Books like And the Mountains Echoed
12 books with a reading profile close to And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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French Braid
by Anne Tyler
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
The Garrett family of Baltimore are followed over several decades, starting in 1959 when Mercy and David Garrett go on a family vacation to a lakeside spot.
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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Deesha Philyaw’s short story collection centers on the private lives of Black women navigating the tension between traditional Christian morality and their own physical desires.
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The Kitchen God's Wife
by Amy Tan
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Winnie Louie has kept her past secret from her Chinese American daughter, Pearl, who in turn is hiding her own diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
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Indian Horse
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Saul Indian Horse is an Ojibway man telling the story of his life from a treatment centre.
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Inseparable
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
This autobiographical novel tracks the intense friendship between Sylvie and Andrée, fictionalized versions of Simone de Beauvoir and Elisabeth "Zaza" Lacoin.
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Another Brooklyn
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
In the 1970s, August moves from Tennessee to Bushwick, Brooklyn, after the death of her mother.
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Breathing Lessons
by Anne Tyler
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Maggie and Ira Moran, a married couple in their fifties in Baltimore, drive to the funeral of a friend's husband in Pennsylvania.
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Dream Count
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
The novel centers on Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer living in America during the pandemic, as she examines the intersections of her past romances and her current desires.
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So Late in the Day
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
On a bright Friday in Dublin, Cathal sits at his office desk counting down the hours until the workday ends.
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This Must Be the Place
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Daniel Sullivan, an American linguist, lives in a remote farmhouse in Ireland with his second wife, Claudette Wells, a famously reclusive former film star.
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The Master Butchers Singing Club
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Fidelis Waldvogel returns to Germany from the First World War with a sniper's skill and a plan to become a butcher like his father.
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Mayflies
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
The story begins in 1986, following teenager James Noble and his charismatic friend Tully Dawson in a small Scottish town.
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