Books like Notes of a Dirty Old Man
12 books with a reading profile close to Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
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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2
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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3
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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4
Less Than Zero
literary, experimental
Clay returns to Los Angeles from his eastern college for the winter break, and he drifts through a round of parties, nightclubs, and drives with friends who are rich, bored, and numb.
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5
Choke
literary, experimental
Victor Mancini works as a colonial reenactor at a historical theme park while running a high-stakes scam to fund his mother’s Alzheimer’s care.
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6
Faeries
by Brian Froud
literary, experimental
Brian Froud and Alan Lee present a biological and historical survey of the inhabitants of the British Isles’ invisible realms.
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7
Assembly
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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Higglety pigglety pop! ; and, Where the wild things are
by Maurice Sendak, Oliver Knussen
literary, experimental
This volume contains the librettos and production designs for two operas based on Maurice Sendak’s picture books.
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Ripe
literary, experimental
Cassie works at Veda, a high-pressure tech company in Silicon Valley where she endures toxic corporate hierarchies and the skyrocketing cost of living.
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Lost Children Archive
literary, experimental
A family of four travels by car from New York City to the Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona.
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12
The Strange Library
literary, experimental
A boy stops at the municipal library on his way home from school to return some books and ends up in a windowless basement reading room.
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