Books like Cloud Cuckoo Land
12 books with a reading profile close to Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. Deep and contemplative; a moderate read.
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1
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Also deep · narrative, literary
The narrative centers on Bennie Salazar, a middle-aged record executive, and his assistant Sasha, tracing their lives across several decades.
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2
There There
by Tommy Orange
Also deep · narrative, literary
Tommy Orange follows twelve characters from Native communities as they converge at the Big Oakland Powwow in California.
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3
The Overstory
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
The novel follows nine strangers across multiple decades, beginning with distinct short stories that eventually intertwine in the Pacific Northwest.
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4
Perfection
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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5
North Woods
by Daniel Mason
Also deep · narrative, literary
A single yellow house in the Massachusetts forest anchors this narrative, which spans four centuries through a series of interlocking stories.
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6
Asymmetry
Also deep · narrative, literary
Lisa Halliday's debut novel is in two parts that seem unrelated.
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7
Bad Girls
Also deep · narrative, literary
In the city of Córdoba, Argentina, a group of trans women, travestis, work at night in a park and live together in a boarding house.
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8
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.
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9
Tenth of December
Also deep · narrative, literary
George Saunders’ collection of short fiction presents characters navigating moral crises within a landscape of economic precarity and pharmaceutical intervention.
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10
Boy, Snow, Bird
Also deep · narrative, literary
In 1953, Boy Novak flees her abusive father in New York City and settles in Flax Hill, Massachusetts.
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11
Then we came to the end
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.
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12
The Nix
by Nathan Hill
Also deep · narrative, literary
Samuel Andresen-Anderson, a disappointed English professor who is addicted to an online video game, sees his mother Faye on the news after decades of absence: she has been arrested for throwing gravel at a right-wing pr…
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