Books like Sula
12 books with a reading profile close to Sula by Toni Morrison. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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The Complete Stories
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, narrative
This 1971 collection brings together thirty-one stories set largely in the rural American South.
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The God of Small Things
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, narrative
Set in Ayemenem, Kerala, during the late 1960s, the story follows fraternal twins Rahel and Estha as they navigate a rigid social hierarchy.
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3
Song of Solomon
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, narrative
Macon "Milkman" Dead III grows up in a wealthy but emotionally stifled Black household in Michigan, isolated from the struggles of his community and the history of his ancestors.
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4
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, narrative
Seymour "Swede" Levov represents the fulfillment of the mid-century American dream as a successful Newark businessman, star athlete, and family man.
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Middlemarch
by George Eliot
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, narrative
Set in a fictional Midlands town during the 1830s, the narrative tracks the interconnected lives of Dorothea Brooke and Tertius Lydgate.
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6
We Do Not Part
by Han Kang
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, narrative
The narrative follows Gyeong-ha, a novelist in Seoul struggling with the psychological aftermath of writing a book about a historical massacre.
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The Sea
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, narrative
Max Morden, a retired art historian, returns to the Irish seaside town of Ballyless following the death of his wife, Anna.
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8
Housekeeping
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
In the isolated town of Fingerbone, Idaho, sisters Ruth and Lucille are raised by a succession of female relatives following their mother’s suicide.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in 1930s Harlem, the narrative centers on John Grimes, a fourteen-year-old navigating a spiritual crisis during his birthday weekend.
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Cathedral
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Raymond Carver’s collection presents twelve short stories centered on blue-collar domesticity, alcoholism, and isolation in the American Pacific Northwest.
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An Artist of the Floating World
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in post-war Japan, the narrative follows Masuji Ono, a retired painter navigating the physical and social ruins of his city.
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