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12 books with a reading profile close to Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Housekeeping

by Marilynne Robinson

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

In the isolated town of Fingerbone, Idaho, sisters Ruth and Lucille are raised by a succession of female relatives following their mother’s suicide.
2

An Artist of the Floating World

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Set in post-war Japan, the narrative follows Masuji Ono, a retired painter navigating the physical and social ruins of his city.
3

The Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature

King Leontes of Sicily falls into a sudden, irrational jealousy, accusing his pregnant wife Hermione of adultery with his childhood friend, King Polixenes.
4

A Raisin in the Sun

by Lorraine Hansberry

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Set in Chicago’s South Side during the late 1950s, the play follows the Younger family as they await a ten-thousand-dollar life insurance check following the patriarch's death.
5

Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Set in 1930s Harlem, the narrative centers on John Grimes, a fourteen-year-old navigating a spiritual crisis during his birthday weekend.
6

The Lowland

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Subhash and Udayan are brothers born in Calcutta, separated by temperament and political conviction.
7

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy, Margaret R. Higonnet

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Tess Durbeyfield, a young woman living in the rural English countryside, discovers her family descends from the aristocratic d’Urberville line.
8

The Cherry Orchard

by Anton Chekhov

Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature

Madame Lyubov Ranevskaya returns to her family estate in Russia after years of exile in Paris to find her ancestral home facing public auction to pay off debts.
9

On Beauty

by Zadie Smith

Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature

The narrative center of the novel is the Belsey family, led by Howard, a white British art historian living in a fictional Massachusetts college town.
10

A Fine Balance

by Rohinton Mistry

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Set in mid-1970s India during the government-mandated Emergency, the narrative centers on four strangers cohabitating in a cramped apartment to survive economic hardship.
11

Howards End

by E.M. Forster

Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature

Set in Edwardian England, the narrative follows three families representing distinct social strata: the intellectual Schlegel sisters, the wealthy business-minded Wilcoxes, and the struggling clerk Leonard Bast.
12

The Stone Diaries

by Carol Shields

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Daisy Goodwill Flett is born in 1905 in a Manitoba limestone quarry town, her mother dying in childbirth without knowing she was pregnant.

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