Books like The Sisters Brothers
12 books with a reading profile close to The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
The White Tiger
narrative, classic literature
Balram Halwai, a chauffeur from a poverty-stricken village in rural India, details his rise to entrepreneurial success through a series of letters to the Chinese Premier.
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2
Home Fire
narrative, classic literature
Isma Pasha raises her younger twin siblings, Aneeka and Parvaiz, in London after their jihadist father dies in transit to Guantanamo Bay.
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3
Bracebridge Hall
narrative, classic literature
Bracebridge Hall functions as a series of character sketches and observational essays centered on an idealized English country estate.
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4
Bel-Ami
narrative, classic literature
Georges Duroy arrives in Paris as a penniless veteran with nothing but his appearance and a lack of scruples.
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5
Iki Sehrin Hikayesi
narrative, classic literature
Set against the violent backdrop of the French Revolution, this narrative follows Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat seeking to escape his family heritage, and Sydney Carton, a cynical English lawyer.
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6
The Palace of Illusions
narrative, classic literature
This retelling of the Mahabharata is narrated by Panchaali, also called Draupadi, who emerges from a sacrificial fire to marry the five Pandava brothers.
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7
The Birth of Venus
by Sarah Dunant
narrative, classic literature
Alessandra Cecchi is the daughter of a wealthy cloth merchant in fifteenth-century Florence, a city transitioning from the height of humanist art to the religious fervor of the monk Savonarola.
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8
Empire Falls
narrative, classic literature
Miles Roby manages the Empire Grill, a greasy spoon in a decaying Maine logging town owned by the wealthy Whiting family.
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9
Breakfast at Tiffany's
narrative, classic literature
Set in wartime Manhattan, the narrative follows an aspiring writer who becomes fascinated by his upstairs neighbor, Holly Golightly.
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10
Hag-Seed
narrative, classic literature
Felix Phillips is a theater director ousted from his festival job by a treacherous associate.
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11
Prodigal Summer
narrative, classic literature
In the humid mountains of southern Appalachia, three narrative threads intersect through the lens of evolutionary biology and ecological interdependence.
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12
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
narrative, classic literature
In this adaptation, Benjamin Button is born with the physical appearance and ailments of a seventy-year-old man, forcing his father to navigate social embarrassment in nineteenth-century Baltimore.
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