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Books like Sally Rooney 3 Books Collection Set

12 books with a reading profile close to Sally Rooney 3 Books Collection Set by Sally Rooney. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

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.
2

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.
3

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.
4

Cat’s Eye

by Margaret Atwood

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

Elaine Risley, a middle-aged painter, returns to Toronto for a retrospective of her art.
5

Fates and Furies

by Lauren Groff

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

The novel documents the twenty-four-year marriage of Lotto and Mathilde Satterwhite, beginning with their impulsive college graduation wedding and following their ascent into the New York elite.
6

Shuggie Bain

by Douglas Stuart

Also inward-looking and contemplative · 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.
7

The Lying Life of Adults

by Elena Ferrante

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

Giovanna, a teenager living in an upper-class neighborhood in Naples, overhears her father compare her appearance to his estranged sister, Vittoria.
8

Crossroads

by Jonathan Franzen

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

In suburban Chicago on a single day in 1971, the Hildebrandt family faces individual crises of faith and morality.
9

Transcendent Kingdom

by Yaa Gyasi

Also inward-looking and contemplative · 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.
10

Intermezzo

by Sally Rooney

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

Peter and Ivan Koubek are brothers navigating personal crises following their father's death.
11

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.
12

Sana Anlatmadigim Her Sey

by Celeste Ng

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology

Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the death of Lydia Lee, the favorite daughter of a biracial family.

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