Books like The Accidental
12 books with a reading profile close to The Accidental by Ali Smith. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Lost Children Archive
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, experimental
A family of four travels by car from New York City to the Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona.
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Assembly
Also deep and inward-looking · 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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Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu
Also deep and open-ended · 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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Pastoralia
Also deep and thought-provoking · 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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Bliss Montage
by Ling Ma
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · literary, experimental
Ling Ma’s collection contains eight stories where the surreal intersects with the mundane.
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The Employees
by Olga Ravn
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, experimental
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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Howl and Other Poems
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, experimental
Published in 1956, this collection centers on the title poem, a frantic catalog of mid-century American struggle.
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The Passion
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, experimental
Henri is a young French peasant who becomes Napoleon's personal cook and follows the emperor's armies, as he worships the emperor.
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Also deep and open-ended · literary, experimental
The poem recounts a sailor’s harrowing sea voyage that spirals into disaster after he shoots an albatross without provocation.
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Orlando
Also deep and open-ended · literary, experimental
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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To Paradise
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, experimental
This novel follows three distinct narratives set in a reimagined New York City across different centuries.
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Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, experimental
Set in a highly competitive arts high school during the 1980s, the narrative begins with Sarah and David, two drama students entangled in a pressurized romance under the watchful eye of their charismatic teacher, Mr.
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