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Books like Breakfast at Tiffany's

12 books with a reading profile close to Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

by David Wroblewski

Also inward-looking · narrative, literary

Edgar Sawtelle is born mute in rural Wisconsin, into a family that breeds a special line of dogs, the Sawtelle dogs, chosen for their intelligence and character.
2

The Winter of Our Discontent

by John Steinbeck

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary

Ethan Allen Hawley, a scion of a formerly wealthy New England family, works as a grocery clerk for an immigrant shopkeeper in the fictional town of New Baytown.
3

Amsterdam

by Ian McEwan

Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary

After the funeral of Molly Lane, her two former lovers—Clive Linley, a celebrated composer, and Vernon Halliday, a newspaper editor—forge a mutual euthanasia pact to avoid a similar cognitive decline.
4

ILL - One flew over the cuckoo's nest

by Dale Wasserman

Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary

In Dale Wasserman’s 1970 stage adaptation of the Ken Kesey novel, the narrative centers on Randle P.
5

Go Set a Watchman

by Harper Lee

Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary

Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch returns to Maycomb, Alabama, from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus.
6

Burial Rites

by Hannah Kent

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary

Based on the true story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, this novel follows the final months of the last woman executed in Iceland.
7

The Interestings

by Meg Wolitzer

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary

The story begins in 1974 at a summer arts camp where six teenagers—Jules, Ash, Goodman, Ethan, Jonah, and Cathy—form a tight-knit circle based on their shared creative ambitions.
8

A Thousand Ships

by Natalie Haynes

Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary

Natalie Haynes reimagines the Trojan War through a choral narrative that centers the women, goddesses, and victims usually relegated to the margins of epic poetry.
9

The Edible Woman

by Margaret Atwood

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary

Marian McAlpin works at a consumer research firm, methodically cataloging the tastes of the public while maintaining a predictable relationship with her fiance, Peter.
10

Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories

by Truman Capote

Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary

The title novella follows an unnamed narrator in wartime New York who becomes fascinated by his neighbor, Holly Golightly.
11

Silver Sparrow

by Tayari Jones

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary

Dana Yarboro knows her father, James Witherspoon, has another family.
12

Home Fire

by Kamila Shamsie

Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary

Isma Pasha raises her younger twin siblings, Aneeka and Parvaiz, in London after their jihadist father dies in transit to Guantanamo Bay.

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