Books like My Absolute Darling
12 books with a reading profile close to My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Sing You Home
by Jodi Picoult
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Zoe Baxter and her husband, Max, have spent years trying to have a baby, going through hormone treatments, IVF, and miscarriages.
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The Girls
by Emma Cline
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in Northern California during the late 1960s, the narrative follows fourteen-year-old Evie Boyd as she becomes mesmerized by a group of older girls led by the magnetic Suzanne.
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Sorrow and Bliss
by Meg Mason
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Martha Friel is forty years old, her marriage to Patrick is ending, and she has spent most of her adult life navigating a severe, unnamed psychiatric disorder.
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Eileen
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Set in a 1964 New England winter, the story follows Eileen Dunlop, a young woman trapped in a cycle of self-loathing and squalor.
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Still Born
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.
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House of Sand and Fog
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Kathy Nicolo, a recovering addict, loses her small California bungalow due to a bureaucratic tax error.
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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.
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Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in the planned community of Shaker Heights, Ohio, the story follows the collision between Elena Richardson, a woman dedicated to order and rules, and Mia Warren, an itinerant artist and single mother.
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We Are Water
by Wally Lamb
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Annie Oh, a Connecticut artist, leaves her husband of twenty-seven years for her art dealer, Viveca, a woman, and announces their wedding.
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Difficult Women
by Roxane Gay
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Roxane Gay’s collection of short stories centers on the private lives of American women navigating a broad spectrum of class, race, and trauma.
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The Names
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.
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