Books like Slaughterhouse-Five
12 books with a reading profile close to Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. Deep, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Slaughterhouse-Five The Children's Crusade
Also deep and contemplative · science fiction, literary
Billy Pilgrim, an ill-suited American chaplain’s assistant, survives the 1945 firebombing of Dresden as a prisoner of war held in an underground meat locker.
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Ojos de perro azul
Also deep and open-ended · literary, classic literature
This collection of short stories documents the early development of Gabriel García Márquez’s narrative style before his shift into Macondo.
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The Employees
by Olga Ravn
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Set aboard the Six-Thousand Ship orbiting the planet New Discovery, the narrative unfolds through a series of witness statements delivered to an anonymous committee.
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Little Eyes
Also deep and contemplative · science fiction, literary
In Samanta Schweblin's novel, a new device called a kentuki, a small robot animal with a camera for eyes, becomes a global craze.
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The dark tower, and other stories
by C.S. Lewis
Also deep and contemplative · science fiction, literary
This posthumous collection centers on an unfinished sequel to Out of the Silent Planet, titled The Dark Tower.
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
Also deep and contemplative · literary, classic literature
J.D.
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Einstein’s Dreams
Also deep and contemplative · science fiction, literary
Set in Bern, Switzerland, in 1905, this novel presents a series of thirty fictional dreams experienced by a young Albert Einstein while he works as a patent clerk.
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Orlando
Also deep and open-ended · literary, classic literature
The narrative follows Orlando, a young Elizabethan nobleman who begins as a favorite of the court and lives for over three centuries without aging significantly.
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Woyzeck
Also deep and open-ended · literary, classic literature
Franz Woyzeck is a low-ranking soldier stationed in a provincial German town, struggling to provide for his common-law wife, Marie, and their infant son.
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A Clockwork Orange
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Alex is a teenage delinquent who leads his gang of droogs through a landscape of ultra-violence and theft in a future London.
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The Hour of the Star
Also deep and contemplative · literary, classic literature
In Rio de Janeiro, a self-absorbed narrator named Rodrigo S.M.
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Welcome to the Monkey House
science fiction, literary
This collection gathers more than two dozen of Vonnegut's short stories, introduced by the author.
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