Books like Jitterbug Perfume
12 books with a reading profile close to Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Another Roadside Attraction
by Tom Robbins
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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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
by Tom Robbins
entertainment, literary
Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormously oversized thumbs, a biological anomaly she utilizes to become the greatest hitchhiker in the United States.
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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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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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1985
by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess
literary, experimental
Anthony Burgess divides this work into a critical analysis and a fictional response to George Orwell’s dystopian vision.
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Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu
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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Mona Lisa Overdrive
literary, experimental
The narrative follows four converging plotlines eight years after the events of Count Zero: a young Japanese girl sent to London for safety, a prostitute named Mona who undergoes surgical alteration to impersonate a fam…
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Oryx and Crake
literary, experimental
Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, is the last human survivor in a world populated by the Crakers, a floor-model species of genetically engineered humanoids.
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French Exit
entertainment, literary
Frances Price is a New York widow whose husband died years earlier, leaving her a wealthy woman.
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V for Vendetta
by Alan Moore
literary, experimental
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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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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