gatsby, a man who hosts massive parties to lure back his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
