Anonymous
04/27/2023 15:21
Subject: Re:Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
+1 to many of these. Only one I'd recommend that I didn't see suggested already is Island of Sea Women. Especially since you liked Pachinko.
Anonymous
04/27/2023 15:08
Subject: Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
Like you, I tend to favor, sweeping historical fiction or quirky modern fiction, with more downs than ups and that stay with you in a haunting way. Repeats here, undoubtedly, from other replies, but I would humbly recommend:
Fifty Words for Rain — Asha Lemmie
The Japanese Lover — Isabel Allende
Peony in Love — Lisa See (all of her books are incredible tbh)
The Immortalists — Chloe Benjamin
The German Girl — Armando Lucas Correa
The Huntress — Kate Quinn
Great Circle — Maggie Shipstead
The Night Circus — Erin Morgenstern
The Kitchen House —Kathleen Grissom
The Shell Collector — Anthony Doerr
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel — Louise Murphy
Fifty Words for Rain — Asha Lemmie
The Japanese Lover — Isabel Allende
Peony in Love — Lisa See (all of her books are incredible tbh)
The Immortalists — Chloe Benjamin
The German Girl — Armando Lucas Correa
The Huntress — Kate Quinn
Great Circle — Maggie Shipstead
The Night Circus — Erin Morgenstern
The Kitchen House —Kathleen Grissom
The Shell Collector — Anthony Doerr
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel — Louise Murphy
Anonymous
04/26/2023 11:56
Subject: Re:Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
Anonymous wrote:A Fine Balance...nothing but anguish!
Did you think it was worth your time to read? (Hard to ask if you "liked" it).
Anonymous
04/26/2023 11:47
Subject: Re:Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
Thank you for this thread OP! See a lot of favorite books mentioned and many that I want to try.
I’ll add:
Annie Proulx’s Shipping News and really anything she’s written
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe - and any of his other works
If you haven’t already, read Faulkner and O’Conner so much to love there
I’ll add:
Annie Proulx’s Shipping News and really anything she’s written
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe - and any of his other works
If you haven’t already, read Faulkner and O’Conner so much to love there
Anonymous
04/26/2023 11:38
Subject: Re:Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
I really liked Pachinko as well as other books PPs have mentioned: The namesake, The Great Believers, A Gentleman in Moscow, Demon Copperhead, Poisonwood Bible, Cutting for Stone, The Kite Runner, City of Girls, Homegoing, Firekeeper's Daughter, The Art of Fielding, An American Marriage, and The Kitchen House
I'll throw in suggestions for The House of the Spirits and the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, This Tender Land and A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Apparently, I must also like this type of book! LOL.
I'll throw in suggestions for The House of the Spirits and the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, This Tender Land and A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Apparently, I must also like this type of book! LOL.
Anonymous
04/25/2023 20:03
Subject: Re:Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
A Fine Balance...nothing but anguish!
Anonymous
04/25/2023 19:05
Subject: Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is my favorite type of book!
The Great Believers
Love Songs of W.E.B.Dubois
The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Lonely Hearts Hotel
City of Girls
Homegoing
Demon Copperhead
Last Summer on State Street
Notes on an Execution
Firekeeper's Daughter
Setting Free the Kites
The Summer that Melted Everything
Sweetness of Water
After the End
Saving Ruby King
Count the Ways
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Ordinary Grace
Infinite Country
An American Marriage
The Underside of Joy
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Keeping Lucy
The Art of Fielding
Before We Were Yours
This is How It Always Is
The Language of Flowers
In the Language of Miracles
The Kitchen House
The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
You are my book soulmate! The Heart's Invisible Furies is one of my all-time favorite reads. I just finished his new book, All the Broken Places --highly recommend!
I'm glad to hear it's good! I haven't read it yet. THIF is one of my all-time favorites too. It's literary perfection, in my opinion. I highly recommend The Lonely Hearts Hotel. It's another all-time favorite.
Anonymous
04/25/2023 18:42
Subject: Re:Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
Anonymous wrote:I love books like that too and it’s hard to top Little Life. Here’s some I think you’d like:
Demon Copperhead
Poisonwood Bible
Cutting for Stone
The Goldfinch
The Most Fun We Ever Had
The Dutch House
The Condition
Did You Ever Have a Family
Ask Again, Yes
Plus 1 to:
Ask Again, Yes
The Condition
Adding:
1,000 Splendid Suns
The Seeing Eye Girl (memoir)
Bird In Hand
The Doctor’s Wife (just finished it)
Adelaide (currently reading, great so far)
Baby Teeth (more creepy)
The Pact
Anonymous
04/25/2023 17:54
Subject: Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
Anonymous wrote:This is my favorite type of book!
The Great Believers
Love Songs of W.E.B.Dubois
The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Lonely Hearts Hotel
City of Girls
Homegoing
Demon Copperhead
Last Summer on State Street
Notes on an Execution
Firekeeper's Daughter
Setting Free the Kites
The Summer that Melted Everything
Sweetness of Water
After the End
Saving Ruby King
Count the Ways
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Ordinary Grace
Infinite Country
An American Marriage
The Underside of Joy
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Keeping Lucy
The Art of Fielding
Before We Were Yours
This is How It Always Is
The Language of Flowers
In the Language of Miracles
The Kitchen House
The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
You are my book soulmate! The Heart's Invisible Furies is one of my all-time favorite reads. I just finished his new book, All the Broken Places --highly recommend!
Anonymous
04/25/2023 17:35
Subject: Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
This is my favorite type of book!
The Great Believers
Love Songs of W.E.B.Dubois
The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Lonely Hearts Hotel
City of Girls
Homegoing
Demon Copperhead
Last Summer on State Street
Notes on an Execution
Firekeeper's Daughter
Setting Free the Kites
The Summer that Melted Everything
Sweetness of Water
After the End
Saving Ruby King
Count the Ways
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Ordinary Grace
Infinite Country
An American Marriage
The Underside of Joy
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Keeping Lucy
The Art of Fielding
Before We Were Yours
This is How It Always Is
The Language of Flowers
In the Language of Miracles
The Kitchen House
The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
The Great Believers
Love Songs of W.E.B.Dubois
The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Lonely Hearts Hotel
City of Girls
Homegoing
Demon Copperhead
Last Summer on State Street
Notes on an Execution
Firekeeper's Daughter
Setting Free the Kites
The Summer that Melted Everything
Sweetness of Water
After the End
Saving Ruby King
Count the Ways
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Ordinary Grace
Infinite Country
An American Marriage
The Underside of Joy
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Keeping Lucy
The Art of Fielding
Before We Were Yours
This is How It Always Is
The Language of Flowers
In the Language of Miracles
The Kitchen House
The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Anonymous
04/25/2023 16:54
Subject: Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
I like all these books, OP, and now I have a bunch more to request from the library. Thanks, PPs!
Anonymous
04/25/2023 14:08
Subject: Re:Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
Anonymous wrote:I like this style, too. I'll echo Ask Again, Yes and add The Immortalists and the books by Yaa Gyasi: Homegoing and The Transcendent Kingdom.
I just posted Anne Tyler above. I loved Ask Again, Yes as well. The Immortalists was ok but certainly worth a read.
Anonymous
04/25/2023 14:02
Subject: Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
Shuggie Bain
A bit lighter but spans multiple years:
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
French Braid - Anne Tyler
This Time Tomorrow Emma Straub
A bit lighter but spans multiple years:
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
French Braid - Anne Tyler
This Time Tomorrow Emma Straub
Anonymous
04/25/2023 14:00
Subject: Re:Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
I like this style, too. I'll echo Ask Again, Yes and add The Immortalists and the books by Yaa Gyasi: Homegoing and The Transcendent Kingdom.
Anonymous
04/25/2023 13:55
Subject: Can you rec more books like this? (A Little Life, Pachinko, She's Come Undone...)
The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois by Honoree Jeffers
Violeta by Isabel Allende
Olive Kitteridge and Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout
Great Circle
Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies and Matrix
Violeta by Isabel Allende
Olive Kitteridge and Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout
Great Circle
Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies and Matrix