Books like Kairos
12 books with a reading profile close to Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck. Deep, inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
history, romance
Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during World War II, the narrative follows Pelagia, a strong-willed village woman, and her father, the local physician Dr.
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2
Open Water
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
Set in South East London, the story follows an unnamed Black photographer and an unnamed Black dancer who meet at a pub and fall in love.
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3
Young Mungo
Also deep and inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set in the housing schemes of 1990s Glasgow, the story follows Mungo Hamilton, a Protestant teenager defined by his gentleness.
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4
Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah, Purple Hibiscus
Also deep and inward-looking · history, narrative
This three-volume collection tracks the socio-political evolution of Nigeria through specific family lineages and individual migrations.
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5
Warlight
Also deep and inward-looking · history, narrative
In 1945 London, fourteen-year-old Nathaniel and his sister Rachel are left in the care of a mysterious figure nicknamed The Moth after their parents depart for Singapore.
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6
The Known World
Also deep and inward-looking · history, narrative
Set in antebellum Virginia, the narrative centers on Henry Townsend, a black man who, having purchased his own freedom, becomes a master himself and owns thirty-three slaves.
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Trespasses
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
Set in 1970s Belfast during the Troubles, the narrative follows Cushla Lavery, a Catholic primary school teacher who divides her time between her classroom and her family’s pub.
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8
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
by Ayana Mathis
Also deep and inward-looking · history, narrative
In 1923, Hattie Shepherd leaves Georgia for Philadelphia as part of the Great Migration, hoping for a better life.
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9
The Paying Guests
by Sarah Waters
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
Set in 1922 South London, the narrative centers on Frances Wray and her widowed mother, who are forced by financial ruin following the Great War to take in lodgers.
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The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · history, narrative
Set in London during and immediately after the Second World War, the narrative moves backward in time from 1947 to 1941.
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11
The Vaster Wilds
by Lauren Groff
Also deep and thought-provoking · history, narrative
In the early seventeenth century, a young servant girl escapes a starving, disease-ridden colonial settlement in North America, fleeing alone into the winter wilderness.
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Of Women and Salt
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · history, narrative
Spanning from nineteenth-century Cuban cigar factories to a modern-day detention center in Texas, the narrative follows five generations of women linked by blood and migration.
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