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12 books with a reading profile close to Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature by Andy Goldsworthy. Balanced in tone; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

    The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

    by Tim Burton

    narrative, literary

    Tim Burton’s short story collection consists of twenty-three illustrated poems detailing the lives of misunderstood children with physical abnormalities.

  2. 2 Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

    Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

    by Mark Dunn

    narrative, literary

    Set on the fictional island of Nollop, the story follows Ella Minnow Pea as her community faces an increasingly restrictive linguistic crisis.

  3. 3 Then we came to the end

    Then we came to the end

    by Joshua Ferris

    narrative, literary

    Set in a Chicago advertising agency during the post-dot-com collapse, the narrative follows a communal "we" through a series of layoffs.

  4. 4 Our Missing Hearts

    Our Missing Hearts

    by Celeste Ng

    narrative, literary

    Twelve-year-old Noah Gardner, known as Bird, lives in a future America governed by PACT: the Preserving American Culture and Traditions Act.

  5. 5 The House of God

    The House of God

    by Samuel Shem

    narrative, literary

    Set in the Beth Israel Hospital, the novel follows Roy Basch and his fellow medical interns as they navigate their first year of clinical training.

  6. 6 Less Than Zero

    Less Than Zero

    by Bret Easton Ellis

    narrative, literary

    Clay returns to Los Angeles from his eastern college for the winter break, and he drifts through a round of parties, nightclubs, and drives with friends who are rich, bored, and numb.

  7. 7 The Arrival

    The Arrival

    by Shaun Tan

    narrative, literary

    In this wordless narrative, a man departs from a shadow-threatened city, leaving his wife and young daughter behind to find employment in a distant land.

  8. 8 A Children's Bible

    A Children's Bible

    by Lydia Millet

    narrative, literary

    In a massive lakeside estate, a group of cynical children and teenagers endure a summer vacation while their parents remain in a stupor of alcohol and neglect.

  9. 9 Hurricane Season

    Hurricane Season

    by Fernanda Melchor

    narrative, literary

    The murder of the Witch, a local outcast in the village of La Matosa, serves as the central catalyst for this narrative.

  10. 10 The Lover's Dictionary

    The Lover's Dictionary

    by David Levithan

    narrative, literary

    This novel constructs the history of a single romantic relationship through a sequence of dictionary entries ordered alphabetically.

  11. 11 Survivor

    Survivor

    by Chuck Palahniuk

    narrative, literary

    Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult, dictates his life story into a flight recorder as he hijacks a Boeing 747 over the Pacific Ocean.

  12. 12 Perfection

    Perfection

    by Vincenzo Latronico

    narrative, literary

    Anna and Tom are a professional creative couple who migrate from southern Europe to Berlin, seeking an aesthetic and social utopia.

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