Books like Dance Dance Dance
12 books with a reading profile close to Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
-
1
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Haruki Murakami's collection of twenty-four stories gathers work from over a decade.
-
2
No One Is Talking About This
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
The first half of the narrative follows a woman who has achieved minor celebrity status within a digital landscape called the portal.
-
3
After Dark
Also inward-looking and open-ended · narrative, literary
Set in Tokyo between midnight and dawn, the story follows Mari Asai, a student reading alone in a late-night diner to avoid returning home.
-
4
Doce cuentos peregrinos
Also inward-looking and open-ended · narrative, literary
Doce cuentos peregrinos follows Latin American migrants living throughout Europe, from the rainy streets of Geneva to the apartments of Barcelona and Rome.
-
5
Perfection
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Anna and Tom are a professional creative couple who migrate from southern Europe to Berlin, seeking an aesthetic and social utopia.
-
6
Everything is Illuminated
Also inward-looking and open-ended · narrative, literary
A young American named Jonathan Safran Foer travels to post-Soviet Ukraine to locate Augustine, a woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis.
-
7
Tenth of December
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
George Saunders’ collection of short fiction presents characters navigating moral crises within a landscape of economic precarity and pharmaceutical intervention.
-
8
Boy, Snow, Bird
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
In 1953, Boy Novak flees her abusive father in New York City and settles in Flax Hill, Massachusetts.
-
9
Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in a highly competitive arts high school during the 1980s, the narrative begins with Sarah and David, two drama students entangled in a pressurized romance under the watchful eye of their charismatic teacher, Mr.
-
10
Intimacies
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
An unnamed female interpreter moves from New York to The Hague to work at the International Criminal Court.
-
11
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The narrative centers on Bennie Salazar, a middle-aged record executive, and his assistant Sasha, tracing their lives across several decades.
-
12
A Children's Bible
by Lydia Millet
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In a massive lakeside estate, a group of cynical children and teenagers endure a summer vacation while their parents remain in a stupor of alcohol and neglect.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
