Books like Euphoria
12 books with a reading profile close to Euphoria by Lily King. Inward-looking; a moderate read.
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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
by Angie Cruz
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the narrative follows Cara Romero, a woman in her sixties who loses her factory job of twenty-five years.
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2
Deep Cuts
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Deep Cuts investigates the evolution of independent music scenes and the technical shifts in how listeners discover underground artists.
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The Pull of the Stars
narrative, literary
The story takes place over three days in a cramped, understaffed maternity quarantine ward in Dublin during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
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4
The Wife
by Meg Wolitzer
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Joan Castleman has stood beside her husband Joe, a celebrated novelist, for decades.
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The Unseen World
by Liz Moore
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in a 1980s computer science laboratory, the story follows Ada Sibelius, a young girl homeschooled by her father, David, a brilliant researcher developing an artificial intelligence program nicknamed ELIXIR.
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If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in contemporary Seoul, the novel follows four women as they navigate a rigid social hierarchy dictated by plastic surgery, debt, and the commercial sex industry.
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The Mighty Red
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in the Red River Valley of North Dakota during the 2008 financial crisis, the narrative centers on Kismet Poe, a teenager caught between two suitors: a star athlete and a fragmented loner.
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Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas
narrative, literary
In a reimagined United States, the Personhood Amendment has abolished abortion, banned in vitro fertilization, and criminalized the transport of embryos.
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9
The Safekeep
narrative, literary
In 1961 Overijssel, Isabel lives a life defined by rigid routine and the preservation of her late mother’s isolated country estate.
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10
The Female Persuasion
by Meg Wolitzer
narrative, literary
The narrative tracks Greer Kadetsky, a college student whose life shifts after she meets Faith Frank, a central figure in the second-wave feminist movement.
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11
Honor
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Smita, an Indian-American journalist, returns to India to cover the legal battle of Meena, a Hindu woman brutally disfigured by her own family for marrying a Muslim man.
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