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Books like The Solitude of Prime Numbers

12 books with a reading profile close to The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

by Carol Rifka Brunt

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Fourteen-year-old June Elbus struggles to navigate a world that feels increasingly narrow after the death of her uncle, Finn Weiss, a renowned painter who dies from AIDS in 1987.
2

Almond

by Sohn Won-Pyung

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Yunjae is born with alexithymia, a neurological condition caused by underdeveloped amygdalae that prevents him from feeling fear, anger, or affection.
3

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky, Stephen Chbosky

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Charlie is an introverted high school freshman who narrates his life through a series of anonymous letters.
4

Dear Edward

by Ann Napolitano

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Twelve-year-old Edward Adler is the sole survivor of a commercial plane crash that kills 191 people, including his parents and older brother.
5

We Are Okay

by Nina LaCour

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Marin leaves her California life behind without a word, fleeing to a New York college dormitory to spend winter break alone.
6

Three Women

by Lisa Taddeo

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

Lisa Taddeo documents the intimate lives of three American women to map the landscape of female desire and social stigma.
7

Turtles All the Way Down

by John Green

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Sixteen-year-old Aza Holmes lives within the tightening spiral of her own intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors.
8

Still Alice

by Lisa Genova

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Alice Howland is a fifty-year-old linguistics professor at Harvard whose life centers on the mastery of language and cognitive performance.
9

The Most Fun We Ever Had

by Claire Lombardo

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

The story spans several decades, tracking Marilyn and David Sorenson and their four adult daughters in suburban Chicago.
10

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible

Melinda Sordino enters her freshman year at Merryweather High School as an outcast.
11

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman

Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, accessible

Eleanor Oliphant lives a life of rigid, isolated routine in Glasgow, working as a finance clerk and spending weekends with frozen pizza and vodka.
12

A Woman Is No Man

by Etaf Rum

Also inward-looking · narrative, accessible

In 1990 Palestine, Fareeda forces eighteen-year-old Isra into an arranged marriage that moves her to Brooklyn.

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