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12 books with a reading profile close to A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Amsterdam

by Ian McEwan

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

After the funeral of Molly Lane, her two former lovers—Clive Linley, a celebrated composer, and Vernon Halliday, a newspaper editor—forge a mutual euthanasia pact to avoid a similar cognitive decline.
2

Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories

by Truman Capote

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

The title novella follows an unnamed narrator in wartime New York who becomes fascinated by his neighbor, Holly Golightly.
3

The Winter of Our Discontent

by John Steinbeck

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Ethan Allen Hawley, a scion of a formerly wealthy New England family, works as a grocery clerk for an immigrant shopkeeper in the fictional town of New Baytown.
4

Hag-Seed

by Margaret Atwood

narrative, classic literature

Felix Phillips is a theater director ousted from his festival job by a treacherous associate.
5

Sister Carrie

by Theodore Dreiser

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Eighteen-year-old Caroline Meeber leaves her rural Wisconsin home for Chicago with nothing but a small satchel and a desire for material comfort.
6

Burial Rites

by Hannah Kent

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Based on the true story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, this novel follows the final months of the last woman executed in Iceland.
7

Go Set a Watchman

by Harper Lee

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch returns to Maycomb, Alabama, from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus.
8

Bel-Ami

by Guy de Maupassant

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Georges Duroy arrives in Paris as a penniless veteran with nothing but his appearance and a lack of scruples.
9

The Cider House Rules

by John Irving

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Set in early twentieth-century Maine, the narrative follows Homer Wells, a perpetual orphan raised at St.
10

Prodigal Summer

by Barbara Kingsolver

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

In the humid mountains of southern Appalachia, three narrative threads intersect through the lens of evolutionary biology and ecological interdependence.
11

The Interestings

by Meg Wolitzer

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

The story begins in 1974 at a summer arts camp where six teenagers—Jules, Ash, Goodman, Ethan, Jonah, and Cathy—form a tight-knit circle based on their shared creative ambitions.
12

The World According to Garp

by John Irving

narrative, classic literature

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