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12 books with a reading profile close to Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. Inward-looking; a moderate read.

1

Exciting Times

by Naoise Dolan

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Ava is a twenty-two-year-old Irish expatriate teaching English to wealthy children in Hong Kong.
2

The Paying Guests

by Sarah Waters

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Set in 1922 South London, the narrative centers on Frances Wray and her widowed mother, who are forced by financial ruin following the Great War to take in lodgers.
3

Travesuras de la niña mala

by Mario Vargas Llosa

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Ricardo, a Peruvian translator who lives in Paris, first falls for Lily, a Chilean girl in Lima in the 1950s.
4

Trespasses

by Louise Kennedy

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Set in 1970s Belfast during the Troubles, the narrative follows Cushla Lavery, a Catholic primary school teacher who divides her time between her classroom and her family’s pub.
5

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

by Akwaeke Emezi

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Five years after the car accident that killed her husband, Feyi Adekola is finally re-entering the dating scene in Brooklyn.
6

Young Mungo

by Douglas Stuart

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Set in the housing schemes of 1990s Glasgow, the story follows Mungo Hamilton, a Protestant teenager defined by his gentleness.
7

The Island of Missing Trees

by Elif Shafak

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

In 1974 Nicosia, teenagers Kostas and Defne meet secretly at a taverna to navigate their forbidden relationship across the Greek-Turkish partition.
8

Open Water

by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Set in South East London, the story follows an unnamed Black photographer and an unnamed Black dancer who meet at a pub and fall in love.
9

Evenings and Weekends

by Oisín McKenna

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Set during a sweltering weekend in London, the narrative follows a group of interconnected friends navigating the precariousness of the modern city.
10

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

by Kiran Desai

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Sonia and Sunny are two individuals navigating the isolation of contemporary urban life while attempting to maintain a long-distance connection.
11

Chlorine

by Jade Song

Also inward-looking · horror, narrative

Ren Yu is a competitive high school swimmer whose life is strictly defined by the harsh scent of bleach and the repetitive geometry of the pool.
12

In Memoriam

by Alice Winn

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

In 1914, Gaunt and Ellwood are students at Preshute College, an elite English boarding school where they hide their romantic feelings for one another behind a shared obsession with epic poetry.

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