Books like Real Life
12 books with a reading profile close to Real Life by Brandon Taylor. Deep, inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Still Born
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In Mexico City, Laura and her close friend Alina reach their thirties with a shared resolve to remain childless.
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2
Transcendent Kingdom
by Yaa Gyasi
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Gifty is a PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where she studies reward-seeking behavior in mice to understand the neural pathways of addiction and depression.
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3
Challenger Deep
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Caden Bosch is a bright teenager who is slipping into mental illness.
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4
Cat’s Eye
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Elaine Risley, a middle-aged painter, returns to Toronto for a retrospective of her art.
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5
Did You Ever Have a Family
by Bill Clegg
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
On the night before her daughter Lolly's wedding, June Reid's house burns down, killing her daughter, Lolly's fiancé Will, her ex-husband Luke and her boyfriend Adam.
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6
The Death of Vivek Oji
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
The novel begins with the discovery of Vivek’s lifeless body on his mother’s doorstep in southeastern Nigeria.
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7
Heaven
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
In a Japanese middle school, a fourteen-year-old boy suffers daily physical and psychological torment from his classmates because of his lazy eye.
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8
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.
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9
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Danny Conroy narrates his life through the lens of the Dutch House, an architectural marvel in Pennsylvania purchased by his father.
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10
Purple Hibiscus
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Fifteen-year-old Kambili Achike lives in Enugu, Nigeria, under the rigid authority of her father, Eugene, a charismatic businessman and devout Catholic.
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11
Breasts and Eggs
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Natsu is a struggling writer living in Tokyo who receives a visit from her older sister, Makiko, and her niece, Midoriko.
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12
Shuggie Bain
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Set in 1980s Glasgow, the narrative follows young Shuggie Bain as he grows up in public housing schemes shaped by deindustrialization and poverty.
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