Books like Her Body and Other Parties
12 books with a reading profile close to Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
All's Well
by Mona Awad
Also inward-looking · horror, narrative
Miranda Fitch is a theater professor suffering from chronic back pain that has derailed her acting career and isolated her from her skeptical colleagues.
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2
The Topeka School
by Ben Lerner
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Adam Gordon, a poet who first appeared in Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station, is now married to a psychologist, Jane, and the father of two daughters.
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3
Boy, Snow, Bird
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
In 1953, Boy Novak flees her abusive father in New York City and settles in Flax Hill, Massachusetts.
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4
Second Place
by Rachel Cusk
Also deep and inward-looking · 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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5
Asymmetry
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Lisa Halliday's debut novel is in two parts that seem unrelated.
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6
No One Is Talking About This
Also deep and inward-looking · 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
Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in a highly competitive arts high school during the 1980s, the narrative begins with Sarah and David, two drama students entangled in a pressurized romance under the watchful eye of their charismatic teacher, Mr.
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8
Paradise Rot
by Jenny Hval
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
Jo, a Norwegian biology student, moves into a cavernous, converted brewery in an industrial English town.
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9
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Haruki Murakami's collection of twenty-four stories gathers work from over a decade.
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10
Rejection
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Tony Tulathimutte’s story collection centers on the psychological mechanics of social and sexual exclusion in the internet age.
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11
Bridge of Clay
by Markus Zusak
Also deep and inward-looking · 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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12
The Discomfort of Evening
by Lucas Rijneveld, Michele Hutchison
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
On a strict Reformed dairy farm in the rural Netherlands, ten-year-old Jas navigates the disintegration of her family following the accidental drowning of her older brother.
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