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Books like Intermezzo

12 books with a reading profile close to Intermezzo by Sally Rooney. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

All the Lovers in the Night

by Mieko Kawakami

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her mid-thirties who lives a solitary, ritualistic life in Tokyo.
2

Breasts and Eggs

by Mieko Kawakami

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Natsu is a struggling writer living in Tokyo who receives a visit from her older sister, Makiko, and her niece, Midoriko.
3

Life Before Man

by Margaret Atwood

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.
4

Sally Rooney 3 Books Collection Set

by Sally Rooney

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

This collection gathers Sally Rooney’s early prose, focusing on the intricate social dynamics and intimate exchanges between young adults in modern Ireland.
5

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.
6

On Chesil Beach

by Ian McEwan

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

Set in 1962, the novella follows Edward Mayhew and Florence Ponting on their wedding night at a hotel on the Dorset coast.
7

Fates and Furies

by Lauren Groff

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology

The novel documents the twenty-four-year marriage of Lotto and Mathilde Satterwhite, beginning with their impulsive college graduation wedding and following their ascent into the New York elite.
8

My Dark Vanessa

by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology

In 2000, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye begins a sexual relationship with her forty-two-year-old English teacher, Jacob Strane, at a Maine boarding school.
9

Conversations With Friends

by Sally Rooney

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology

Frances is a university student and aspiring poet in Dublin who performs spoken word pieces with her former girlfriend and best friend, Bobbi.
10

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage

by Haruki Murakami

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

Tsukuru Tazaki is a railway engineer in Tokyo whose life is defined by a sudden, unexplained rejection from his tight-knit group of high school friends.
11

Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Jesmyn Ward

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Thirteen-year-old Jojo lives with his grandparents and toddler sister on the Mississippi Gulf Coast while his mother, Leonie, struggles with drug addiction and grief.
12

Runaway: Stories

by Alice Munro

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Alice Munro's collection has eight stories, many set in rural Ontario.

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