Books like China in Ten Words
12 books with a reading profile close to China in Ten Words by Yu Hua. Deep and contemplative; a moderate read.
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1
When We Cease to Understand the World
Also deep · history, philosophy
Benjamín Labatut depicts the intersections between scientific discovery and psychological collapse through the lives of Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrödinger.
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2
Darkness at Noon
Also deep · history, philosophy
Set during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union, the story follows Nikolai Rubashov, an aging Bolshevik revolutionary arrested by the government he helped establish.
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3
Between the World and Me
Also deep · history, philosophy
Written as a letter to his teenage son, Ta-Nehisi Coates frames the black body as the central site of American history and civic stability.
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4
Memoirs of Hadrian
Also deep and contemplative · history, philosophy
Presented as a final letter from the aged Emperor Hadrian to his successor, Marcus Aurelius, the narrative reconstructs the life of a leader managing the Roman Empire at its peak.
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5
The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth
history, literary
In this work of historical fiction, Philip Roth reimagines the 1940 United States presidential election.
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6
The Word for World Is Forest
philosophy, literary
On the planet Athshe, human colonists from Earth have established a logging colony to strip the world of its timber.
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7
Thais
Also deep · history, literary
Set in fourth-century Roman Egypt, this novel follows the ascetic monk Paphnuce as he travels from the desert to Alexandria to convert the famous courtesan Thais.
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8
1984 and Animal Farm
by Rafael Arrais, George Orwell
Also deep · philosophy, literary
This volume combines George Orwell’s two most famous political allegories, featuring his original text alongside introductory commentary by Rafael Arrais.
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9
Roadside Picnic
Also deep · philosophy, literary
The narrative follows Redrick Schuhart, a professional stalker who illegally ventures into the Zone, one of several locations on Earth littered with mysterious debris following a brief extraterrestrial visit.
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10
Caim
Also deep · philosophy, literary
In Saramago's last novel, the first murderer of the Bible, Cain, is condemned to wander the earth for killing his brother Abel.
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King Richard II
history, literary
King Richard II depicts the downfall of a monarch who believes his authority is a divine right rather than a political function.
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12
The Feast of the Goat
Also deep · history, literary
Urania Cabral, now a New York lawyer, comes back to the Dominican Republic after thirty-five years to see her sick father, who once served in Rafael Trujillo's government.
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