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A lyrical, quietly devastating exploration of the profound mysteries hidden within a seemingly ordinary marriage. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Story of a Marriage.
- intimate
- fragile
- quietly tense
- melancholic
- 01
Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff
A dazzling, two-sided portrait of a marriage that peels back the golden veneer of a creative partnership to reveal the dark, hidden machinery of female rage and sacrifice.
- 02
Less
Andrew Sean Greer
A sparkling, globe-trotting comedy of errors about outrunning heartbreak and accidentally stumbling into grace.
- 03
An American Marriage
Tayari Jones
An intimate, devastating exploration of love and loyalty tested by the cruelties of systemic injustice.
- 04
The state of affairs
Esther Perel
A compassionate, provocative exploration of the gray areas of human desire and the complex anatomy of betrayal.
- 05
Call Me by Your Name
André Aciman
A sun-drenched, intoxicating plunge into the agonizing beauty of first love and the haunting power of memory.
- 06
To Paradise
Hanya Yanagihara
A sweeping, symphonic epic that shatters the illusion of utopia across three centuries of American longing and heartbreak.
- 07
The Mothers
Brit Bennett
A lyrical, sun-drenched exploration of how the secrets we keep in our youth become the ghosts that haunt our adulthood.
- 08
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
A devastatingly beautiful, poetic excavation of the tender and violent intersections of love, trauma, and queer identity.
- 09
Three Women
Lisa Taddeo
An intensely intimate, voyeuristic deep-dive into the raw and often destructive nature of female desire.
- 10
How We Fight For Our Lives
Saeed Jones
A haunting, beautifully poetic coming-of-age memoir that explores the fierce sacrifices required to forge a Black, queer identity.
- 11
All adults here
Emma Straub
A warm, wry exploration of the messy reality that no one ever really figures out how to be a grown-up.
- 12
Dept of Speculation
Jenny Offill
A glittering, fragmented mosaic of a mind unraveling under the quiet pressures of marriage, motherhood, and thwarted ambition.
