Books like HHhH
12 books with a reading profile close to HHhH by Laurent Binet. Deep and outward-looking; a moderate read.
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
Also deep · history, narrative
Tom Wolfe documents the cross-country travels of Ken Kesey and his community of followers, the Merry Pranksters, aboard their painted bus named Furthur.
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V for Vendetta
by Alan Moore
Also deep · narrative, literary
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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Breakfast of Champions
Also deep · narrative, literary
Kilgore Trout, an aging and obscure science fiction writer, travels across a decaying American landscape to a high-stakes arts festival in Midland City.
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Also deep · history, narrative
The narrative centers on Anjum, a hijra who establishes a guesthouse called the Jannat Guest House within a Delhi cemetery, providing a sanctuary for society’s outcasts.
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
history, narrative
In 1799, Jacob de Zoet, a young Dutch clerk, arrives at Dejima, the artificial island in Nagasaki harbor that is Japan's only trading link with the West.
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The Feast of the Goat
Also deep · history, narrative
Urania Cabral, now a New York lawyer, comes back to the Dominican Republic after thirty-five years to see her sick father, who once served in Rafael Trujillo's government.
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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.
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The Lacuna
history, narrative
The novel follows the life of Harrison Shepherd, a man navigating the political upheaval of mid-twentieth-century Mexico and the United States.
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Horse
history, narrative
Geraldine Brooks tracks the history of Lexington, a record-breaking 19th-century Thoroughbred, across three distinct timelines.
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Manhattan Beach
history, narrative
Set in New York City during the Great Depression and World War II, the narrative follows Anna Kerrigan as she maneuvers through the male-dominated Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Also deep · narrative, literary
The narrative follows journalist Raoul Duke and his attorney, Dr.
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