Books like Sing, Unburied, Sing
12 books with a reading profile close to Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Crossroads
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
In suburban Chicago on a single day in 1971, the Hildebrandt family faces individual crises of faith and morality.
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2
Life Before Man
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in Toronto during the late 1970s, the narrative centers on a stagnant love triangle between Elizabeth, her husband Nate, and his lover Lesje.
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3
All the Lovers in the Night
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her mid-thirties who lives a solitary, ritualistic life in Tokyo.
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The Door
by Magda Szabó
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
The narrative centers on the evolving relationship between a young Hungarian writer and her aging housekeeper, Emerence.
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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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Intermezzo
by Sally Rooney
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Peter and Ivan Koubek are brothers navigating personal crises following their father's death.
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Runaway: Stories
by Alice Munro
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Alice Munro's collection has eight stories, many set in rural Ontario.
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Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
Also deep and inward-looking · 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.
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Sally Rooney 3 Books Collection Set
by Sally Rooney
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
This collection gathers Sally Rooney’s early prose, focusing on the intricate social dynamics and intimate exchanges between young adults in modern Ireland.
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Quan érem orfes
by Kazuo Ishiguro, Xavier Pàmies Giménez
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
In the English translation by Xavier Pàmies Giménez, Christopher Banks is a celebrated London detective during the 1930s who remains fixated on the disappearance of his parents in Shanghai decades earlier.
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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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L'Avversario
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
On January 9, 1993, Jean-Claude Romand killed his wife, his children, and his parents before attempting to take his own life.
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