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12 books with a reading profile close to The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Commonwealth

by Ann Patchett

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

The story begins at a 1960s christening party in Southern California, where a chance kiss between Bert Cousins and Beverly Keating leads to the dissolution of two marriages.
2

Infinite Country

by Patricia Engel

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

The narrative follows Elena and Mauro, a Colombian couple who overstay their visas in the United States, and the three children they raise across two nations.
3

Writers & Lovers

by Lily King

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Set in 1997 Massachusetts, the narrative follows Casey Peabody, a thirty-one-year-old waitress mourning her mother’s sudden death while struggling to finish a novel she has worked on for six years.
4

Black Cake

by Charmaine Wilkerson

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

After the death of Eleanor Bennett, her estranged children, Byron and Benny, reunite in California to hear her final recorded message.
5

Bel Canto

by Ann Patchett

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

In a nameless South American country, a lavish birthday party for Japanese mogul Katsumi Hosokawa ends in a prolonged hostage crisis.
6

Was man von hier aus sehen kann

by Mariana Leky

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Luise, a ten-year-old girl in a small village in the German Westerwald, learns that whenever her grandmother Selma dreams of an okapi, someone in the village will die within twenty-four hours.
7

The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan

Also inward-looking and 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.
8

American Born Chinese

by Gene Luen Yang

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

Gene Luen Yang weaves together three distinct narrative threads to examine the internal conflicts of cultural assimilation.
9

Migrations

by Charlotte McConaghy

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

Franny Stone travels to Greenland to track the final migration of Arctic terns, a species nearing extinction in a world depleted of wildlife.
10

Behold the Dreamers

by Imbolo Mbue

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

Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, secures a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, an executive at Lehman Brothers.
11

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.
12

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

by James McBride

narrative, accessible

In 1972, workers digging a foundation in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, discover a skeleton at the bottom of a well.

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