Books like His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae
12 books with a reading profile close to His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet. Open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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The Trees
Also thought-provoking · mystery, literary
In Money, Mississippi, a series of brutal murders puzzles local police and state investigators.
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Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu
Also open-ended and thought-provoking · 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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Bliss Montage
by Ling Ma
Also thought-provoking · literary, experimental
Ling Ma’s collection contains eight stories where the surreal intersects with the mundane.
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My Name Is Red
by Orhan Pamuk
Also open-ended and thought-provoking · mystery, literary
Set in 1591 Istanbul, the narrative centers on a clandestine royal commission to create a book celebrating the Sultan’s reign using European perspective and shading.
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Pastoralia
Also thought-provoking · 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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The City & the City
Also open-ended · mystery, literary
Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad begins a routine murder investigation in Besźel, a crumbling city that geographically overlaps with the prosperous, modern metropolis of Ul Qoma.
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Piranesi
Also open-ended and thought-provoking · mystery, literary
Piranesi lives within the House, a labyrinth of endless vestibules and staircases where the lower halls flood with tides and the upper reaches are filled with clouds.
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Assembly
Also open-ended and thought-provoking · literary, experimental
In this concise novel, an unnamed Black British woman prepares for a weekend party at her white boyfriend’s family estate.
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Lost Children Archive
Also open-ended and thought-provoking · literary, experimental
A family of four travels by car from New York City to the Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona.
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The Candy House
Also open-ended and thought-provoking · literary, experimental
Bix Bouton, a tech entrepreneur who appeared in A Visit from the Goon Squad, develops a technology called Own Your Unconscious.
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