Books By Topic

After clicking on a topic and scrolling to the bottom of the list, choose "older posts" at the bottom right to view more books in that topic. Lists contain fiction and non-fiction.

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absurdity
aging
alienation
American Dream
art
assimilation
class
colonialism/imperialism
coming of age
consumerism
coping with trauma/loss
creativity
dystopian
economics
education
existentialism
fame
family
fiction
fiction's role
gender
historical
identity
immigration
justice
love
media
memoir
memory
mental health
morality
music
mythology
nature/environmentalism
non-fiction
nonconformity
oppression
perception/truth/subjectivity
philosophy
politics
power of language
psychology
race
religion/spirituality
revolution
science (or sci-fi)
search for self
sexuality
social criticism
social media
sports
tech
time
war

Showing posts with label search for self. Show all posts

The Song of Achilles By Madeline Miller (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coming of age, fame, family, fiction, historical, identity, love, mythology, search for self, sexuality, war

The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, family, fiction, gender, historical, identity, love, perception/truth/subjectivity, psychology, race, search for self, social criticism

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, art, class, coping with trauma/loss, creativity, fiction, gender, identity, justice, love, mental health, morality, oppression, race, search for self, social criticism

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/328854.Motherless_Brooklyn

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, fiction, identity, justice, morality, nonconformity, perception/truth/subjectivity, power of language, search for self

Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: American Dream, assimilation, class, consumerism, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, identity, immigration, justice, perception/truth/subjectivity, politics, race, search for self, social criticism

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, existentialism, fiction, identity, memory, mythology, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, search for self

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, class, family, fiction, gender, historical, identity, mental health, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self

The Good Lord Bird by James McBride (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, historical, identity, justice, morality, nonconformity, oppression, race, search for self

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, consumerism, family, fiction, historical, identity, justice, morality, oppression, race, search for self

Writers & Lovers by Lily King (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: art, coping with trauma/loss, creativity, fiction, fiction's role, identity, love, mental health, power of language, search for self

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, class, colonialism/imperialism, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, justice, media, nonconformity, race, search for self

The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety by Alan Watts (NON-FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, alienation, consumerism, identity, mental health, non-fiction, nonconformity, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, psychology, religion/spirituality, search for self

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, class, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, historical, identity, justice, love, morality, search for self

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693411-in-defense-of-witches

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, gender, historical, identity, justice, love, media, mental health, non-fiction, oppression, politics, search for self, sexuality, social criticism

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76173.We

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, dystopian, fiction, identity, love, mental health, nonconformity, oppression, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, politics, science (or sci-fi), search for self, social criticism, tech

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31434883-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, gender, identity, mental health, morality, search for self

The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11529868-the-orphan-master-s-son

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, justice, morality, oppression, perception/truth/subjectivity, politics, search for self, social criticism

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11804738-the-sense-of-an-ending

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, memory, mental health, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self

Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18395049-butcher-s-crossing

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, coming of age, existentialism, fiction, historical, identity, morality, nature/environmentalism, search for self

Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6553843-hard-rain-falling

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, class, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, justice, morality, oppression, search for self, sexuality

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