Books like The hours
12 books with a reading profile close to The hours by Michael Cunningham. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Franny and Zooey
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Set in Manhattan during the 1950s, the narrative centers on two siblings of the brilliant Glass family as they navigate a shared spiritual crisis.
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The Catcher in the Rye
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Holden Caulfield, a teenage boy recently expelled from Pencey Prep, wanders through New York City over a cold December weekend.
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3
Of Human Bondage
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Philip Carey, an orphaned boy born with a clubfoot, navigates a difficult childhood under the care of his cold, religious uncle.
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A Single Man
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Set in Southern California during the early 1960s, the novel follows twenty-four hours in the life of George, a middle-aged British professor grieving the sudden death of his partner, Jim.
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A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Set against the backdrop of World War II at the Devon School, the story follows Gene Forrester, an intellectual student, and his charismatic roommate Phineas.
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6
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Set in a 1930s Georgia mill town, the narrative centers on John Singer, a deaf-mute man who becomes the silent confidant for four disparate neighbors.
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7
Death of a Salesman
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Willy Loman is an aging traveling salesman in Brooklyn whose mental health is fracturing under the weight of professional failure and debt.
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8
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Esther Greenwood, a college student from Massachusetts, wins a competitive summer internship at a fashion magazine in mid-century New York City.
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9
Chess Story
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Set on a passenger liner traveling from New York to Buenos Aires, the narrative centers on an unlikely encounter between Mirko Czentovic, the arrogant world chess champion, and a mysterious passenger known as Dr.
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10
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
Edna Pontellier lives within the rigid social structures of late nineteenth-century Louisiana, moving between the French Quarter in New Orleans and the vacation community of Grand Isle.
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11
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
The narrative follows Yozo Oba, a young man who feels physically and mentally alienated from the human race.
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12
Sophie’s Choice
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, classic literature
In 1947 Brooklyn, a young aspiring writer named Stingo moves into a boarding house and becomes entangled in the volatile relationship between Sophie Zawistowska, a Polish Catholic survivor of Auschwitz, and Nathan Landa…
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