I read the two books mentioned in the title and I need something else less bleak :’(
I’m looking for something along the same lines as those two, but with a hopeful ending!
I like books that deal with the meaning of life, alienation, urban fantasy, mental health, books about books, animal companions, spiritual pilgrimage, discovering your own path and loneliness.
Examples of things I already love – The midnight library, Siddhartha, the cat who saved books, the miniaturist, if cats disappeared from the world, clean sweep, Neverwhere, ocean at the end of the lane & the alchemist
(I’m looking for a stand alone book, not a series)
by magpiemystic
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The Seeker by Karan Bajaj. Should be right up your alley.
Psalm for the wild built by Becky Chambers
Catch-22 will be a nice palette cleanser for you! It’s a genius work.
One of my favorite books of all time!
Buffalo Gals Won’t You Come Out Tonight by Ursula K LeGuin (the novelette. It’s also the name of a short story collection that it was originally published as part of, which is also excellent)
Always Coming Home by Ursula K LeGuin if you find the premise of it intriguing. It’s an ethnography of a fictional far future culture, and a very unusual novel. It won’t be the right book for every reader but it’s very, very good ;).
I definitely think LeGuin is the author you’re looking for, and that Buffalo Gals would be an excellent way to see if you agree with me on that.