Books like Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
12 books with a reading profile close to Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin by Anaïs Nin. Deep and inward-looking; a moderate read.
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Letters to Milena
by Franz Kafka
Also deep and inward-looking · memoir, literary
Franz Kafka’s correspondence with Milena Jesenská begins as a professional exchange regarding the translation of his prose into Czech but quickly pivots into a private record of obsessive emotional attachment.
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2
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Arundhati Roy's 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' is a collection of essays and non-fiction pieces rather than a novel, despite the evocative title.
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3
Tropical classical
by Pico Iyer
memoir, literary
In this collection of essays, Pico Iyer examines the collision of Western cultural exports with the local realities of the post-colonial world.
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4
How to Say Babylon
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Safiya Sinclair recounts her childhood in Jamaica under the rigid authority of her father, a strict Rastafarian musician who enforced a sequestered life to protect his daughters from "Babylon," his term for the corrupti…
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5
Animal
by Lisa Taddeo
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Joan, a woman living in Los Angeles, witnesses a man commit suicide in front of her during a tense restaurant confrontation.
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6
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Also deep and inward-looking · memoir, literary
This collection compiles the private correspondence sent by Vincent van Gogh, primarily to his brother Theo, between 1872 and his death in 1890.
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Also deep and inward-looking · memoir, literary
Cathy Park Hong uses her personal history as a Korean American poet to define "minor feelings," the dissonant internal state that occurs when American optimism clashes with the reality of structural racism.
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8
My Body
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
In this collection of personal essays, Emily Ratajkowski examines the commodification of female beauty through her career as a high-fashion model and actress.
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9
Everything Sad Is Untrue
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Khosrou, called Daniel, is a twelve-year-old Iranian refugee living in a small town in Oklahoma.
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10
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Jeanette Winterson’s semi-autobiographical novel follows Jeanette, a young girl adopted into a strict Pentecostal household in Northern England.
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11
Heart Berries
Also inward-looking · memoir, literary
Terese Marie Mailhot writes a series of essays documenting her time in a mental health facility following a post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II diagnosis.
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The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Also deep and inward-looking · memoir, literary
Maxine Hong Kingston weaves together her upbringing in mid-century California with the ancestral folklore of her immigrant parents.
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