Books like The Bone Clocks
12 books with a reading profile close to The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. Deep and open-ended; a moderate read.
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1
Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin
Also deep · 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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2
Oryx and Crake
Also deep · science fiction, literary
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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3
The Candy House
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Bix Bouton, a tech entrepreneur who appeared in A Visit from the Goon Squad, develops a technology called Own Your Unconscious.
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4
1985
by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Anthony Burgess divides this work into a critical analysis and a fictional response to George Orwell’s dystopian vision.
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5
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Also deep · science fiction, literary
In this dystopian novel, the United States prison system operates as a televised death match.
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6
Little Eyes
Also deep and open-ended · 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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7
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Also deep · science fiction, literary
This collection centers on biological interdependence and the physical cost of survival.
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8
Lord of Light
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Humans have colonised a distant planet and a small elite have used advanced technology to take the identities of the Hindu gods, controlling reincarnation and keeping the rest of the settlers in a pre-industrial state.
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9
Galápagos
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Set one million years in the future, the ghost of Leon Trout narrates the regression of the human race.
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10
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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11
The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
by Neil Gaiman
Also deep · 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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Julia
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Julia is a feminist retelling of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, shifting the perspective from Winston Smith to his lover, Julia Worthing.
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