Books like The Late Americans
12 books with a reading profile close to The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor. Inward-looking; a moderate read.
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The Wife
by Meg Wolitzer
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Joan Castleman has stood beside her husband Joe, a celebrated novelist, for decades.
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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
by Angie Cruz
Also inward-looking · 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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Animal Dreams
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Codi Noline returns to her rural Arizona hometown to care for her father, a doctor descending into Alzheimer’s disease.
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Deep Cuts
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Deep Cuts investigates the evolution of independent music scenes and the technical shifts in how listeners discover underground artists.
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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 Unseen World
by Liz Moore
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in a 1980s computer science laboratory, the story follows Ada Sibelius, a young girl homeschooled by her father, David, a brilliant researcher developing an artificial intelligence program nicknamed ELIXIR.
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This Must Be the Place
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Daniel Sullivan, an American linguist, lives in a remote farmhouse in Ireland with his second wife, Claudette Wells, a famously reclusive former film star.
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If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in contemporary Seoul, the novel follows four women as they navigate a rigid social hierarchy dictated by plastic surgery, debt, and the commercial sex industry.
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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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The Mighty Red
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in the Red River Valley of North Dakota during the 2008 financial crisis, the narrative centers on Kismet Poe, a teenager caught between two suitors: a star athlete and a fragmented loner.
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