Books like The Snow Child
12 books with a reading profile close to The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Contemplative; a moderate read.
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
When a middle-aged man returns to his childhood home for a funeral, he wanders to the neighboring farmhouse where he met Lettie Hempstock decades earlier.
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2
Once Upon a River
narrative, literary
On a winter night at the Swan Inn along the Thames, a wounded stranger staggers through the door carrying the lifeless body of a small girl.
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3
The Deep
narrative, literary
Inspired by a song by the group clipping., this novella follows the wajinru, water-breathing descendants of pregnant African women thrown overboard during the Atlantic slave trade.
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4
The Water Dancer
narrative, literary
Hiram Walker is born into bondage on a Virginia plantation, the son of an enslaved woman and the white man who owns them both.
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5
The Spear Cuts Through Water
narrative, literary
In the Strangled Empire, three oppressive princes rule through terror and magical birthrights under their father, the Old Emperor.
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6
Swamplandia!
narrative, literary
Set in the sinking geography of the Florida Everglades, this novel follows the Bigtree family, a clan of alligator wrestlers struggling to maintain their failing theme park.
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7
Death: The High Cost of Living
by Neil Gaiman
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
Once every century, Death takes on human form for a single day to understand the lives of those she takes.
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8
When Women Were Dragons
narrative, literary
During the 1955 Mass Dragoning, hundreds of thousands of American women spontaneously transformed into dragons and took to the skies, leaving behind families and lives of forced domesticity.
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9
The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht
narrative, literary
Set in a nameless Balkan country recovering from war, the narrative follows Natalia, a young doctor on a mission to deliver medicine to an orphanage.
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10
The Lions of Al-Rassan
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
Set in a reimagined medieval Spain, the story traces the collision of three rival cultures: the Asharites, the Jaddites, and the Kindath.
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11
Who Fears Death
narrative, literary
In a post-apocalyptic Sudan, the light-skinned Nuru people systematically oppress the dark-skinned Okeke.
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12
Tales from Earthsea
Also contemplative · narrative, literary
This collection consists of five stories and a factual appendix documenting the history and mechanics of the archipelago.
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