Books like Nocturns
12 books with a reading profile close to Nocturns by Kazuo Ishiguro, Albert Torrescasana Flotats. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
The Thing Around Your Neck
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2009 collection consists of twelve stories documenting the experiences of Nigerians navigating life in their home country and as immigrants in the United States.
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2
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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3
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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4
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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5
Dancing girls and other stories
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
This debut short fiction collection tracks the displacement of Canadian urbanites and expatriates navigating the social shifts of the 1970s.
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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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7
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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8
Whereabouts
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
An unnamed woman in her forties moves through the streets, piazzas, and shops of an Italian city.
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9
Another Brooklyn
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
In the 1970s, August moves from Tennessee to Bushwick, Brooklyn, after the death of her mother.
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10
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
by Anne Tyler
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Pearl Tull is abandoned by her husband Beck and raises three children, Cody, Ezra and Jenny, in Baltimore on her own, with a mix of strictness and bitterness.
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11
So Late in the Day
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
On a bright Friday in Dublin, Cathal sits at his office desk counting down the hours until the workday ends.
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12
Hell of a Book
by Jason Mott
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
A Black writer, whose name we never learn, is on a book tour for his novel, and the story follows him as he travels and tries to carry on while his mind seems to drift.
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