Books like Cleopatra and Frankenstein
12 books with a reading profile close to Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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Ghosts
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Dolly Alderton's debut novel, "Ghosts," introduces readers to Nina Dean, a successful food writer navigating the treacherous waters of modern dating in her early thirties.
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2
Green Dot
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Hera, a woman in her twenties in Sydney, works a dull job at a magazine and wants to be a writer.
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3
You Are Here
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Marnie and Michael are two solitary individuals stuck in professional and emotional ruts.
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4
Eleven Minutes
by Paulo Coelho
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Maria is a young woman from a small Brazilian town who goes to Geneva with the promise of becoming a samba dancer.
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With the Fire on High
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Emoni Santiago is a high school senior in Philadelphia balancing the demands of raising her young daughter with the academic pressures of her final year.
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Why We Broke Up
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Minny Green, a high school junior and film fanatic, writes a lengthy letter to her ex-boyfriend, Ed Slaterton, the school’s star basketball player.
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7
Peony in Love
by Lisa See
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set in seventeenth-century China, this story follows Peony, a sheltered girl from a wealthy family who becomes obsessed with the opera The Peony Pavilion.
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8
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Natasha Kingsley is a high school senior and scientific realist attempting to prevent her family’s imminent deportation to Jamaica.
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9
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford
romance, narrative
Set in Seattle during World War II, the narrative follows Henry Lee, a Chinese American boy caught between his father’s nationalist fervor and his secret bond with Keiko Okabe, a Japanese American classmate.
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10
The Wedding People
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Phoebe Stone arrives at a luxury Rhode Island hotel with a suitcase full of evening gowns and a plan to end her life following a divorce and the collapse of her academic career.
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11
Shopgirl
by Steve Martin
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Mirabelle Buttersfield, a young woman from Vermont, sells gloves at the Neiman Marcus counter in Beverly Hills, lonely and quietly depressed in her Los Angeles apartment.
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12
I'll Give You the Sun
by Jandy Nelson
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Jandy Nelson’s novel centers on twins Jude and Noah, told through two shifting timelines.
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