Books like Invisible Cities
12 books with a reading profile close to Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. Deep, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Outline
by Rachel Cusk
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary
Faye, a British novelist, travels to Athens during a summer heatwave to teach a week-long creative writing course.
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary
During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln visits a Georgetown cemetery to mourn his young son, Willie, who has just died of typhoid fever.
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Time Shelter
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary
Gospodinov's novel imagines a Swiss-run clinic that treats Alzheimer's patients by recreating the decade of their youth, with floors that look like the 1960s, 1970s and so on.
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The Aleph and Other Stories
by Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary
Jorge Luis Borges' "The Aleph and Other Stories" is a collection of profound and intricate short stories that delve into philosophical themes, labyrinths, mirrors, time, and the nature of reality.
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Watchmen
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Set in an alternate 1985 where costumed vigilantes are real and Richard Nixon remains President, the narrative begins with the murder of Edward Blake, known as the Comedian.
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Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Brás Cubas begins his narrative after his death, writing as a deceased man who recounts his life from the grave.
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Flights
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary
Olga Tokarczuk’s work is a constellation of short stories, historical anecdotes, and anatomical observations centered on the physical reality of the human body in motion.
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Weather
by Jenny Offill
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary
Lizzie Benson is a university librarian and former addict who begins answering mail for a climate change podcast hosted by her old mentor.
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Ficciones
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Ficciones consists of seventeen short stories divided into two sections, The Garden of Forking Paths and Artifices.
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White Noise
by Don DeLillo
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Jack Gladney is a professor of Hitler studies at a Midwestern college, living with his fourth wife, Babette, and their brood of children from various marriages.
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100 Selected Poems
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, literary
This collection showcases Edward Estlin Cummings’s rejection of standard grammar and punctuation in favor of visual typography.
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