Books like The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
12 books with a reading profile close to The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green. Contemplative; a moderate read.
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Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
Also contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Saeed and Nadia meet in an unnamed city teetering on the edge of civil war.
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The Devil and Miss Prym
by Paulo Coelho, Amanda Hopkinson
philosophy, narrative
A mysterious stranger enters the isolated village of Viscos carrying eleven bars of gold and a heavy question.
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If Cats Disappeared from the World
Also contemplative · philosophy, narrative
A terminally ill postman receives a visit from the devil, who offers him one extra day of life for every category of item he agrees to erase from existence.
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The Imperfectionists
by Tom Rachman
Also contemplative · narrative, accessible
Set in the fading era of print media, this novel follows the daily lives of expatriate staff at an English-language newspaper in Rome.
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Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
narrative, accessible
In a nameless South American country, a lavish birthday party for Japanese mogul Katsumi Hosokawa ends in a prolonged hostage crisis.
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The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
Also contemplative · narrative, accessible
Set in San Francisco, the narrative follows four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters who gather as the Joy Luck Club.
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Desert Solitaire
by Edward Abbey
Also contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Edward Abbey recounts his seasons as a seasonal ranger at Arches National Monument in the late 1950s.
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8
The Berry Pickers
Also contemplative · narrative, accessible
In 1962, a four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl named Ruthie vanishes from a blueberry field in Maine while her family works the harvest.
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The Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
philosophy, narrative
Ray Smith, a fictionalized version of Kerouac, navigates the contrast between urban jazz parties and the solitude of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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Women Talking
by Miriam Toews
Also contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Based on real events in the Manitoba Colony in Bolivia, this novel centers on eight Mennonite women meeting secretly in a hayloft.
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Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue
narrative, accessible
Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, secures a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, an executive at Lehman Brothers.
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