Books like Wide Sargasso Sea
12 books with a reading profile close to Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Hunger
by Knut Hamsun
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Set in late nineteenth-century Kristiania, the narrative follows an unnamed, destitute writer struggling to maintain his dignity while starving.
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2
The Good Soldier
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
John Dowell, a wealthy American, narrates the decade-long history of his friendship with Edward Ashburnham, a British captain, and their respective wives, Florence and Leonora.
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3
Dom Casmurro
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Bento Santiago, a retired man living in Rio de Janeiro, writes a memoir to explain why he earned the nickname Dom Casmurro.
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4
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Set on a Mississippi Delta cotton estate, the narrative centers on the Pollitt family during Big Daddy’s sixty-fifth birthday.
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Confessions of a Mask
by Yukio Mishima, Meredith Weatherby
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
The novel chronicles the internal struggles of its narrator, Kochan, as he navigates his adolescence and young adulthood in post-war Japan.
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The Meek One
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
A middle-aged pawnbroker ponders the corpse of his young wife, who has just committed suicide by jumping from their window while holding an icon.
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7
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Noboru, a thirteen-year-old boy in Yokohama, belongs to a secret gang of youths who reject adult morality in favor of a cold, objective nihilism.
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8
The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov, Laurence Senelick
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Konstantin Treplev, an aspiring playwright, stages an experimental outdoor performance to impress Nina Zarechnaya, a young actress whom he loves.
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9
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
by Edward Albee
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Middle-aged history professor George and his wife Martha return home after a campus party and invite a younger couple, Nick and Honey, for late-night drinks.
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10
The End of the Affair
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Set in London during and after the Blitz, the novel follows Maurice Bendrix, a novelist who begins a physical relationship with Sarah Miles, the wife of a civil servant.
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11
Passing
by Nella Larsen, Matthew Hodgson
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Set in 1920s Harlem and Chicago, the narrative follows the unexpected reunion of two childhood friends, Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry.
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Surfacing
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
An unnamed female protagonist returns to her childhood home on a desolate island in northern Quebec to investigate her father's unexplained disappearance.
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