Books like Medicine Walk
12 books with a reading profile close to Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Great Circle
dense, narrative
Marian Graves is a prohibited female aviator who disappears in 1950 while attempting a north-south circumnavigation of the globe.
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2
Middlesex
Also inward-looking and contemplative · dense, narrative
Callie Stephanides grows up in mid-century Detroit as a girl, unaware that she carries a rare genetic mutation inherited from her Greek grandparents.
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3
The Sea
Also inward-looking and contemplative · dense, narrative
Max Morden, a retired art historian, returns to the Irish seaside town of Ballyless following the death of his wife, Anna.
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4
We Do Not Part
by Han Kang
Also inward-looking and contemplative · dense, narrative
The narrative follows Gyeong-ha, a novelist in Seoul struggling with the psychological aftermath of writing a book about a historical massacre.
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5
The People in the Trees
Also thought-provoking · dense, narrative
Norton Perina, an ambitious young immunologist, travels to the remote Micronesian island of Ivu'ivu in 1950 to investigate a lost tribe.
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6
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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Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Ruby Lennox begins her story at the moment of her conception in 1951 in York, and narrates her family's history through her own eyes.
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8
The Bee Sting
by Paul Murray
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · dense, narrative
The narrative follows the Barnes family in an Irish town as they face financial ruin following the 2008 economic crash.
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9
The little disturbances of man
by Grace Paley
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in the cramped apartments and bustling streets of mid-century New York City, these short stories focus on the domestic lives of Jewish women navigating family friction and romantic disappointment.
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10
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Sherman Alexie's linked stories follow Native American characters on and around the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington State.
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11
Nocturns
by Kazuo Ishiguro, Albert Torrescasana Flotats
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Nocturns is a collection of five interconnected short stories centered on musicians and the professional anxieties of the creative life.
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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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