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Books like Tehanu (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 4)

12 books with a reading profile close to Tehanu (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 4) by Ursula K. Le Guin. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Momo

by Michael Ende

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, narrative

Michael Ende's 'Momo' is a captivating allegorical fantasy that tells the story of a mysterious little girl named Momo who possesses the unique ability to listen.
2

Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, narrative

After a cargo ship sinks in the Pacific Ocean, sixteen-year-old Pi Patel finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with an adult Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
3

The Buried Giant

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, narrative

In post-Arthurian Britain, an elderly couple named Axl and Beatrice depart their village to search for a son they barely remember.
4

The Farthest Shore

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary

In Earthsea, magic is failing as equilibrium gives way to a sterile void.
5

Women Talking

by Miriam Toews

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, narrative

Based on real events in the Manitoba Colony in Bolivia, this novel centers on eight Mennonite women meeting secretly in a hayloft.
6

The Children Act

by Ian McEwan

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, narrative

High Court judge Fiona Maye presides over the Family Division in London, where she adjudicates cases involving medical ethics and religious freedom.
7

The Tiger's Wife

by Téa Obreht

Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary

Set in a nameless Balkan country recovering from war, the narrative follows Natalia, a young doctor on a mission to deliver medicine to an orphanage.
8

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

by Muriel Barbery

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, narrative

Set in a luxury Parisian apartment building, the story follows Renée Michel, a fifty-four-year-old concierge who hides her deep knowledge of Kant, Tolstoy, and art behind a facade of working-class dullness.
9

The Book of Form and Emptiness

by Ruth Ozeki

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, narrative

Following the sudden death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear the voices of inanimate objects.
10

The Dharma Bums

by Jack Kerouac

Also inward-looking · philosophy, narrative

Ray Smith, a fictionalized version of Kerouac, navigates the contrast between urban jazz parties and the solitude of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
11

Three Daughters of Eve

by Elif Shafak

Also thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative

Peri is an Istanbul housewife in her thirties, married with a child, who is at a dinner party when a mugger takes her bag and she chases him.
12

Tales from Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary

This collection consists of five stories and a factual appendix documenting the history and mechanics of the archipelago.

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