Books like Girl, Woman, Other
12 books with a reading profile close to Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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by Paul Auster
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, narrative
Archie Ferguson is born in Newark in 1947, the son of a Jewish furniture-store owner.
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NW
by Zadie Smith
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, narrative
NW focuses on four Londoners—Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan—who grew up in the Caldwell council estate in the NW6 postcode.
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Oscar de León is an overweight Dominican nerd living in New Jersey who obsesses over science fiction, fantasy novels, and falling in love.
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The Savage Detectives
Also deep and thought-provoking · dense, narrative
The story begins in 1970s Mexico City through the diary of Juan García Madero, a law student drawn into a circle of radical poets known as the visceral realists.
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There There
by Tommy Orange
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Tommy Orange follows twelve characters from Native communities as they converge at the Big Oakland Powwow in California.
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The Promise
by Damon Galgut
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
The narrative follows the Swart family, white farmers living near Pretoria, across four funerals spanning four decades of South African history.
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The Nix
by Nathan Hill
Also deep and inward-looking · 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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North Woods
by Daniel Mason
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
A single yellow house in the Massachusetts forest anchors this narrative, which spans four centuries through a series of interlocking stories.
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Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All The Agents…
by Alan Moore
Also deep and thought-provoking · dense, narrative
Watchmen's first issue opens in 1985, in an alternate America where costumed heroes exist, Richard Nixon is still president, and nuclear war with the Soviet Union seems near.
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Middlesex
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, narrative
Callie Stephanides grows up in mid-century Detroit as a girl, unaware that she carries a rare genetic mutation inherited from her Greek grandparents.
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
Also deep and 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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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
by Elif Shafak
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Tequila Leila, a sex worker in Istanbul, has been murdered and dumped in a trash bin.
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