Books like Indian Horse
12 books with a reading profile close to Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Deesha Philyaw’s short story collection centers on the private lives of Black women navigating the tension between traditional Christian morality and their own physical desires.
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2
Drown
by Junot Díaz
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Drown is a debut short story collection told mostly by Yunior, who grows up between a poor neighborhood in the Dominican Republic and the industrial towns of New Jersey.
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3
Breathing Lessons
by Anne Tyler
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Maggie and Ira Moran, a married couple in their fifties in Baltimore, drive to the funeral of a friend's husband in Pennsylvania.
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4
And the Mountains Echoed
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
The narrative begins in 1952 in the Afghan village of Shadbagh, centered on the separation of two siblings, Pari and Abdullah.
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French Braid
by Anne Tyler
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
The Garrett family of Baltimore are followed over several decades, starting in 1959 when Mercy and David Garrett go on a family vacation to a lakeside spot.
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6
Mayflies
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
The story begins in 1986, following teenager James Noble and his charismatic friend Tully Dawson in a small Scottish town.
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How the García girls lost their accents
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The narrative follows the four García sisters—Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía—as they flee the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic to settle in New York City.
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8
Another Brooklyn
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
In the 1970s, August moves from Tennessee to Bushwick, Brooklyn, after the death of her mother.
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9
The Master Butchers Singing Club
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Fidelis Waldvogel returns to Germany from the First World War with a sniper's skill and a plan to become a butcher like his father.
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10
The Kitchen God's Wife
by Amy Tan
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Winnie Louie has kept her past secret from her Chinese American daughter, Pearl, who in turn is hiding her own diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
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11
Dream Count
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
The novel centers on Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer living in America during the pandemic, as she examines the intersections of her past romances and her current desires.
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Inseparable
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
This autobiographical novel tracks the intense friendship between Sylvie and Andrée, fictionalized versions of Simone de Beauvoir and Elisabeth "Zaza" Lacoin.
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