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12 books with a reading profile close to The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin. Deep, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

The Other Wind

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Also contemplative · philosophy, literary

In this concluding volume of the Earthsea cycle, the sorcerer Alder seeks out the archmage Ged because he can no longer sleep.
2

Tehanu (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 4)

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary

Tenar, once a high priestess and now a widow, lives a quiet life farming on the island of Gont until she adopts Therru, a girl severely burned and scarred by her own family.
3

Momo

by Michael Ende

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary

Michael Ende's 'Momo' is a captivating allegorical fantasy that tells the story of a mysterious little girl named Momo who possesses the unique ability to listen.
4

Grendel

by John Gardner

Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary

Grendel is told from the point of view of the monster from the Old English poem Beowulf.
5

Till We Have Faces

by C.S. Lewis

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary

In this reimagining of the Cupid and Psyche myth, Orual, the queen of Glome, writes a legalistic grievance against the gods.
6

Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary

After a cargo ship sinks in the Pacific Ocean, sixteen-year-old Pi Patel finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with an adult Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
7

The Buried Giant

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary

In post-Arthurian Britain, an elderly couple named Axl and Beatrice depart their village to search for a son they barely remember.
8

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

by Muriel Barbery

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary

Set in a luxury Parisian apartment building, the story follows Renée Michel, a fifty-four-year-old concierge who hides her deep knowledge of Kant, Tolstoy, and art behind a facade of working-class dullness.
9

The power and the Glory

by Graham Greene

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary

Set in 1930s Mexico during the Cristero War, the narrative follows a nameless whiskey priest fleeing a paramilitary police force.
10

The Road Not Taken and Other Poems

by Robert Frost

Also contemplative · philosophy, literary

Robert Frost’s 1916 collection, originally titled Mountain Interval, centers on the rural landscapes and social dynamics of New England.
11

The Tiger's Wife

by Téa Obreht

Also thought-provoking · literary, fantasy

Set in a nameless Balkan country recovering from war, the narrative follows Natalia, a young doctor on a mission to deliver medicine to an orphanage.
12

Women Talking

by Miriam Toews

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary

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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