Books like The Sense of an Ending
12 books with a reading profile close to The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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A Pale View of Hills
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Etsuko, a Japanese widow living in England, reflects on a single summer in post-war Nagasaki following the suicide of her eldest daughter, Keiko.
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The Course of Love
Also inward-looking and contemplative · philosophy, narrative
Alain de Botton tracks the long-term marriage of Rabih and Kirsten, moving past the initial spark of infatuation to the mundane reality of domesticity and child-rearing.
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The White Book
by Han Kang
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, narrative
The White Book is a collection of sixty-five short prose pieces centered on the color white.
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All the Lovers in the Night
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her mid-thirties who lives a solitary, ritualistic life in Tokyo.
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Intermezzo
by Sally Rooney
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Peter and Ivan Koubek are brothers navigating personal crises following their father's death.
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The Door
by Magda Szabó
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
The narrative centers on the evolving relationship between a young Hungarian writer and her aging housekeeper, Emerence.
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The Schopenhauer Cure
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, narrative
Psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld discovers he has terminal skin cancer, prompting him to evaluate his professional legacy through one final challenge.
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Hot Milk
by Deborah Levy
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Sofia Papastergiadis, a frustrated doctoral student, travels with her mother, Rose, to a private medical clinic in Almería, Spain.
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney, Octavi Gil Pujol
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Alice, a novelist recovering from a psychiatric collapse, moves to a quiet Irish coastal town where she pursues a relationship with Felix, a local warehouse worker.
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, psychology
Thirteen-year-old Jojo lives with his grandparents and toddler sister on the Mississippi Gulf Coast while his mother, Leonie, struggles with drug addiction and grief.
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The Book of Form and Emptiness
by Ruth Ozeki
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, narrative
Following the sudden death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear the voices of inanimate objects.
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