Books like The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel
12 books with a reading profile close to The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Renée Nault. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Colored Television
by Danzy Senna
narrative, literary
Jane, a biracial novelist living in Los Angeles, struggles to finish her second book after a decade of labor.
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2
The Safekeep
narrative, literary
In 1961 Overijssel, Isabel lives a life defined by rigid routine and the preservation of her late mother’s isolated country estate.
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The Family Fang
by Kevin Wilson
narrative, literary
Caleb and Camille Fang are performance artists who use their children, Annie and Buster, in public acts of disruption that they call art, creating scenes of chaos in malls and restaurants.
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Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas
narrative, literary
In a reimagined United States, the Personhood Amendment has abolished abortion, banned in vitro fertilization, and criminalized the transport of embryos.
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The Hotel New Hampshire
by John Irving
narrative, literary
John Berry grows up in a family led by his father Win, an eccentric dreamer who buys a failing New Hampshire hotel and wants to turn it into a family business.
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Flight Behavior
narrative, literary
Dellarobia Turnbow, a restless farm wife in rural Tennessee, discovers a valley filled with millions of monarch butterflies that have deviated from their typical migration path to Mexico.
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Saturday
by Ian McEwan
narrative, literary
Henry Perowne, a successful neurosurgeon, navigates a single day in London during the massive 2003 protests against the Iraq War.
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8
Table for Two
by Amor Towles
narrative, literary
In "Table for Two," Amor Towles weaves together interconnected stories set in post-war New York and California.
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The Red Garden
narrative, literary
Blackwell, Massachusetts, is a small town in the Berkshires founded in the 1750s by settlers who endure a brutal first winter.
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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
by Angie Cruz
narrative, literary
Set in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the narrative follows Cara Romero, a woman in her sixties who loses her factory job of twenty-five years.
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The Pull of the Stars
narrative, literary
The story takes place over three days in a cramped, understaffed maternity quarantine ward in Dublin during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
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