Books like The Course of Love
12 books with a reading profile close to The Course of Love by Alain de Botton. Inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.
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Veronika Decides to Die
by Paulo Coelho
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Twenty-four-year-old Veronika appears to have a perfect life in Ljubljana, Slovenia, yet she suffers from a profound sense of existential emptiness and boredom.
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The Schopenhauer Cure
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld discovers he has terminal skin cancer, prompting him to evaluate his professional legacy through one final challenge.
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3
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Gilda is a twenty-something atheist lesbian burdened by intrusive thoughts about mortality and a paralyzing inability to say no.
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Challenger Deep
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
Caden Bosch is a bright teenager who is slipping into mental illness.
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Sana Soyleyemedigim Her Sey
by Celeste Ng
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the disappearance and subsequent death of Lydia Lee, the favorite child of a Chinese-American family.
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Sana Anlatmadigim Her Sey
by Celeste Ng
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the death of Lydia Lee, the favorite daughter of a biracial family.
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7
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Celestial and Roy are a young Black couple in Atlanta building a life together when their marriage is fractured by a wrongful conviction.
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8
Sorrow and Bliss
by Meg Mason
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Martha Friel is forty years old, her marriage to Patrick is ending, and she has spent most of her adult life navigating a severe, unnamed psychiatric disorder.
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The Names
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set against the backdrop of the early twentieth century, Florence Knapp’s historical narrative follows a group of young people navigating the shifting social hierarchies and industrial changes of their era.
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10
When Nietzsche Wept
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, narrative
In 1882 Vienna, Dr.
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White Oleander
by Janet Fitch
Also inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Astrid Magnussen is a young teenager living in Los Angeles whose life fractures when her mother, the poet Ingrid, murders a former lover with the poison of white oleander flowers.
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, psychology
Tsukuru Tazaki is a railway engineer in Tokyo whose life is defined by a sudden, unexplained rejection from his tight-knit group of high school friends.
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