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12 books with a reading profile close to Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

  1. 1 On Chesil Beach

    On Chesil Beach

    by Ian McEwan

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

    Set in 1962, the novella follows Edward Mayhew and Florence Ponting on their wedding night at a hotel on the Dorset coast.

  2. 2 Sally Rooney 3 Books Collection Set

    Sally Rooney 3 Books Collection Set

    by Sally Rooney

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

    This collection gathers Sally Rooney’s early prose, focusing on the intricate social dynamics and intimate exchanges between young adults in modern Ireland.

  3. 3 Conversations With Friends

    Conversations With Friends

    by Sally Rooney

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

    Frances is a university student and aspiring poet in Dublin who performs spoken word pieces with her former girlfriend and best friend, Bobbi.

  4. 4 Sana Soyleyemedigim Her Sey

    Sana Soyleyemedigim Her Sey

    by Celeste Ng

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

    Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the disappearance and subsequent death of Lydia Lee, the favorite child of a Chinese-American family.

  5. 5 Sana Anlatmadigim Her Sey

    Sana Anlatmadigim Her Sey

    by Celeste Ng

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

    Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the death of Lydia Lee, the favorite daughter of a biracial family.

  6. 6 Challenger Deep

    Challenger Deep

    by Neal Shusterman

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

    Caden Bosch is a bright teenager who is slipping into mental illness.

  7. 7 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

    The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

    by Aimee Bender

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

    On her ninth birthday, Rose Edelstein bites into a homemade lemon cake and inadvertently discovers she can taste her mother’s hidden emotions within the ingredients.

  8. 8 The Lying Life of Adults

    The Lying Life of Adults

    by Elena Ferrante

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

    Giovanna, a teenager living in an upper-class neighborhood in Naples, overhears her father compare her appearance to his estranged sister, Vittoria.

  9. 9 Cat’s Eye

    Cat’s Eye

    by Margaret Atwood

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

    Elaine Risley, a middle-aged painter, returns to Toronto for a retrospective of her art.

  10. 10 Did You Ever Have a Family

    Did You Ever Have a Family

    by Bill Clegg

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

    On the night before her daughter Lolly's wedding, June Reid's house burns down, killing her daughter, Lolly's fiancé Will, her ex-husband Luke and her boyfriend Adam.

  11. 11 The Death of Vivek Oji

    The Death of Vivek Oji

    by Akwaeke Emezi

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

    The novel begins with the discovery of Vivek’s lifeless body on his mother’s doorstep in southeastern Nigeria.

  12. 12 Quan érem orfes

    Quan érem orfes

    by Kazuo Ishiguro, Xavier Pàmies Giménez

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

    In the English translation by Xavier Pàmies Giménez, Christopher Banks is a celebrated London detective during the 1930s who remains fixated on the disappearance of his parents in Shanghai decades earlier.

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