I just finished I Who Have Never Known Men and I loved it. I think I've discovered a genre that I'm really drawn to. Two other books which I felt gave me this similar feeling (staring at a wall, reflecting, keep thinking of these books all the time), are Circe and Convenience Store Women.
They all feel different in genre – Circe being a fantasy based on Greek mythology, Convenience Store Women being more about everyday life, and IWHNKM being dystopian.
But what links them all to me I think is the strong female point of view, her strong thought provocing inner dialogue and the loneliness. All of them are experiencing an immense feeling of loneliness, or not fitting in – feeling different from everyone else and navigating their unique circumstances in different ways. I don't know if this makes sense, but they all felt "poetic" to me in a way?
Please give me some recommendations!
by Fun_Alternative3269