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12 books with a reading profile close to James by Percival Everett. Deep, inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Home

by Toni Morrison

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Frank Money, a Black Korean War veteran, wakes up in a psychiatric ward in Seattle in the 1950s, haunted by what he saw in battle.
2

Black Swan Green

by David Mitchell

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor navigates thirteen months of adolescence in a claustrophobic Worcestershire village during 1982.
3

Sister Carrie

by Theodore Dreiser

Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Eighteen-year-old Caroline Meeber leaves her rural Wisconsin home for Chicago with nothing but a small satchel and a desire for material comfort.
4

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

by Gabriel García Márquez

Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

A retired colonel in a small Colombian town has waited fifteen years for the pension he was promised after serving in a civil war.
5

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

by Ernest Hemingway

Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

This comprehensive collection gathers the full breadth of Hemingway’s short fiction, including the iconic Nick Adams adventures, vignettes from In Our Time, and posthumously published fragments.
6

Johnny Got His Gun

by Dalton Trumbo

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Joe Bonham, a young American soldier serving in World War I, wakes up in a hospital bed to discover he is a victim of a massive artillery shell explosion.
7

All My Sons

by Arthur Miller

Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Set in the immediate aftermath of World War II, this drama centers on Joe Keller, a successful manufacturer who escaped conviction for shipping defective airplane cylinder heads that caused the deaths of twenty-one pilo…
8

Bastard Out of Carolina

by Dorothy Allison

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright grows up in Greenville, South Carolina, within a family cycle of poverty, violence, and heavy drinking.
9

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Janie Crawford returns to Eatonville, Florida, and recounts her life to her friend Pheoby Watson.
10

The Winter of Our Discontent

by John Steinbeck

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Ethan Allen Hawley, a scion of a formerly wealthy New England family, works as a grocery clerk for an immigrant shopkeeper in the fictional town of New Baytown.
11

A Month in the Country

by J.L. Carr

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

Tom Birkin arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby in 1920, physically scarred and suffering from a nervous facial twitch following his service in the Great War.
12

A Thousand Acres

by Jane Smiley

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature

In 1979, aging Iowa farmer Larry Cook decides to divide his namesake farm among his three daughters: Ginny, Rose, and Tyra.

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