Books like The Candy House
12 books with a reading profile close to The Candy House by Jennifer Egan. Deep, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Also deep and thought-provoking · science fiction, literary
This collection centers on biological interdependence and the physical cost of survival.
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2
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Also deep and thought-provoking · science fiction, literary
In this dystopian novel, the United States prison system operates as a televised death match.
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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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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
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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6
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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7
Feed
Also deep and thought-provoking · science fiction, literary
In a future where brain implants connect citizens directly to a constant stream of consumer data and instant messaging, Titus and his teenage friends live for mindless trends and corporate-sponsored recreation.
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8
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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High-Rise
by J.G. Ballard
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
A new forty-story tower block on the edge of London houses a thousand tenants, stacked by income, with professionals on top and families lower down.
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10
Poor Things
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
Archibald McCandless, a Glasgow medical student in the 1880s, tells how his friend, the surgeon Godwin Baxter, rescued a drowned pregnant woman and transplanted her unborn child's brain into her body.
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11
Frankissstein
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
The narrative follows two parallel timelines.
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12
The Invention of Morel
by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges
Also deep and open-ended · science fiction, literary
A fugitive on a remote, deserted island discovers he is not alone, but rather surrounded by a group of people who seem to be caught in a perpetual, unchangeable loop of their past.
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