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Books like Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

12 books with a reading profile close to Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi. Inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.

1

My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

This book contains the formal lecture Kazuo Ishiguro delivered upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature.
2

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

by Cristina Rivera Garza

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

In 1990, Liliana Rivera Garza was murdered in Mexico City by an ex-boyfriend who refused to accept the end of their relationship.
3

Everything Sad Is Untrue

by Daniel Nayeri

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Khosrou, called Daniel, is a twelve-year-old Iranian refugee living in a small town in Oklahoma.
4

Chronicles, Volume One

by Bob Dylan

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Bob Dylan sidesteps the traditional chronological life story to focus on three specific periods of his career: his 1961 arrival in Greenwich Village, the 1970 recording sessions for New Morning, and the 1989 production…
5

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

by Mira Jacob

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

In this graphic memoir, Mira Jacob documents a series of difficult discussions with her young son, her husband, and her extended family.
6

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

by Salman Rushdie

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

In August 2022, thirty-three years after the fatwa against him, Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage at the Chautauqua Institution.
7

The White Album

by Joan Didion

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Joan Didion’s collection of essays documents the fragmentation of California life during the late 1960s and 1970s.
8

M Train

by Patti Smith

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

In this memoir, Patti Smith tracks her daily routines, centered on her singular habit of visiting the same Greenwich Village café to drink black coffee and write.
9

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Jeanette Winterson’s semi-autobiographical novel follows Jeanette, a young girl adopted into a strict Pentecostal household in Northern England.
10

A Man's Place

by Annie Ernaux

Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative

Annie Ernaux recounts her father's life, from his childhood as a Norman farm laborer to his job in a factory and later running a café and grocery.
11

Priestdaddy

by Patricia Lockwood

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Patricia Lockwood, a poet, moves back with her husband into her parents' house in a Kansas City rectory.
12

Animal

by Lisa Taddeo

Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative

Joan, a woman living in Los Angeles, witnesses a man commit suicide in front of her during a tense restaurant confrontation.

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