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Books Like The Bluest Eye

by Toni Morrison · about this book

Loved The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison? If its literary fiction, racism and tragic hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Lolita, Atonement and Ham On Rye. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Bluest Eye: Literary Fiction · Racism · Tragic · Classics · Dark

1. 

   Lolita

   Vladimir Nabokov

   Sexual Assault Content · Child Abuse · Loss of Innocence · Childhood Trauma · Lyrical Prose

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   Atonement

   Ian McEwan

   Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Haunting · Literary Fiction · Sexual Assault

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   Ham On Rye

   Charles Bukowski

   Child Abuse · Body Image · Childhood Trauma · Literary Fiction · Bleak

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   As I Lay Dying

   William Faulkner

   Bleak · Literary Fiction · Classics · Tragic · Toxic Family Dynamics

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5. 

   All the Light We Cannot See

   Anthony Doerr

   Loss of Innocence · Haunting · Lyrical Prose · Tragic · Nonlinear Narrative

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6. 

   Human Acts

   Han Kang

   Tragic · Literary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Lyrical Prose · Bleak

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7. 

   Never Let Me Go

   Kazuo Ishiguro

   Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Literary Fiction · Haunting · Nonlinear Narrative

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8. 

   The Lovely Bones

   Alice Sebold

   Sexual Assault Content · Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Haunting · Literary Fiction

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9. 

   The Kite Runner

   Khaled Hosseini

   Sexual Assault Content · Childhood Trauma · Tragic · Literary Fiction · Classics

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10. 

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

    Loss of Innocence · Racism · Racial Violence · Classics · Literary Fiction

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11. 

    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

    Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Lyrical Prose · Classics · Racism

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12. 

    A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

    Anthony Marra

    Haunting · Tragic · Lyrical Prose · Literary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative

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13. 

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë

    Tragic · Haunting · Bleak · Classics · Literary Fiction

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14. 

    Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck

    Tragic · Bleak · Haunting · Classics · Literary Fiction

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15. 

    Perfume

    Patrick Süskind

    Neglect · Haunting · Lyrical Prose · Literary Fiction · Childhood Trauma

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16. 

    Night Watch

    Jayne Anne Phillips

    Lyrical Prose · Haunting · Literary Fiction · Sexual Assault · Bleak

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17. 

    The Spear Cuts Through Water

    Simon Jimenez

    Lyrical Prose · Nonlinear Narrative · Haunting · Literary Fiction · Childhood Trauma

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18. 

    Brother

    Ania Ahlborn

    Loss of Innocence · Tragic · Child Abuse · Bleak · Sexual Assault Content

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19. 

    Carrie

    Stephen King

    Child Abuse · Tragic · Classics · Haunting · Toxic Family Dynamics

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20. 

    Good Morning, Monster

    Catherine Gildiner

    Neglect · Child Abuse · Childhood Trauma · Sexual Assault · Toxic Family Dynamics

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