Books like Boyhood
12 books with a reading profile close to Boyhood by Лев Толстой, CJ Hogarth. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
This collection compiles the private correspondence sent by Vincent van Gogh, primarily to his brother Theo, between 1872 and his death in 1890.
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2
A Moveable Feast
memoir, literary
Ernest Hemingway recounts his early years as an aspiring writer living in Paris during the 1920s.
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3
Washington Square
by Henry James
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
In the affluent backdrop of mid-nineteenth-century New York, Catherine Sloper lives under the scrutiny of her father, Austin, a prominent physician who views his daughter as dull and unremarkable.
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4
The World of Yesterday
by Stefan Zweig
memoir, literary
Stefan Zweig chronicles the collapse of European civilization from the late nineteenth century through the start of World War II.
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5
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Arundhati Roy's 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' is a collection of essays and non-fiction pieces rather than a novel, despite the evocative title.
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6
West with the Night
memoir, literary
Beryl Markham recounts her upbringing in colonial East Africa, where she trained racehorses alongside the Kipsigis people and survived encounters with lions.
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7
The Beautiful and Damned
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
Set in the shifting social landscape of 1910s New York, the narrative follows Anthony Patch, the presumptive heir to a massive tycoon fortune, and his marriage to the socialite Gloria Gilbert.
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8
First Love
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
Sixteen-year-old Vladimir Petrovich becomes infatuated with Zinaida Alexandrovna, a twenty-one-year-old princess living in a neighboring summer villa.
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9
The Portable Oscar Wilde
by Richard Aldington, Oscar Wilde
literary, classic literature
This 1946 compilation preserves the breadth of Oscar Wilde’s literary output, moving beyond his reputation as a mere wit.
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10
Tropical classical
by Pico Iyer
memoir, literary
In this collection of essays, Pico Iyer examines the collision of Western cultural exports with the local realities of the post-colonial world.
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11
The House of the Dead
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · memoir, literary
Alexandr Petrovich Goryanchikov, a nobleman sentenced to ten years of hard labor in Siberia for uxoricide, narrates his daily existence within a communal prison barracks.
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12
Eugénie Grandet
by Honoré de Balzac, Christopher Prendergast
Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
Set in the provincial town of Saumur, this novel documents the domestic tyranny of Felix Grandet, a former cooper who has amassed a secret fortune through obsessive land speculation and hoarding.
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