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12 books with a reading profile close to A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

The Most Fun We Ever Had

by Claire Lombardo

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

The story spans several decades, tracking Marilyn and David Sorenson and their four adult daughters in suburban Chicago.
2

The Silver Linings Playbook

by Matthew Quick

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Pat Peoples returns to his parents’ home in New Jersey after months in a psychiatric facility.
3

This Is How It Always Is

by Laurie Frankel

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Rosie and Penn Walsh are parents to five boys, the youngest of whom is Claude.
4

Dear Edward

by Ann Napolitano

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Twelve-year-old Edward Adler is the sole survivor of a commercial plane crash that kills 191 people, including his parents and older brother.
5

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Eleanor Oliphant lives a life of rigid, isolated routine in Glasgow, working as a finance clerk and spending weekends with frozen pizza and vodka.
6

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

by Kim Edwards

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

In 1964, Dr.
7

Three Women

by Lisa Taddeo

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Lisa Taddeo documents the intimate lives of three American women to map the landscape of female desire and social stigma.
8

Nineteen Minutes

by Jodi Picoult

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

In Sterling, New Hampshire, Peter Houghton undergoes years of relentless bullying before bringing firearms to his high school and killing ten people.
9

It's Kind of a Funny Story

by Ned Vizzini

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Craig Gilner is a high school student in Manhattan who becomes paralyzed by the academic pressure of his competitive executive pre-professional school.
10

Still Alice

by Lisa Genova

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Alice Howland is a fifty-year-old linguistics professor at Harvard whose life centers on the mastery of language and cognitive performance.
11

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky, Stephen Chbosky

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Charlie is an introverted high school freshman who narrates his life through a series of anonymous letters.
12

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

by Jesse Andrews

Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Greg Gaines is a high school senior whose social strategy involves drifting between cliques without making friends.

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