Books like Homesick for Another World
12 books with a reading profile close to Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Asterios Polyp
Also thought-provoking · psychology, literary
Asterios Polyp is a high-concept architect who has never seen one of his blueprints actually constructed.
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Dept. of Speculation
by Jenny Offill
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · psychology, literary
The narrative follows a woman in Brooklyn, referred to as "the wife," as she navigates the transition from an ambitious intellectual to a mother and spouse.
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Surfacing
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · psychology, literary
An unnamed female protagonist returns to her childhood home on a desolate island in northern Quebec to investigate her father's unexplained disappearance.
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Freshwater
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · psychology, literary
Adaeke Emezi’s debut novel focuses on Ada, a young Nigerian woman born with fractured consciousness.
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The Vegetarian
by Han Kang
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · psychology, literary
Yeong-hye, a South Korean housewife, suddenly stops eating meat after a series of visceral, bloody dreams.
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · psychology, literary
Rosemary Cooke begins her college years by narrating her family's collapse, a disintegration sparked by the disappearance of her sister Fern and her brother Lowell.
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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
by Max Porter
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · psychology, literary
In a London flat, a structural linguist and his two young sons struggle to function following the sudden death of the boys’ mother.
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Bliss Montage
by Ling Ma
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · literary, experimental
Ling Ma’s collection contains eight stories where the surreal intersects with the mundane.
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · psychology, literary
Set in New York City during the year 2000, the narrative follows an unnamed narrator who decides to hibernate for an entire year.
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No Longer Human
by Junji Ito, Osamu Dazai
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · psychology, literary
Yozo Oba lives behind a literal and figurative mask, faking a persona of a cheerful clown to hide his profound alienation from the human race.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · psychology, literary
Nine-year-old Oskar Schell discovers a key in a blue vase belonging to his father, who died in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Invisible Monsters
Also inward-looking · psychology, literary
Shannon McFarland is a rising fashion model until a gunshot destroys her jaw, leaving her unable to speak and hiding her face behind a veil.
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