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12 books with a reading profile close to Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; an easy read.

1

Young Mungo

by Douglas Stuart

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, narrative

Set in the housing schemes of 1990s Glasgow, the story follows Mungo Hamilton, a Protestant teenager defined by his gentleness.
2

HEART THE LOVER

by Lily King

Also inward-looking and contemplative · romance, narrative

Decades after the height of a complex romantic entanglement involving two different men, a woman reconstructs the timeline of her early adulthood to understand the lasting impact of her decisions.
3

The Island of Missing Trees

by Elif Shafak

Also inward-looking and contemplative · romance, narrative

In 1974 Nicosia, teenagers Kostas and Defne meet secretly at a taverna to navigate their forbidden relationship across the Greek-Turkish partition.
4

Open Water

by Caleb Azumah Nelson

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

Set in South East London, the story follows an unnamed Black photographer and an unnamed Black dancer who meet at a pub and fall in love.
5

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel

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

Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the narrative follows Tita de la Garza, the youngest daughter in a household governed by a strict family tradition that forbids her from marrying.
6

Trespasses

by Louise Kennedy

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

Set in 1970s Belfast during the Troubles, the narrative follows Cushla Lavery, a Catholic primary school teacher who divides her time between her classroom and her family’s pub.
7

Tin Man

by Sarah Winman

Also inward-looking and contemplative · romance, narrative

Ellis and Michael are two boys who become friends as teenagers in Oxford in 1960s England, where Ellis' working-class father works at a car factory.
8

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

by Emily M. Danforth

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

After her parents die in a car accident, Cameron Post moves to rural Montana to live with her conservative aunt and grandmother.
9

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Salva, a Mexican-American teenager raised by his adoptive gay father, begins his senior year of high school feeling an unfamiliar, simmering anger.
10

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

by Akwaeke Emezi

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Five years after the car accident that killed her husband, Feyi Adekola is finally re-entering the dating scene in Brooklyn.
11

The Paying Guests

by Sarah Waters

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

Set in 1922 South London, the narrative centers on Frances Wray and her widowed mother, who are forced by financial ruin following the Great War to take in lodgers.
12

Evenings and Weekends

by Oisín McKenna

Also inward-looking · romance, narrative

Set during a sweltering weekend in London, the narrative follows a group of interconnected friends navigating the precariousness of the modern city.

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