Books like Perfection
12 books with a reading profile close to Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Tenth of December
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
George Saunders’ collection of short fiction presents characters navigating moral crises within a landscape of economic precarity and pharmaceutical intervention.
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2
Doce cuentos peregrinos
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Doce cuentos peregrinos follows Latin American migrants living throughout Europe, from the rainy streets of Geneva to the apartments of Barcelona and Rome.
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3
A Children's Bible
by Lydia Millet
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In a massive lakeside estate, a group of cynical children and teenagers endure a summer vacation while their parents remain in a stupor of alcohol and neglect.
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4
Dance Dance Dance
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The narrator, a freelance writer in his mid-thirties, is haunted by a dream about the Dolphin Hotel in Sapporo, where he stayed years ago with a woman who later vanished.
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5
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The narrative centers on Bennie Salazar, a middle-aged record executive, and his assistant Sasha, tracing their lives across several decades.
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6
First Person Singular: Stories
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Eight stories by Haruki Murakami, most narrated in the first person by men looking back at odd episodes in their lives.
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7
Boy, Snow, Bird
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In 1953, Boy Novak flees her abusive father in New York City and settles in Flax Hill, Massachusetts.
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8
Intimacies
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
An unnamed female interpreter moves from New York to The Hague to work at the International Criminal Court.
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9
Bad Girls
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In the city of Córdoba, Argentina, a group of trans women, travestis, work at night in a park and live together in a boarding house.
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10
Our Missing Hearts
by Celeste Ng
narrative, literary
Twelve-year-old Noah Gardner, known as Bird, lives in a future America governed by PACT: the Preserving American Culture and Traditions Act.
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11
Everything is Illuminated
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
A young American named Jonathan Safran Foer travels to post-Soviet Ukraine to locate Augustine, a woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis.
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12
There There
by Tommy Orange
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Tommy Orange follows twelve characters from Native communities as they converge at the Big Oakland Powwow in California.
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