I’m looking for fiction books that don’t have a love story as the main theme. I don’t care for thriller/horror or fantasy/sci-fi. Please share any recs!
My first thought was _Babel_ by R. F. Kuang, which doesn’t focus on romance, and I think _Yellowface_ or _The Poppy War_ (trilogy) by the same author also fits in the no-romance-as-main-theme category.
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A few random picks, figuring one or two might fit your taste
Recent:
– Severance, Ling Ma
– No One Is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood
– 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, Elif Shafak (check a trigger warnings page for this one)
– Matrix, Lauren Groff
Classics:
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
To The Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
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My first thought was _Babel_ by R. F. Kuang, which doesn’t focus on romance, and I think _Yellowface_ or _The Poppy War_ (trilogy) by the same author also fits in the no-romance-as-main-theme category.
A few random picks, figuring one or two might fit your taste
Recent:
– Severance, Ling Ma
– No One Is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood
– 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, Elif Shafak (check a trigger warnings page for this one)
– Matrix, Lauren Groff
Classics:
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
To The Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
Thank you! I’ll check those out.