Books like The Humans
12 books with a reading profile close to The Humans by Matt Haig. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.
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How to Stop Time
by Matt Haig
Also inward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Tom Hazard appears to be an ordinary forty-one-year-old history teacher in London, but he actually possesses a rare physiological condition that causes him to age at a drastically slowed rate.
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The Measure
by Nikki Erlick
Also inward-looking · narrative, science fiction
On a single morning, every person over the age of twenty-two worldwide finds a small wooden box on their doorstep.
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3
The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Anthony Peardew is an elderly writer who has spent decades collecting lost objects, such as a glove, a key and a child's toy, which he keeps at home with notes about where he found them.
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4
This Time Tomorrow
by Emma Straub
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Alice Stern is approaching her fortieth birthday in New York City, feeling stagnant in her career and romantic life while her father, Leonard, lies dying in a hospital bed.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Tova Sullivan works the night shift cleaning the Sowell Bay Aquarium to cope with the isolation of widowhood and the disappearance of her son thirty years ago.
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Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Yeoju, a woman who abruptly leaves her successful career and marriage after a burnout, opens a small bookstore in a quiet residential neighborhood in Seoul.
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The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
by Mitch Albom
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Narrated by Music itself, the story follows Frankie Presto, an orphan born in a burning Spanish chapel who becomes the greatest guitar player in history.
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8
The Boston Girl
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
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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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible
Three thieves hiding in an abandoned general store discover they can communicate with the past through letters left in the store's old mailbox.
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
narrative, accessible
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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Blue Sisters
by Coco Mellors
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky Blue are three estranged sisters who return to their family apartment in New York one year after the death of their fourth sibling, Nicky.
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THE NEST
Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible
The Plumb siblings—Leo, Beatrice, Jack, and Melody—have spent years anticipating the distribution of a shared trust fund they call the Nest.
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