Books like The Robber Bride
12 books with a reading profile close to The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, Deborah Simmons. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Lady Oracle
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Joan Foster fakes her own death by drowning in Lake Ontario to escape a messy entanglement of secret identities.
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2
The Lying Life of Adults
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Giovanna, a teenager living in an upper-class neighborhood in Naples, overhears her father compare her appearance to his estranged sister, Vittoria.
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3
The Great Believers
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In 1985 Chicago, Yale Tishman manages a gallery while his social circle disintegrates during the height of the AIDS epidemic.
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4
Quan érem orfes
by Kazuo Ishiguro, Xavier Pàmies Giménez
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In the English translation by Xavier Pàmies Giménez, Christopher Banks is a celebrated London detective during the 1930s who remains fixated on the disappearance of his parents in Shanghai decades earlier.
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Crossroads
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In suburban Chicago on a single day in 1971, the Hildebrandt family faces individual crises of faith and morality.
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Skippy Dies
by Paul Murray
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Skippy is a fourteen-year-old boarding school student at Seabrook College, a Catholic school in Dublin, who dies in the first pages after collapsing in a doughnut shop.
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Bluebeard's Egg and other stories
Also thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In this collection, Margaret Atwood presents twelve stories centered on the domestic friction and inner lives of Canadian women during the late twentieth century.
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Ufak Yangınlar
by Celeste Ng
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
Set in the planned community of Shaker Heights, Ohio, the story follows the intersection of the Richardsons, a wealthy family rooted in local tradition, and Mia Warren, an enigmatic artist who moves into town with her d…
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Did You Ever Have a Family
by Bill Clegg
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
On the night before her daughter Lolly's wedding, June Reid's house burns down, killing her daughter, Lolly's fiancé Will, her ex-husband Luke and her boyfriend Adam.
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10
The Death of Vivek Oji
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
The novel begins with the discovery of Vivek’s lifeless body on his mother’s doorstep in southeastern Nigeria.
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11
Still Born
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In Mexico City, Laura and her close friend Alina reach their thirties with a shared resolve to remain childless.
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Winter in Sokcho
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, psychology
In a decaying guesthouse in the South Korean port city of Sokcho, a young woman of French-Korean heritage works for an eccentric manager during the frigid off-season.
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