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12 books with a reading profile close to Duizend schitterende zonnen by Khaled Hosseini. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Bin Muhteşem Güneş

by Khaled Hosseini

Also inward-looking and contemplative · history, narrative

Mariam and Laila are two women from different generations and social backgrounds whose lives collide in Kabul during decades of political upheaval.
2

Ve Dağlar Yankılandı

by Khaled Hosseini

Also inward-looking and contemplative · history, narrative

The narrative begins in 1952 Afghanistan when a father sells his young daughter, Pari, to a wealthy, childless couple in Kabul.
3

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.
4

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.
5

Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell

Also inward-looking and contemplative · history, narrative

Set in 1580s Stratford-upon-Avon, the narrative centers on Agnes Hathaway, a woman with deep knowledge of medicinal plants and prophetic instincts.
6

Cutting for Stone

by Abraham Verghese

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

The story follows twin brothers Marion and Shiva Stone, born from a clandestine union between an Indian nun and a British surgeon in an Addis Ababa mission hospital.
7

Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Also thought-provoking · history, narrative

Ifemelu and Obinze are young lovers in military-ruled Nigeria who depart the country for different hemispheres.
8

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.
9

Yellow Wife

by Sadeqa Johnson

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

Born into a life of relative privilege on a Virginia plantation, Pheby Delores Brown is promised her freedom at age eighteen.
10

The Night Watch

by Sarah Waters

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

Set in London during and immediately after the Second World War, the narrative moves backward in time from 1947 to 1941.
11

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.
12

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…

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