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12 books with a reading profile close to Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

  1. 1 The Prince of Tides

    The Prince of Tides

    by Pat Conroy

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

    Tom Wingo, an unemployed teacher from the South Carolina lowcountry, travels to New York City after his twin sister, Savannah, attempts suicide.

  2. 2 Stay with Me

    Stay with Me

    by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

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

    In 1980s Nigeria, Yejide and Akin navigate a marriage defined by their mutual decision to reject polygamy.

  3. 3 Vom Ende der Einsamkeit

    Vom Ende der Einsamkeit

    by Benedict Wells

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

    Jules Moreau and his two siblings, Marty and Liz, grow up in a protected household until a car accident kills both of their parents.

  4. 4 I Know This Much Is True

    I Know This Much Is True

    by Wally Lamb

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

    Dominick Birdsey spends his life anchored to his identical twin, Thomas, whose paranoid schizophrenia leads to a violent act of self-mutilation in a public library.

  5. 5 Purple Hibiscus

    Purple Hibiscus

    by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

    Fifteen-year-old Kambili Achike lives in Enugu, Nigeria, under the rigid authority of her father, Eugene, a charismatic businessman and devout Catholic.

  6. 6 This Is How You Lose Her

    This Is How You Lose Her

    by Junot Díaz

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

    Yunior is a Dominican-American man who struggles with chronic infidelity and the emotional fallout of his choices.

  7. 7 Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

    Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

    by Matthew Quick

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

    Leonard Peacock carries a P-38 Nazi handgun in his backpack on his eighteenth birthday.

  8. 8 Uçurtma Avcısı

    Uçurtma Avcısı

    by Khaled Hosseini

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

    Set in Kabul during the final years of the Afghan monarchy and the subsequent rise of the Taliban, the narrative follows Amir, a privileged boy haunted by his failure to intervene during the assault of his servant and f…

  9. 9 A Place for Us

    A Place for Us

    by Fatima Farheen Mirza

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

    In California, an Indian-American Muslim family reunites for a wedding, marking the return of the estranged youngest son, Amar.

  10. 10 The Names

    The Names

    by Florence Knapp

    Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology

    Set against the backdrop of the early twentieth century, Florence Knapp’s historical narrative follows a group of young people navigating the shifting social hierarchies and industrial changes of their era.

  11. 11 Still Born

    Still Born

    by Guadalupe Nettel

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

    In Mexico City, Laura and her close friend Alina reach their thirties with a shared resolve to remain childless.

  12. 12 Goodbye, Vitamin

    Goodbye, Vitamin

    by Rachel Khong

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

    Ruth, thirty years old, has lost her fiancé and her job, and she goes home to California to help care for her father Howard, a retired history professor with Alzheimer's.

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