Books like The Sealed Letter
12 books with a reading profile close to The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
The Female Persuasion
by Meg Wolitzer
narrative, literary
The narrative tracks Greer Kadetsky, a college student whose life shifts after she meets Faith Frank, a central figure in the second-wave feminist movement.
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2
Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In a reimagined United States, the Personhood Amendment has abolished abortion, banned in vitro fertilization, and criminalized the transport of embryos.
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3
The Pull of the Stars
narrative, literary
The story takes place over three days in a cramped, understaffed maternity quarantine ward in Dublin during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
by Angie Cruz
Also thought-provoking · 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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5
Colored Television
by Danzy Senna
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Jane, a biracial novelist living in Los Angeles, struggles to finish her second book after a decade of labor.
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6
The Mighty Red
Also thought-provoking · 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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Clear
by Carys Davies
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in 1843 during the final stages of the Highland Clearances, the story follows John Ferguson, an impoverished minister sent to a remote Shetland island to evict its last remaining inhabitant.
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9
News of the World
narrative, literary
In 1870, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels across North Texas, reading international newspapers to paying audiences in small towns.
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10
The Red Garden
narrative, literary
Blackwell, Massachusetts, is a small town in the Berkshires founded in the 1750s by settlers who endure a brutal first winter.
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11
Take My Hand
narrative, literary
In 1973 Montgomery, Alabama, Civil Rights era nurse Civil Townsend begins working at a federally funded family planning clinic.
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The Signature of All Things
narrative, literary
Alma Whittaker, the daughter of a wealthy botanical importer, spends the nineteenth century studying the intricate world of mosses on her family’s Philadelphia estate.
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