Books like Everything is Illuminated
12 books with a reading profile close to Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. Inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
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.
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2
First Person Singular: Stories
Also inward-looking and open-ended · narrative, literary
Eight stories by Haruki Murakami, most narrated in the first person by men looking back at odd episodes in their lives.
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After the Quake
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Six stories by Murakami are set in the weeks after the 1995 Kobe earthquake, though the quake itself happens off-stage.
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The Nix
by Nathan Hill
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Samuel Andresen-Anderson, a disappointed English professor who is addicted to an online video game, sees his mother Faye on the news after decades of absence: she has been arrested for throwing gravel at a right-wing pr…
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5
Boy, Snow, Bird
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In 1953, Boy Novak flees her abusive father in New York City and settles in Flax Hill, Massachusetts.
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6
No One Is Talking About This
Also inward-looking and open-ended · narrative, literary
The first half of the narrative follows a woman who has achieved minor celebrity status within a digital landscape called the portal.
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7
Jesus’ Son
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Eleven linked stories follow a drifting narrator through the drug-addled margins of the American Midwest and Pacific Northwest in the 1970s.
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Intimacies
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
An unnamed female interpreter moves from New York to The Hague to work at the International Criminal Court.
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
Also 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.
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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.
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11
Second Place
by Rachel Cusk
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The story follows M, a woman living in a remote coastal marsh, who invites a renowned painter named L to stay in her guest cottage, which she calls the second place.
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Bridge of Clay
by Markus Zusak
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Matthew Dunbar, the eldest of five brothers, tells how the boys were raised alone in a Sydney house after their mother's death and their father's disappearance.
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