Books like Memorial
12 books with a reading profile close to Memorial by Bryan Washington. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Salva, a Mexican-American teenager raised by his adoptive gay father, begins his senior year of high school feeling an unfamiliar, simmering anger.
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2
Like Water for Chocolate
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the narrative follows Tita de la Garza, the youngest daughter in a household governed by a strict family tradition that forbids her from marrying.
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3
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
After her parents die in a car accident, Cameron Post moves to rural Montana to live with her conservative aunt and grandmother.
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4
In Memoriam
by Alice Winn
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
In 1914, Gaunt and Ellwood are students at Preshute College, an elite English boarding school where they hide their romantic feelings for one another behind a shared obsession with epic poetry.
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Tin Man
by Sarah Winman
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
Ellis and Michael are two boys who become friends as teenagers in Oxford in 1960s England, where Ellis' working-class father works at a car factory.
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The Paper Palace
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Elle Bishop, a middle-aged woman, spends twenty-four hours at her family’s summer camp in Cape Cod, known as The Paper Palace.
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Evenings and Weekends
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set during a sweltering weekend in London, the narrative follows a group of interconnected friends navigating the precariousness of the modern city.
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8
Sunburn
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set in the early 1990s in the rural Irish village of Crosshaven, this novel follows Lucy, a teenager navigating the oppressive social expectations of a small Catholic community.
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9
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set in 1954 San Francisco, the story follows Lily Hu, a seventeen-year-old high school student living in Chinatown.
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10
Swimming in the Dark
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set in early 1980s Poland during the decline of the communist regime, the story follows Ludwik Glowacki, a university student who falls in love with the charismatic Janusz at an agricultural summer camp.
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11
HEART THE LOVER
by Lily King
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Decades after the height of a complex romantic entanglement involving two different men, a woman reconstructs the timeline of her early adulthood to understand the lasting impact of her decisions.
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Eva Luna
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Eva Luna is born to a servant mother and a gardener father in an unnamed South American country, and her mother tells her stories to survive.
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