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Books like Norwegian Wood

12 books with a reading profile close to Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Normal People

by Sally Rooney

Also inward-looking and contemplative · romance, narrative

Connell Waldron and Marianne Sheridan navigate a shifting power dynamic that begins in a small high school in County Sligo.
2

South of the Border, West of the Sun

by Haruki Murakami

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Hajime is a successful jazz club owner in Tokyo who leads a stable, middle-class life with a wife and two daughters.
3

Challenger Deep

by Neal Shusterman

Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology

Caden Bosch is a bright teenager who is slipping into mental illness.
4

Young Mungo

by Douglas Stuart

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Set in the housing schemes of 1990s Glasgow, the story follows Mungo Hamilton, a Protestant teenager defined by his gentleness.
5

Ufak Yangınlar

by Celeste Ng

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology

Set in the planned community of Shaker Heights, Ohio, the story follows the intersection of the Richardsons, a wealthy family rooted in local tradition, and Mia Warren, an enigmatic artist who moves into town with her d…
6

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage

by Haruki Murakami

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.
7

Sana Soyleyemedigim Her Sey

by Celeste Ng

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the disappearance and subsequent death of Lydia Lee, the favorite child of a Chinese-American family.
8

On Chesil Beach

by Ian McEwan

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

Set in 1962, the novella follows Edward Mayhew and Florence Ponting on their wedding night at a hotel on the Dorset coast.
9

Strange Weather in Tokyo

by Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Tsukiko is an office worker in her late thirties who accidentally reconnects with her former high school Japanese teacher at a neighborhood sake bar.
10

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.
11

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.
12

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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