Books like My Year of Rest and Relaxation
12 books with a reading profile close to My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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No Longer Human
by Junji Ito, Osamu Dazai
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Yozo Oba lives behind a literal and figurative mask, faking a persona of a cheerful clown to hide his profound alienation from the human race.
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Rosemary Cooke begins her college years by narrating her family's collapse, a disintegration sparked by the disappearance of her sister Fern and her brother Lowell.
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3
Normal People By Sally Rooney & Milkman By Anna Burns 2 Books Collection Set
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
This collection brings together two distinct portraits of Irish life and social pressure.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Nine-year-old Oskar Schell discovers a key in a blue vase belonging to his father, who died in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Martyr!
by Kaveh Akbar
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Cyrus Shams is a young Iranian immigrant living in the Midwest who struggles with sobriety and a fixation on historical martyrdom.
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Greek Lessons
by Han Kang
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
In a classroom in Seoul, a woman who has lost her ability to speak begins studying Ancient Greek.
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All Fours
by Miranda July
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
A forty-five-year-old artist abandons a planned cross-country drive from Los Angeles to New York, instead checking into a nondescript motel just thirty miles from her home.
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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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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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Dept. of Speculation
by Jenny Offill
Also inward-looking and open-ended · psychology, literary
The narrative follows a woman in Brooklyn, referred to as "the wife," as she navigates the transition from an ambitious intellectual to a mother and spouse.
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Milk Fed
Also inward-looking and open-ended · narrative, literary
Rachel is a twenty-four-year-old assistant in Los Angeles who manages a strict cycle of calorie counting and punishing exercise to suppress her physical and emotional desires.
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Haruki Murakami's collection of twenty-four stories gathers work from over a decade.
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