Books like Another Roadside Attraction
12 books with a reading profile close to Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins. Open-ended; a moderate read.
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Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
entertainment, literary
Alobar, an eighth-century king who refuses to die, escapes his ritual execution and begins an odyssey across centuries alongside a clever peasant girl named Kudra.
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
by Tom Robbins
Also open-ended · entertainment, literary
Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormously oversized thumbs, a biological anomaly she utilizes to become the greatest hitchhiker in the United States.
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Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
entertainment, literary
Wilbur Swain, last president of the United States, is writing his memoirs from the ruins of Manhattan, now called the Island of Death.
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Bliss Montage
by Ling Ma
literary, experimental
Ling Ma’s collection contains eight stories where the surreal intersects with the mundane.
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1985
by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess
Also open-ended · literary, experimental
Anthony Burgess divides this work into a critical analysis and a fictional response to George Orwell’s dystopian vision.
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Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu
Also open-ended · literary, experimental
Interior Chinatown follows Willis Wu, a background actor trapped in the repetitive hierarchy of a procedural television show titled Black and White.
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Haunted
literary, experimental
Twenty-three people answer an ad for a writers' retreat in an abandoned theater, expecting a quiet place to work.
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Going Bovine
by Libba Bray
Also open-ended · literary, experimental
Sixteen-year-old Cameron Smith lives a listless existence until he is diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fatal condition commonly known as Mad Cow Disease.
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Cursed Bunny
by Bora Chung
Also open-ended · literary, experimental
Bora Chung's collection of Korean short fiction brings together stories that mix horror, science fiction and fairy-tale cruelty.
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V for Vendetta
by Alan Moore
literary, experimental
Set in a near-future London ruled by the Norsefire fascist party, the narrative follows Evey Hammond, a young woman rescued from the secret police by a masked anarchist known as V.
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