Books like The Mill on the Floss
12 books with a reading profile close to The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, Rosalyn Landor, Sue Saunders, Julius Frese. Deep, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
In post-war North London, two former soldiers, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, navigate a cityscape shaped by the aftermath of the British Empire.
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2
Let the Great World Spin
by Colum McCann
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in New York City during August 1974, the narrative centers on Philippe Petit’s unauthorized tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.
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3
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
The narrative center of the novel is the Belsey family, led by Howard, a white British art historian living in a fictional Massachusetts college town.
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4
The Cider House Rules
by John Irving
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in early twentieth-century Maine, the narrative follows Homer Wells, a perpetual orphan raised at St.
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5
The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
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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6
Howards End
by E.M. Forster
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
Set in Edwardian England, the narrative follows three families representing distinct social strata: the intellectual Schlegel sisters, the wealthy business-minded Wilcoxes, and the struggling clerk Leonard Bast.
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7
Half of a Yellow Sun
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
Set in the 1960s, the narrative centers on the Biafran War through the intersecting lives of five characters.
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8
Assommoir
by Émile Zola
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
L’Assommoir documents the physical and moral decline of Gervaise Macquart, a laundress striving for domestic stability in the slums of Second Empire Paris.
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9
An American Tragedy
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
Clyde Griffiths grows up in a poor, religious household but develops a fixation on the lifestyles of the American upper class.
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10
The works of Charles Dickens
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
This 1877 collection compiles the narrative output of Victorian England’s most prominent novelist, spanning from early sketches to final unfinished manuscripts.
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11
Sister Carrie
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Eighteen-year-old Caroline Meeber leaves her rural Wisconsin home for Chicago with nothing but a small satchel and a desire for material comfort.
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12
Dombey and Son
narrative, literary
Paul Dombey runs his shipping house with a singular focus on patriarchal succession and commercial dominance.
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