Books like Wolf in White Van
12 books with a reading profile close to Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle. Deep, inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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God Help the Child
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Lula Ann Bridewell, who calls herself Bride, is a young woman with very dark skin, born to light-skinned parents who rejected her as a baby.
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Acts of Desperation
by Megan Nolan
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In Dublin, a twenty-something narrator becomes ensnared in a toxic relationship with Ciaran, an emotionally distant and beautiful man.
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We the Animals
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Three brothers, the youngest of whom narrates, grow up in upstate New York with a Puerto Rican father and a white mother who love them fiercely and also hurt them.
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The Thing Around Your Neck
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2009 collection consists of twelve stories documenting the experiences of Nigerians navigating life in their home country and as immigrants in the United States.
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Burnt Sugar
by Avni Doshi
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Antara is a woman in Pune, India, who looks after her mother, Tara, as Tara's mind starts to fail from dementia.
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BRAWLER
by Lauren Groff
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
This short story collection tracks people navigating the friction between their internal desires and the physical environments of modern Florida and historical Europe.
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Ruby Lennox begins her story at the moment of her conception in 1951 in York, and narrates her family's history through her own eyes.
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Dream Count
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The novel centers on Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer living in America during the pandemic, as she examines the intersections of her past romances and her current desires.
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Hell of a Book
by Jason Mott
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
A Black writer, whose name we never learn, is on a book tour for his novel, and the story follows him as he travels and tries to carry on while his mind seems to drift.
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The little disturbances of man
by Grace Paley
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in the cramped apartments and bustling streets of mid-century New York City, these short stories focus on the domestic lives of Jewish women navigating family friction and romantic disappointment.
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Whereabouts
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
An unnamed woman in her forties moves through the streets, piazzas, and shops of an Italian city.
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Another Brooklyn
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In the 1970s, August moves from Tennessee to Bushwick, Brooklyn, after the death of her mother.
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