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An intimate, psychologically rich exploration of memory, empathy, and the profound bonds of female friendship. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with What Are You Going Through.
- contemplative
- intimate
- quiet
- 01
The friend
Sigrid Nunez
An intimate, psychologically rich portrait of shared grief and the profound, silent bond between a mourning woman and a traumatized dog.
- 02
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh
A pitch-black, narcotic comedy about checking out of a superficial world to find a blank-slate salvation.
- 03
Difficult Women
Roxane Gay
A raw, unflinching exploration that lays bare the painful and defiant realities of navigating the world in a woman's body.
- 04
Intimacies
Katie Kitamura
A taut, cerebral exploration of complicity and the unsettling weight of the words we speak for others.
- 05
Nine perfect strangers
Liane Moriarty
A sharp, locked-room satire of wellness culture that slowly boils over into a tense and claustrophobic psychological drama.
- 06
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid
A claustrophobic road trip into the darkest, most surreal corners of the human psyche, where every thought feels like a trap.
- 07
No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood
A hyper-ironic scroll through the digital void that suddenly shatters into a profound meditation on embodied grief and love.
- 08
Conversations With Friends
Sally Rooney
A sharp, hyper-observant dive into the messy, overlapping boundaries of friendship, lust, and intellectual posturing.
- 09
The chronology of water
Lidia Yuknavitch
A raw, untraditional plunge into grief, fluid sexuality, and the fierce current of survival.
- 10
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
青山美智子
A warm cup of tea in book form that gently nudges you toward finding your own path.
- 11
In five years
Rebecca Serle
A bittersweet exploration of destiny that subverts romantic expectations to deliver a devastating ode to female friendship.
- 12
Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult
A contemplative exploration of love, family, and the histories we unearth within ourselves.
