Books like What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
12 books with a reading profile close to What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Men Without Women
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Across seven short stories, various men cope with the physical or emotional absence of women in their lives.
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2
The Emperor of Gladness
by Ocean Vuong
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
In this debut for young readers, the narrative combines structured verse and prose to follow a young protagonist navigating the quiet landscapes of suburban New England.
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3
Recitatif
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Toni Morrison’s only short story follows Twyla and Roberta, two girls who first meet as roommates at the St.
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4
First Person Singular: Stories
Also inward-looking and open-ended · narrative, literary
Eight stories by Haruki Murakami, most narrated in the first person by men looking back at odd episodes in their lives.
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Intimacies
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
An unnamed female interpreter moves from New York to The Hague to work at the International Criminal Court.
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Milk Fed
Also inward-looking and open-ended · narrative, literary
Rachel is a twenty-four-year-old assistant in Los Angeles who manages a strict cycle of calorie counting and punishing exercise to suppress her physical and emotional desires.
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7
No One Belongs Here More Than You
by Miranda July
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Miranda July's debut collection brings together sixteen stories about lonely, odd and hopeful people.
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8
The Discomfort of Evening
by Lucas Rijneveld, Michele Hutchison
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
On a strict Reformed dairy farm in the rural Netherlands, ten-year-old Jas navigates the disintegration of her family following the accidental drowning of her older brother.
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9
Jesus’ Son
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Eleven linked stories follow a drifting narrator through the drug-addled margins of the American Midwest and Pacific Northwest in the 1970s.
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10
All Fours
by Miranda July
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
A forty-five-year-old artist abandons a planned cross-country drive from Los Angeles to New York, instead checking into a nondescript motel just thirty miles from her home.
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Bridge of Clay
by Markus Zusak
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Matthew Dunbar, the eldest of five brothers, tells how the boys were raised alone in a Sydney house after their mother's death and their father's disappearance.
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No One Is Talking About This
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
The first half of the narrative follows a woman who has achieved minor celebrity status within a digital landscape called the portal.
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