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Books like Cutting for Stone

12 books with a reading profile close to Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. Deep, inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

Also deep and inward-looking · history, narrative

In the mountains of southern Appalachia, a boy nicknamed Demon Copperhead is born to a teenage mother in a single-wide trailer.
2

In the Time of the Butterflies

by Julia Alvarez

Also thought-provoking · history, narrative

In 1960, three of the four Mirabal sisters were beaten to death on a road in the Dominican Republic because they had opposed the dictator Rafael Trujillo.
3

The Storm We Made

by Vanessa Chan

Also thought-provoking · history, narrative

In 1930s British Malaya, Cecily Alcantara works as a low-level clerk while feeling the sting of colonial hierarchy.
4

The Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese

Also thought-provoking · history, narrative

Spanning seven decades in Kerala, South India, the narrative follows three generations of a family afflicted by a peculiar medical condition known as the Condition.
5

Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, narrative

Ifemelu and Obinze are young lovers in military-ruled Nigeria who depart the country for different hemispheres.
6

Memphis

by Tara M. Stringfellow

Also inward-looking · history, narrative

Spanning three generations of a Black family in Memphis, Tennessee, this novel centers on the women of one family, who must handle poverty, domestic violence and racism while keeping alive a sense of faith and creativit…
7

The Cellist of Sarajevo

by Steven Galloway

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

Set in the besieged city of Sarajevo, the narrative follows three civilians navigating a landscape of sniper fire and shellings.
8

Five Little Indians

by Michelle Good

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

Five children, Kenny, Clara, Maisie, Lucy and Howie, are taken from their families as small children and sent to a residential school in British Columbia.
9

Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, narrative

Sunja, the daughter of a crippled fisherman in colonial Korea, becomes pregnant by a married yakuza member.
10

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

Also inward-looking · history, narrative

In the small town of Mallard, Louisiana, the light-skinned Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella, grow up in a community that prizes fair complexions.
11

There Are Rivers in the Sky

by Elif Shafak

Also thought-provoking · history, narrative

The narrative follows a single drop of water across centuries, linking three distinct lives shaped by the Tigris and Thames rivers.
12

Bin Muhteşem Güneş

by Khaled Hosseini

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

Mariam and Laila are two women from different generations and social backgrounds whose lives collide in Kabul during decades of political upheaval.

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