Books like Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
12 books with a reading profile close to Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? by Neil Gaiman. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
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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2
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
by Tom Robbins
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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3
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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4
Notes of a Dirty Old Man
literary, experimental
In the late 1960s, Charles Bukowski wrote a weekly column for the underground newspaper Open City in Los Angeles, and this book collects those pieces.
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5
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
by Mark Dunn
literary, experimental
Set on the fictional island of Nollop, the story follows Ella Minnow Pea as her community faces an increasingly restrictive linguistic crisis.
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6
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
entertainment, literary
In the small town of Troy, Georgia, Lula Dean spearheads a campaign to purge local library shelves of titles she deems inappropriate.
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7
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
entertainment, literary
In late Victorian London, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff adopt the pseudonym Ernest to escape social duties and pursue romantic interests.
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8
Kingdom Come
by Mark Waid
entertainment, experimental
Set in a future where a new generation of metahumans executes criminals without trial, Kingdom Come follows an aging Pastor Norman McCay and a weary Superman.
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9
Faeries
by Brian Froud
literary, experimental
Brian Froud and Alan Lee present a biological and historical survey of the inhabitants of the British Isles’ invisible realms.
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10
Higglety pigglety pop! ; and, Where the wild things are
by Maurice Sendak, Oliver Knussen
literary, experimental
This volume contains the librettos and production designs for two operas based on Maurice Sendak’s picture books.
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11
City of Thieves
entertainment, literary
During the devastating Siege of Leningrad in 1942, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting a dead German paratrooper.
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12
French Exit
entertainment, literary
Frances Price is a New York widow whose husband died years earlier, leaving her a wealthy woman.
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