Books like The Paying Guests
12 books with a reading profile close to The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Travesuras de la niña mala
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Ricardo, a Peruvian translator who lives in Paris, first falls for Lily, a Chilean girl in Lima in the 1950s.
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Trespasses
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
Set in 1970s Belfast during the Troubles, the narrative follows Cushla Lavery, a Catholic primary school teacher who divides her time between her classroom and her family’s pub.
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
by Kiran Desai
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Sonia and Sunny are two individuals navigating the isolation of contemporary urban life while attempting to maintain a long-distance connection.
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In Memoriam
by Alice Winn
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
In 1914, Gaunt and Ellwood are students at Preshute College, an elite English boarding school where they hide their romantic feelings for one another behind a shared obsession with epic poetry.
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Exciting Times
by Naoise Dolan
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Ava is a twenty-two-year-old Irish expatriate teaching English to wealthy children in Hong Kong.
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Cold Mountain
romance, narrative
In the final stages of the American Civil War, a Confederate soldier named Inman deserts his hospital ward to walk hundreds of miles back to his home in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Evenings and Weekends
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set during a sweltering weekend in London, the narrative follows a group of interconnected friends navigating the precariousness of the modern city.
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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Five years after the car accident that killed her husband, Feyi Adekola is finally re-entering the dating scene in Brooklyn.
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The Island of Missing Trees
by Elif Shafak
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
In 1974 Nicosia, teenagers Kostas and Defne meet secretly at a taverna to navigate their forbidden relationship across the Greek-Turkish partition.
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Open Water
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
Set in South East London, the story follows an unnamed Black photographer and an unnamed Black dancer who meet at a pub and fall in love.
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Young Mungo
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
Set in the housing schemes of 1990s Glasgow, the story follows Mungo Hamilton, a Protestant teenager defined by his gentleness.
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Like Water for Chocolate
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, narrative
Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the narrative follows Tita de la Garza, the youngest daughter in a household governed by a strict family tradition that forbids her from marrying.
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