Looking for reads with more subtle writing?

Here is my dilemma – i have trouble saying what I want in a read but not as much trouble with what I don’t want.

However, I have found a lot of success reading books like The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (I’ve read his others as well but this is my favorite), Foster by Claire Keegan (and her other work), and Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. I also enjoy Jhumpa Lahiri and if anyone’s read the short story collection The Interpreter of Maladies, I love the story of the older woman who has newly come to America and is stuck at home in her apartment and then is able to babysit for a while. If you’ve read it, then you know what happens, but I feel like that was a very moving story.

I like books where the author doesn’t slam you in the face with long monologues given by side characters who tell you who the MC is (cough Stoner).

I really hate that I don’t like being told what to think about a character. I like the author to show me, but I also do like a combination of nuance and some subtlety.

While the ones I listed might be on the slower more melancholy side, I’m looking for something more hopeful and upbeat and with a little more plot. I’ve also read most of the books often mentioned as recommendations here.