Books like In the Lake of the Woods
12 books with a reading profile close to In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
When We Were Orphans
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, mystery
Christopher Banks, a celebrated detective in 1930s London, remains haunted by the unexplained disappearance of his parents in the International Settlement of Shanghai decades earlier.
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Broken Harbor
Also inward-looking and open-ended · narrative, mystery
Detective Mick "Scorcher" Kennedy arrives at Brianstown, a half-finished "ghost estate" stalled by the Irish financial collapse.
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3
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, mystery
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, Richard Papen joins an elite circle of five students at Hampden College dedicated to Greek antiquity.
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In the Woods
by Tana French
Also inward-looking and open-ended · narrative, mystery
Dublin detective Rob Ryan investigates the murder of a twelve-year-old girl found at an archaeological site in the woods of Knocknaree.
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Everything I never told you
by Celeste Ng
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, mystery
The story begins in 1970s Ohio with the discovery of Lydia Lee’s body in a local lake.
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Hot Milk
by Deborah Levy
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Sofia Papastergiadis, a frustrated doctoral student, travels with her mother, Rose, to a private medical clinic in Almería, Spain.
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A Pale View of Hills
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Etsuko, a Japanese widow living in England, reflects on a single summer in post-war Nagasaki following the suicide of her eldest daughter, Keiko.
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8
Elizabeth Is Missing
by Emma Healey
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, mystery
Maud Horsham is an eighty-year-old woman living with worsening dementia.
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9
Life Before Man
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in Toronto during the late 1970s, the narrative centers on a stagnant love triangle between Elizabeth, her husband Nate, and his lover Lesje.
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The Blind Assassin
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, mystery
Iris Chase Griffen narrates a multi-layered history centered on the 1945 death of her sister, Laura, and the decline of their family’s industrial wealth in Port Ticonderoga.
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The Virgin Suicides
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in a 1970s Detroit suburb, the novel follows the five Lisbon sisters—Cecilia, Lux, Bonnie, Mary, and Therese—who all commit suicide within a single year.
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L'Avversario
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
On January 9, 1993, Jean-Claude Romand killed his wife, his children, and his parents before attempting to take his own life.
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