Books like Exit West
12 books with a reading profile close to Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. Deep, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
by John Green
Also contemplative · philosophy, narrative
John Green evaluates the current geological age through a series of personal essays that assign star ratings to facets of the human-dominated world.
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If Cats Disappeared from the World
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative
A terminally ill postman receives a visit from the devil, who offers him one extra day of life for every category of item he agrees to erase from existence.
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3
Women Talking
by Miriam Toews
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Based on real events in the Manitoba Colony in Bolivia, this novel centers on eight Mennonite women meeting secretly in a hayloft.
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4
The Devil and Miss Prym
by Paulo Coelho, Amanda Hopkinson
philosophy, narrative
A mysterious stranger enters the isolated village of Viscos carrying eleven bars of gold and a heavy question.
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5
The Children Act
by Ian McEwan
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative
High Court judge Fiona Maye presides over the Family Division in London, where she adjudicates cases involving medical ethics and religious freedom.
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6
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Set in a luxury Parisian apartment building, the story follows Renée Michel, a fifty-four-year-old concierge who hides her deep knowledge of Kant, Tolstoy, and art behind a facade of working-class dullness.
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7
The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
philosophy, narrative
Ray Smith, a fictionalized version of Kerouac, navigates the contrast between urban jazz parties and the solitude of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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8
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Set in San Francisco, the narrative follows four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters who gather as the Joy Luck Club.
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9
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Annie Dillard uses her home in Virginia’s Roanoke Valley as an observatory to document the biological mechanics of the natural world.
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10
Desert Solitaire
by Edward Abbey
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Edward Abbey recounts his seasons as a seasonal ranger at Arches National Monument in the late 1950s.
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11
The Book of Form and Emptiness
by Ruth Ozeki
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Following the sudden death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear the voices of inanimate objects.
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12
Three Daughters of Eve
by Elif Shafak
Also thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative
Peri is an Istanbul housewife in her thirties, married with a child, who is at a dinner party when a mugger takes her bag and she chases him.
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