Books like Eileen
12 books with a reading profile close to Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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History of Wolves
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Fourteen-year-old Linda lives in a former commune in the woods of Northern Minnesota, isolated by her parents’ counterculture lifestyle and her own social alienation.
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The Idiot
by Elif Batuman
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Set in 1995, the narrative follows Selin, a linguistics student navigating her first year at Harvard.
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Still Born
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In Mexico City, Laura and her close friend Alina reach their thirties with a shared resolve to remain childless.
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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.
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Ufak Yangınlar
by Celeste Ng
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Set in the planned community of Shaker Heights, Ohio, the story follows the intersection of the Richardsons, a wealthy family rooted in local tradition, and Mia Warren, an enigmatic artist who moves into town with her d…
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Tsukuru Tazaki is a railway engineer in Tokyo whose life is defined by a sudden, unexplained rejection from his tight-knit group of high school friends.
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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.
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The Girls
by Emma Cline
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in Northern California during the late 1960s, the narrative follows fourteen-year-old Evie Boyd as she becomes mesmerized by a group of older girls led by the magnetic Suzanne.
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House of Sand and Fog
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Kathy Nicolo, a recovering addict, loses her small California bungalow due to a bureaucratic tax error.
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The Lying Life of Adults
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.
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Winter in Sokcho
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In a decaying guesthouse in the South Korean port city of Sokcho, a young woman of French-Korean heritage works for an eccentric manager during the frigid off-season.
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