Books like ILL - One flew over the cuckoo's nest
12 books with a reading profile close to ILL - One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Dale Wasserman. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Amsterdam
by Ian McEwan
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
After the funeral of Molly Lane, her two former lovers—Clive Linley, a celebrated composer, and Vernon Halliday, a newspaper editor—forge a mutual euthanasia pact to avoid a similar cognitive decline.
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2
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch returns to Maycomb, Alabama, from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus.
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3
The Winter of Our Discontent
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Ethan Allen Hawley, a scion of a formerly wealthy New England family, works as a grocery clerk for an immigrant shopkeeper in the fictional town of New Baytown.
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4
The Edible Woman
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Marian McAlpin works at a consumer research firm, methodically cataloging the tastes of the public while maintaining a predictable relationship with her fiance, Peter.
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The title novella follows an unnamed narrator in wartime New York who becomes fascinated by his neighbor, Holly Golightly.
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La tregua
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Martín Santomé, a widowed Montevideo office worker, is nearing retirement.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in wartime Manhattan, the narrative follows an aspiring writer who becomes fascinated by his upstairs neighbor, Holly Golightly.
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The Overcoat
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Akaky Akakievich is a low-ranking government clerk in St.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Lib/E
by Ken Kesey, Tom Parker
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the story follows Randle McMurphy, a boisterous gambler who feigns insanity to avoid a prison farm sentence.
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10
A Thousand Ships
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Natalie Haynes reimagines the Trojan War through a choral narrative that centers the women, goddesses, and victims usually relegated to the margins of epic poetry.
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11
Great Gatsby
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Jay Gatsby spends his life accumulating wealth through criminal channels to reclaim a past romance with Daisy Buchanan.
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Bless Me, Ultima
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Six-year-old Antonio Márez grows up in a New Mexico village in the 1940s, in a household divided between his father's wandering family and his mother's farming one.
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