Books like Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
12 books with a reading profile close to Even Cowgirls Get the Blues 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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Another Roadside Attraction
by Tom Robbins
Also open-ended · entertainment, literary
Amanda, a young woman from the South, and her husband John Paul Ziller open a roadside zoo and hot-dog stand in the state of Washington, called Captain Ahab's Discount Zoo.
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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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4
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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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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Pastoralia
literary, experimental
George Saunders' collection mixes satire, dark comedy and surreal settings, with working-class characters who struggle against a strange economy.
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Open Throat
by Henry Hoke
literary, experimental
An unnamed mountain lion lives in the brush beneath the Hollywood sign, observing the human hikers and homeless residents of Los Angeles.
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Revenge
by Yōko Ogawa
literary, experimental
This collection of eleven interlocking short stories functions as a macabre jigsaw puzzle set in contemporary Japan.
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Survivor
literary, experimental
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.
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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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