Books like The Diving Pool: Three Novellas
12 books with a reading profile close to The Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Hot Milk
by Deborah Levy
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Sofia Papastergiadis, a frustrated doctoral student, travels with her mother, Rose, to a private medical clinic in Almería, Spain.
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2
The Virgin Suicides
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in a 1970s Detroit suburb, the novel follows the five Lisbon sisters—Cecilia, Lux, Bonnie, Mary, and Therese—who all commit suicide within a single year.
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3
All the Lovers in the Night
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her mid-thirties who lives a solitary, ritualistic life in Tokyo.
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4
Intermezzo
by Sally Rooney
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Peter and Ivan Koubek are brothers navigating personal crises following their father's death.
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Conversations With Friends
by Sally Rooney
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Frances is a university student and aspiring poet in Dublin who performs spoken word pieces with her former girlfriend and best friend, Bobbi.
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6
L'Avversario
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
On January 9, 1993, Jean-Claude Romand killed his wife, his children, and his parents before attempting to take his own life.
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Breasts and Eggs
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Natsu is a struggling writer living in Tokyo who receives a visit from her older sister, Makiko, and her niece, Midoriko.
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History of Wolves
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Fourteen-year-old Linda lives in a former commune in the woods of Northern Minnesota, isolated by her parents’ counterculture lifestyle and her own social alienation.
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The Idiot
by Elif Batuman
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Set in 1995, the narrative follows Selin, a linguistics student navigating her first year at Harvard.
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A Pale View of Hills
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Etsuko, a Japanese widow living in England, reflects on a single summer in post-war Nagasaki following the suicide of her eldest daughter, Keiko.
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11
Life Before Man
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Set in Toronto during the late 1970s, the narrative centers on a stagnant love triangle between Elizabeth, her husband Nate, and his lover Lesje.
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12
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · 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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