Book recommendations, please! (lemmy.ml)

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Hi! I'm looking for some good book recommendations! I'm looking for something like Beautiful World, Where are You by Sally Rooney. It's about 4 friends and they all date each other at different times. However, she injects a bit of political theory in to the story, about how conservative isn't sustainable because nothing can be conserved. It was a really good part of the book, I though. Any books where they inject political theory like that? Also, political fiction is welcome. I enjoyed reading these books:

It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Plot Against America by Philip Roth 1984 by George Orwell Brave New World by Aldous Huxley It Happened Here by Richard Dresser

Thank you!

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[-] Corngood@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I just finished Normal People, which was my first Sally Rooney book. I loved it, but I wouldn't say it had a lot of political theory, just light commentary by the characters. I take it you recommend Beautiful World?

I'm currently reading The Bricks That Built the Houses by Kae Tempest. It might be a good candidate, but I'm not far enough through to really recommend it yet.

Some that come to mind:

Han Kang - We Do Not Part or Human Acts
Michael Ondaatje - In the Skin of a Lion or Anil's Ghost
James Baldwin - Another Country

[-] sinewyshadow@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

I absolutely recommend Beautiful World.

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