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12 books with a reading profile close to Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; an easy read.

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Almond

by Sohn Won-Pyung

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Yunjae is born with alexithymia, a neurological condition caused by underdeveloped amygdalae that prevents him from feeling fear, anger, or affection.
2

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

by Paolo Giordano

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Alice and Mattia first meet as teenagers in an Italian town.
3

Still Alice

by Lisa Genova

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Alice Howland is a fifty-year-old linguistics professor at Harvard whose life centers on the mastery of language and cognitive performance.
4

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky, Stephen Chbosky

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Charlie is an introverted high school freshman who narrates his life through a series of anonymous letters.
5

Dear Edward

by Ann Napolitano

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Twelve-year-old Edward Adler is the sole survivor of a commercial plane crash that kills 191 people, including his parents and older brother.
6

We Are Okay

by Nina LaCour

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Marin leaves her California life behind without a word, fleeing to a New York college dormitory to spend winter break alone.
7

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

Melinda Sordino enters her freshman year at Merryweather High School as an outcast.
8

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Eleanor Oliphant lives a life of rigid, isolated routine in Glasgow, working as a finance clerk and spending weekends with frozen pizza and vodka.
9

Turtles All the Way Down

by John Green

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

Sixteen-year-old Aza Holmes lives within the tightening spiral of her own intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors.
10

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Thirteen-year-old Conor O’Malley is managing his household while his mother undergoes failing treatments for terminal cancer.
11

A Woman Is No Man

by Etaf Rum

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

In 1990 Palestine, Fareeda forces eighteen-year-old Isra into an arranged marriage that moves her to Brooklyn.
12

Three Women

by Lisa Taddeo

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Lisa Taddeo documents the intimate lives of three American women to map the landscape of female desire and social stigma.

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