Books like Goodbye, Vitamin
12 books with a reading profile close to Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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1
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Celestial and Roy are a young Black couple in Atlanta building a life together when their marriage is fractured by a wrongful conviction.
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2
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Leonard Peacock carries a P-38 Nazi handgun in his backpack on his eighteenth birthday.
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3
White Oleander
by Janet Fitch
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Astrid Magnussen is a young teenager living in Los Angeles whose life fractures when her mother, the poet Ingrid, murders a former lover with the poison of white oleander flowers.
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4
Stay with Me
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In 1980s Nigeria, Yejide and Akin navigate a marriage defined by their mutual decision to reject polygamy.
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Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Jules Moreau and his two siblings, Marty and Liz, grow up in a protected household until a car accident kills both of their parents.
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The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
Danny Conroy narrates his life through the lens of the Dutch House, an architectural marvel in Pennsylvania purchased by his father.
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Purple Hibiscus
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
Fifteen-year-old Kambili Achike lives in Enugu, Nigeria, under the rigid authority of her father, Eugene, a charismatic businessman and devout Catholic.
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Uçurtma Avcısı
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
Set in Kabul during the final years of the Afghan monarchy and the subsequent rise of the Taliban, the narrative follows Amir, a privileged boy haunted by his failure to intervene during the assault of his servant and f…
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Little Altars Everywhere
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Siddalee Walker is a successful theater director in Seattle who must reconcile with her difficult mother Vivi, one of the Ya-Yas, a group of Louisiana women who have been friends since childhood.
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The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Tom Wingo, an unemployed teacher from the South Carolina lowcountry, travels to New York City after his twin sister, Savannah, attempts suicide.
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11
More Happy Than Not
by Adam Silvera
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In the wake of his father’s suicide, sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto struggles to find happiness in his Bronx housing project.
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12
Sana Soyleyemedigim Her Sey
by Celeste Ng
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the disappearance and subsequent death of Lydia Lee, the favorite child of a Chinese-American family.
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