Books like The Orphan Master's Son
12 books with a reading profile close to The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson. Deep, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Breakfast of Champions
Also deep and open-ended · narrative, literary
Kilgore Trout, an aging and obscure science fiction writer, travels across a decaying American landscape to a high-stakes arts festival in Midland City.
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2
North Woods
by Daniel Mason
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
A single yellow house in the Massachusetts forest anchors this narrative, which spans four centuries through a series of interlocking stories.
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3
Hurricane Season
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The murder of the Witch, a local outcast in the village of La Matosa, serves as the central catalyst for this narrative.
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4
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Also deep and thought-provoking · thriller, narrative
In eighteenth-century France, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born among fish guts with an absolute sense of smell but no natural body odor of his own.
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5
Survivor
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult, dictates his life story into a flight recorder as he hijacks a Boeing 747 over the Pacific Ocean.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Also deep and open-ended · narrative, literary
The narrative follows journalist Raoul Duke and his attorney, Dr.
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7
Asymmetry
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Lisa Halliday's debut novel is in two parts that seem unrelated.
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8
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
Also deep and open-ended · narrative, literary
In a single evening at a Lahore cafe, Changez narrates his life story to an unidentified American visitor.
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9
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The narrative centers on Bennie Salazar, a middle-aged record executive, and his assistant Sasha, tracing their lives across several decades.
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10
There There
by Tommy Orange
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Tommy Orange follows twelve characters from Native communities as they converge at the Big Oakland Powwow in California.
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11
The Overstory
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The novel follows nine strangers across multiple decades, beginning with distinct short stories that eventually intertwine in the Pacific Northwest.
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12
Then we came to the end
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in a Chicago advertising agency during the post-dot-com collapse, the narrative follows a communal "we" through a series of layoffs.
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