Books like White Teeth
12 books with a reading profile close to White Teeth by Zadie Smith. Deep, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Half of a Yellow Sun
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Set in the 1960s, the narrative centers on the Biafran War through the intersecting lives of five characters.
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2
Of Love and Other Demons
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
In the old Colombian port of Cartagena, twelve-year-old Sierva María is the neglected daughter of a marquis.
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3
The Cider House Rules
by John Irving
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Set in early twentieth-century Maine, the narrative follows Homer Wells, a perpetual orphan raised at St.
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4
The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Quoyle, a socially inept and physically ungainly third-rate newspaperman, retreats to his ancestral home in Newfoundland following the death of his unfaithful wife and the discovery of his parents’ double suicide.
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5
Let the Great World Spin
by Colum McCann
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature
Set in New York City during August 1974, the narrative centers on Philippe Petit’s unauthorized tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.
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6
The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot, Rosalyn Landor
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Maggie Tulliver grows up at Dorlcote Mill, torn between her intellectual curiosity and the rigid expectations of her provincial Victorian community.
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7
Great Gatsby
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Jay Gatsby spends his life accumulating wealth through criminal channels to reclaim a past romance with Daisy Buchanan.
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8
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
by Evelyn Waugh
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
During the mobilization of World War II, Captain Charles Ryder finds himself stationed at Brideshead Castle, the ancestral seat of the Marchmain family.
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The Great Gatsby
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
During the summer of 1922 in Long Island, Nick Carraway observes the extravagant life of Jay Gatsby, a man who hosts massive parties to lure back his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.
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10
A Sportsman's Sketches Vol. I
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
In this 2025 edition from Double 9 Books, an aristocratic narrator travels through the Russian countryside on hunting expeditions, documenting his encounters with various social strata.
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11
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
John Wheelwright narrates the life of his best friend, Owen Meany, a boy with a high-pitched voice who accidentally kills John’s mother with a foul ball during a Little League game in 1953.
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12
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, classic literature
Harry, a writer dying of gangrene while on an African safari, lies at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro and catalogues his professional failures.
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