Books like Housekeeping
12 books with a reading profile close to Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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An Artist of the Floating World
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Set in post-war Japan, the narrative follows Masuji Ono, a retired painter navigating the physical and social ruins of his city.
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2
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Set in 1930s Harlem, the narrative centers on John Grimes, a fourteen-year-old navigating a spiritual crisis during his birthday weekend.
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Ceremony
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Tayo, a young man of mixed Laguna Pueblo and white heritage, returns to his reservation in New Mexico after fighting in the Second World War as a prisoner of the Japanese.
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The Bluest Eye
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Set in 1941 Lorain, Ohio, the narrative focuses on Pecola Breedlove, a young Black girl who internalizes the white standards of beauty dominant in her community.
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5
Snow Country
by Yasunari Kawabata, Edward G. Seidensticker
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Set in a remote hot spring town buried under heavy winter drifts, the narrative follows Shimamura, an aesthetician from Tokyo who travels north to seek relief from his mundane urban life.
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The Lowland
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Subhash and Udayan are brothers born in Calcutta, separated by temperament and political conviction.
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The Winter's Tale
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
King Leontes of Sicily falls into a sudden, irrational jealousy, accusing his pregnant wife Hermione of adultery with his childhood friend, King Polixenes.
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Cathedral
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Raymond Carver’s collection presents twelve short stories centered on blue-collar domesticity, alcoholism, and isolation in the American Pacific Northwest.
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Villette, a novel
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Lucy Snowe, a young woman without family or financial security, travels to the fictional Belgian city of Villette to become a teacher at a girls’ boarding school.
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Southern landscapes serve as the backdrop for these ten stories centered on the intersection of religious fundamentalism and sudden violence.
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The Stone Diaries
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Daisy Goodwill Flett is born in 1905 in a Manitoba limestone quarry town, her mother dying in childbirth without knowing she was pregnant.
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