Books like The Graveyard Book
12 books with a reading profile close to The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Contemplative; an easy read.
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1
The Life Impossible
by Matt Haig
narrative, literary
In 'The Life Impossible,' William is a man adrift, grappling with a profound sense of worthlessness and the lingering impact of past traumas.
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2
Gifts
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
In the Uplands, the noble lineages possess hereditary magical abilities known as gifts.
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3
Nation
narrative, literary
Mau Valu is returning from a rite of passage when a massive tsunami destroys his island home, leaving him the sole survivor of his people.
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4
The Tale of Despereaux
narrative, literary
The story follows Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse with oversized ears who is banished to a rat-filled dungeon for breaking mouse law by speaking to a human princess named Pea.
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5
The Green Mile
by Stephen King
narrative, literary
Set in 1932 at Cold Mountain Penitentiary, the story follows Paul Edgecombe, the block supervisor of E Block, where condemned inmates await the electric chair.
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6
Under the Whispering Door
by T.J. Klune
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
Wallace Price is a cold, high-stakes lawyer who remains focused on professional efficiency even after his sudden death.
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7
The Golden Compass
narrative, literary
Lyra Belacqua lives in an Oxford where every human soul exists outside the body as a shape-shifting animal companion called a daemon.
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8
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
narrative, literary
Set on the Korean island of Jeju, this novel follows the lifelong friendship between Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls who join a collective of haenyeo female divers.
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9
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
narrative, literary
Hendrik Groen is an elderly resident of a nursing home in North Amsterdam who refuses to succumb to the institutional apathy of his environment.
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10
The Magician's Elephant
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
In the cold city of Baltese, young Peter Augustus Duchene lives under the strict guardianship of an old soldier who claims Peter’s sister died at birth.
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11
The Boston Girl
narrative, literary
The novel follows Addie Baum, the daughter of Jewish immigrants, as she recounts her life story to her granddaughter in 1985.
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12
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
narrative, literary
Fourteen-year-old Billie Jo Kelby lives on a struggling Oklahoma wheat farm during the Great Depression.
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