Books like The Sweetness of Water
12 books with a reading profile close to The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris. Contemplative; a moderate read.
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1
Hag-Seed
narrative, classic literature
Felix Phillips is a theater director ousted from his festival job by a treacherous associate.
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2
The Cider House Rules
by John Irving
Also contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Set in early twentieth-century Maine, the narrative follows Homer Wells, a perpetual orphan raised at St.
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3
The Book of Longings
narrative, classic literature
Ana is the daughter of a wealthy advisor to Herod Antipas, living in a patriarchal society that forbids women from reading and writing.
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4
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
narrative, classic literature
Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch returns to Maycomb, Alabama, from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus.
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5
The Red Pony
Also contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Jody Tiflin is a young boy growing up on his father’s California ranch, where he learns the rigid realities of life and death through his relationship with a red pony named Gabilan.
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6
A Thousand Ships
narrative, classic literature
Natalie Haynes reimagines the Trojan War through a choral narrative that centers the women, goddesses, and victims usually relegated to the margins of epic poetry.
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7
Silver Sparrow
by Tayari Jones
narrative, classic literature
Dana Yarboro knows her father, James Witherspoon, has another family.
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8
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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9
Peace Like a River
by Leif Enger
Also contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Set in 1962 Minnesota, the story follows eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy who believes his father, Jeremiah, performs literal miracles.
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10
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
narrative, classic literature
Edgar Sawtelle is born mute in rural Wisconsin, into a family that breeds a special line of dogs, the Sawtelle dogs, chosen for their intelligence and character.
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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
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
narrative, classic literature
Based on the true story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, this novel follows the final months of the last woman executed in Iceland.
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