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Books like Animal

12 books with a reading profile close to Animal by Lisa Taddeo. Inward-looking; a moderate read.

1

Little Weirds

by Jenny Slate

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Jenny Slate’s collection of lyrical essays centers on the internal reclamation of her house and spirit following a painful divorce.
2

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

by Mira Jacob

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

In this graphic memoir, Mira Jacob documents a series of difficult discussions with her young son, her husband, and her extended family.
3

Everything Sad Is Untrue

by Daniel Nayeri

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Khosrou, called Daniel, is a twelve-year-old Iranian refugee living in a small town in Oklahoma.
4

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Jeanette Winterson’s semi-autobiographical novel follows Jeanette, a young girl adopted into a strict Pentecostal household in Northern England.
5

The Basketball Diaries

by Jim Carroll

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Jim Carroll's memoir draws on diaries he kept as a teenager in 1960s New York, between ages twelve and sixteen.
6

My Body

by Emily Ratajkowski

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

In this collection of personal essays, Emily Ratajkowski examines the commodification of female beauty through her career as a high-fashion model and actress.
7

Yossarian slept here

by Erica Heller

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Erica Heller’s memoir documents her upbringing as the daughter of Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22, within the Apthorp apartment building in Manhattan.
8

Priestdaddy

by Patricia Lockwood

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Patricia Lockwood, a poet, moves back with her husband into her parents' house in a Kansas City rectory.
9

Just Kids

by Patti Smith

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Just Kids chronicles the relationship between Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, beginning with their chance meeting in Brooklyn in 1967.
10

Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

by Gabrielle Hamilton

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Gabrielle Hamilton chronicles her unconventional path from a chaotic childhood in rural Pennsylvania to owning Prune, a tiny, celebrated restaurant in New York City.
11

Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.

by Eve Babitz

memoir, narrative

Eve Babitz presents ten interconnected narratives that document the sensory landscape of Southern California in the 1960s and 1970s.
12

M Train

by Patti Smith

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

In this memoir, Patti Smith tracks her daily routines, centered on her singular habit of visiting the same Greenwich Village café to drink black coffee and write.

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