Books like The History of Love
12 books with a reading profile close to The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Still Life
by Sarah Winman
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
In 1944, British soldier Ulysses Temper meets art historian Evelyn Skinner in a ruined Tuscan cellar.
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The House of the Spirits
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
The story spans three generations of the Trueba family in an unnamed Latin American country through the twentieth century.
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Helen Graham arrives at a desolate Yorkshire estate under a shroud of secrecy, sparking intense local gossip and the unwanted attention of a neighboring farmer, Gilbert Markham.
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The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Quoyle, a socially inept and physically ungainly third-rate newspaperman, retreats to his ancestral home in Newfoundland following the death of his unfaithful wife and the discovery of his parents’ double suicide.
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The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
The story begins in 1974 at a summer arts camp where six teenagers—Jules, Ash, Goodman, Ethan, Jonah, and Cathy—form a tight-knit circle based on their shared creative ambitions.
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Out Stealing Horses
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Trond Sander, a sixty-seven-year-old man, has moved to a remote cabin in eastern Norway to live alone with his dog.
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The Namesake
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
The narrative follows the Ganguli family, beginning with Ashoke and Ashima’s arranged marriage and subsequent relocation from Calcutta to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Ethan Frome
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Set in the frozen landscape of Starkfield, Massachusetts, the story follows Ethan Frome, a farmer trapped in a hollow marriage to his sickly, suspicious wife, Zeena.
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The Edible Woman
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Marian McAlpin works at a consumer research firm, methodically cataloging the tastes of the public while maintaining a predictable relationship with her fiance, Peter.
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Interpreter of Maladies
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
In this collection of nine short stories, Jhumpa Lahiri depicts the domestic lives of Indian immigrants and their first-generation children navigating the friction between traditional heritage and American secularism.
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Silas Marner
by George Eliot, John O'Connor
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Silas Marner is a reclusive weaver living in the village of Raveloe after being falsely accused of theft by his religious community in Lantern Yard.
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