Books like Looking for Jake
12 books with a reading profile close to Looking for Jake by China Miéville. Open-ended; a moderate read.
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Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin
literary, fantasy
Mark Helprin's novel is set in a mythic New York, where Peter Lake, an orphan raised by tugboat workers, becomes a master burglar.
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The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
by Neil Gaiman
literary, fantasy
Dream Country consists of four independent stories that depict how Morpheus influences the waking world through imagination and myth.
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The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
by Neil Gaiman
literary, fantasy
Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, travels to the gates of Hell to rescue Nada, a lover he unjustly condemned to eternal torment ten thousand years earlier.
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The Bone Clocks
Also open-ended · literary, fantasy
Beginning with Holly Sykes as a runaway teenager in 1984, this narrative follows her lifespan through six interconnected sections spanning decades and continents.
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The Starless Sea
literary, fantasy
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student who discovers a strange library book containing a detailed account of his own childhood.
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Another Roadside Attraction
by Tom Robbins
Also open-ended · literary, experimental
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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Haunted
literary, experimental
Twenty-three people answer an ad for a writers' retreat in an abandoned theater, expecting a quiet place to work.
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Cursed Bunny
by Bora Chung
Also open-ended · literary, experimental
Bora Chung's collection of Korean short fiction brings together stories that mix horror, science fiction and fairy-tale cruelty.
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Also open-ended · literary, fantasy
Angela Carter’s 1979 collection reimagines traditional European folk tales, such as Bluebeard, Little Red Riding Hood, and Puss-in-Boots, through a sensory and gothic lens.
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
by Tom Robbins
Also open-ended · literary, experimental
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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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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