Books like Home Fire
12 books with a reading profile close to Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
The White Tiger
narrative, classic literature
Balram Halwai, a chauffeur from a poverty-stricken village in rural India, details his rise to entrepreneurial success through a series of letters to the Chinese Premier.
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2
Mademoiselle Fifi
Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Set during the Prussian occupation of France in the 1870s, this collection centers on the titular novella about a cruel Prussian officer nicknamed Mademoiselle Fifi for his effeminate mannerisms.
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3
Bel-Ami
Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Georges Duroy arrives in Paris as a penniless veteran with nothing but his appearance and a lack of scruples.
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4
Empire Falls
narrative, classic literature
Miles Roby manages the Empire Grill, a greasy spoon in a decaying Maine logging town owned by the wealthy Whiting family.
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5
The Red Badge of Courage
Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Henry Fleming is a young Union private during the American Civil War who enlists with romanticized visions of heroic combat.
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6
Prodigal Summer
Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
In the humid mountains of southern Appalachia, three narrative threads intersect through the lens of evolutionary biology and ecological interdependence.
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7
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch returns to Maycomb, Alabama, from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus.
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8
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
In this adaptation, Benjamin Button is born with the physical appearance and ailments of a seventy-year-old man, forcing his father to navigate social embarrassment in nineteenth-century Baltimore.
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9
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
narrative, classic literature
Edgar Sawtelle is born mute in rural Wisconsin, into a family that breeds a special line of dogs, the Sawtelle dogs, chosen for their intelligence and character.
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10
Hag-Seed
narrative, classic literature
Felix Phillips is a theater director ousted from his festival job by a treacherous associate.
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11
The Book of Longings
Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Ana is the daughter of a wealthy advisor to Herod Antipas, living in a patriarchal society that forbids women from reading and writing.
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12
A Thousand Ships
Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Natalie Haynes reimagines the Trojan War through a choral narrative that centers the women, goddesses, and victims usually relegated to the margins of epic poetry.
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