Books like Of Human Bondage
12 books with a reading profile close to Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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The hours
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
In 1923 England, Virginia Woolf struggles with debilitating headaches while writing the first sentences of Mrs.
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The Catcher in the Rye
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Holden Caulfield, a teenage boy recently expelled from Pencey Prep, wanders through New York City over a cold December weekend.
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3
Franny and Zooey
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in Manhattan during the 1950s, the narrative centers on two siblings of the brilliant Glass family as they navigate a shared spiritual crisis.
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A Single Man
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in Southern California during the early 1960s, the novel follows twenty-four hours in the life of George, a middle-aged British professor grieving the sudden death of his partner, Jim.
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The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Esther Greenwood, a college student from Massachusetts, wins a competitive summer internship at a fashion magazine in mid-century New York City.
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Chess Story
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set on a passenger liner traveling from New York to Buenos Aires, the narrative centers on an unlikely encounter between Mirko Czentovic, the arrogant world chess champion, and a mysterious passenger known as Dr.
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Sophie’s Choice
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
In 1947 Brooklyn, a young aspiring writer named Stingo moves into a boarding house and becomes entangled in the volatile relationship between Sophie Zawistowska, a Polish Catholic survivor of Auschwitz, and Nathan Landa…
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A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set against the backdrop of World War II at the Devon School, the story follows Gene Forrester, an intellectual student, and his charismatic roommate Phineas.
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Revolutionary Road
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Frank and April Wheeler live in a Connecticut suburb, maintaining a surface of intellectual superiority over their neighbors while struggling with internal stagnation.
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in a 1930s Georgia mill town, the narrative centers on John Singer, a deaf-mute man who becomes the silent confidant for four disparate neighbors.
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Death of a Salesman
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Willy Loman is an aging traveling salesman in Brooklyn whose mental health is fracturing under the weight of professional failure and debt.
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The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Edna Pontellier lives within the rigid social structures of late nineteenth-century Louisiana, moving between the French Quarter in New Orleans and the vacation community of Grand Isle.
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