Books like Burnt Sugar
12 books with a reading profile close to Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi. Deep, inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
God Help the Child
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Lula Ann Bridewell, who calls herself Bride, is a young woman with very dark skin, born to light-skinned parents who rejected her as a baby.
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Acts of Desperation
by Megan Nolan
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In Dublin, a twenty-something narrator becomes ensnared in a toxic relationship with Ciaran, an emotionally distant and beautiful man.
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3
Wolf in White Van
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Sean Phillips is a man living with a severe facial disfigurement after a gunshot injury in his teens, and he spends his days alone in Southern California.
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4
We the Animals
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Three brothers, the youngest of whom narrates, grow up in upstate New York with a Puerto Rican father and a white mother who love them fiercely and also hurt them.
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5
Girls Burn Brighter
by Shobha Rao
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In an impoverished village in India, two teenage girls, Poornima and Savitha, find a sense of autonomy through their friendship while working at a loom.
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6
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Ruby Lennox begins her story at the moment of her conception in 1951 in York, and narrates her family's history through her own eyes.
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7
The Hotel New Hampshire
by John Irving
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
John Berry grows up in a family led by his father Win, an eccentric dreamer who buys a failing New Hampshire hotel and wants to turn it into a family business.
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8
The little disturbances of man
by Grace Paley
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in the cramped apartments and bustling streets of mid-century New York City, these short stories focus on the domestic lives of Jewish women navigating family friction and romantic disappointment.
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9
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Sherman Alexie's linked stories follow Native American characters on and around the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington State.
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10
The Thing Around Your Neck
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2009 collection consists of twelve stories documenting the experiences of Nigerians navigating life in their home country and as immigrants in the United States.
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11
Hell of a Book
by Jason Mott
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
A Black writer, whose name we never learn, is on a book tour for his novel, and the story follows him as he travels and tries to carry on while his mind seems to drift.
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12
Dream Count
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · 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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