Books like Black Cake
12 books with a reading profile close to Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, secures a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, an executive at Lehman Brothers.
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2
Infinite Country
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
The narrative follows Elena and Mauro, a Colombian couple who overstay their visas in the United States, and the three children they raise across two nations.
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3
Was man von hier aus sehen kann
by Mariana Leky
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Luise, a ten-year-old girl in a small village in the German Westerwald, learns that whenever her grandmother Selma dreams of an okapi, someone in the village will die within twenty-four hours.
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Writers & Lovers
by Lily King
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Set in 1997 Massachusetts, the narrative follows Casey Peabody, a thirty-one-year-old waitress mourning her mother’s sudden death while struggling to finish a novel she has worked on for six years.
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5
Migrations
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Franny Stone travels to Greenland to track the final migration of Arctic terns, a species nearing extinction in a world depleted of wildlife.
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6
The Book of Unknown Americans
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Two families move into the same apartment building in Delaware: the Riveras, who came from Mexico, and the Toros from Panama.
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7
The Spectacular Now
by Tim Tharp
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Sutter Keely is a high school senior in a small Oklahoma town who lives for parties and drinking and thinks of himself as the life of every gathering.
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8
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
narrative, accessible
In 1972, workers digging a foundation in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, discover a skeleton at the bottom of a well.
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9
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
Born in a rural Irish village to an unwed teenager, Cyril Avery is adopted by an eccentric, wealthy Dublin couple who constantly remind him he is not a "real" Avery.
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10
How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from New York to the English countryside to live with cousins she has never met.
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11
Ask Again, Yes
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope are rookie NYPD officers who buy neighboring houses in a quiet New York suburb.
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12
The Berry Pickers
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
In 1962, a four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl named Ruthie vanishes from a blueberry field in Maine while her family works the harvest.
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