Books like I Know This Much Is True
12 books with a reading profile close to I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Little Altars Everywhere
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Siddalee Walker is a successful theater director in Seattle who must reconcile with her difficult mother Vivi, one of the Ya-Yas, a group of Louisiana women who have been friends since childhood.
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The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Tom Wingo, an unemployed teacher from the South Carolina lowcountry, travels to New York City after his twin sister, Savannah, attempts suicide.
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The Names
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set against the backdrop of the early twentieth century, Florence Knapp’s historical narrative follows a group of young people navigating the shifting social hierarchies and industrial changes of their era.
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Stay with Me
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In 1980s Nigeria, Yejide and Akin navigate a marriage defined by their mutual decision to reject polygamy.
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Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Jules Moreau and his two siblings, Marty and Liz, grow up in a protected household until a car accident kills both of their parents.
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The Great Believers
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In 1985 Chicago, Yale Tishman manages a gallery while his social circle disintegrates during the height of the AIDS epidemic.
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Purple Hibiscus
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Fifteen-year-old Kambili Achike lives in Enugu, Nigeria, under the rigid authority of her father, Eugene, a charismatic businessman and devout Catholic.
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Uçurtma Avcısı
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Set in Kabul during the final years of the Afghan monarchy and the subsequent rise of the Taliban, the narrative follows Amir, a privileged boy haunted by his failure to intervene during the assault of his servant and f…
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A Place for Us
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In California, an Indian-American Muslim family reunites for a wedding, marking the return of the estranged youngest son, Amar.
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She’s Come Undone
by Wally Lamb
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Dolores Price begins her story as a smart-mouthed girl in the 1950s whose life unravels after her parents’ marriage collapses and a neighbor commits a violent act of sexual assault against her.
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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Leonard Peacock carries a P-38 Nazi handgun in his backpack on his eighteenth birthday.
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This Is How You Lose Her
by Junot Díaz
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Yunior is a Dominican-American man who struggles with chronic infidelity and the emotional fallout of his choices.
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