Books like My Dark Vanessa
12 books with a reading profile close to My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; an easy read.
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Heaven
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
In a Japanese middle school, a fourteen-year-old boy suffers daily physical and psychological torment from his classmates because of his lazy eye.
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Breasts and Eggs
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Natsu is a struggling writer living in Tokyo who receives a visit from her older sister, Makiko, and her niece, Midoriko.
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Challenger Deep
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Caden Bosch is a bright teenager who is slipping into mental illness.
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4
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
Danny Conroy narrates his life through the lens of the Dutch House, an architectural marvel in Pennsylvania purchased by his father.
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5
Conversations With Friends
by Sally Rooney
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Frances is a university student and aspiring poet in Dublin who performs spoken word pieces with her former girlfriend and best friend, Bobbi.
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Sally Rooney 3 Books Collection Set
by Sally Rooney
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
This collection gathers Sally Rooney’s early prose, focusing on the intricate social dynamics and intimate exchanges between young adults in modern Ireland.
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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
by Aimee Bender
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
On her ninth birthday, Rose Edelstein bites into a homemade lemon cake and inadvertently discovers she can taste her mother’s hidden emotions within the ingredients.
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
Tsukuru Tazaki is a railway engineer in Tokyo whose life is defined by a sudden, unexplained rejection from his tight-knit group of high school friends.
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Real Life
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Wallace, a Black queer doctoral student from Alabama, navigates a tense weekend at a predominantly white Midwestern university.
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Transcendent Kingdom
by Yaa Gyasi
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Gifty is a PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where she studies reward-seeking behavior in mice to understand the neural pathways of addiction and depression.
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11
Runaway: Stories
by Alice Munro
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Alice Munro's collection has eight stories, many set in rural Ontario.
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The Virgin Suicides
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in a 1970s Detroit suburb, the novel follows the five Lisbon sisters—Cecilia, Lux, Bonnie, Mary, and Therese—who all commit suicide within a single year.
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