Books like The Overcoat
12 books with a reading profile close to The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol. Deep, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Lib/E
by Ken Kesey, Tom Parker
Also deep and open-ended · narrative, literary
Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the story follows Randle McMurphy, a boisterous gambler who feigns insanity to avoid a prison farm sentence.
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2
The Sun Also Rises
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Jake Barnes, an American journalist living in Paris, lives with a physical wound from the Great War that leaves him impotent.
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3
ILL - One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In Dale Wasserman’s 1970 stage adaptation of the Ken Kesey novel, the narrative centers on Randle P.
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4
Leaf Storm and Other Stories
Also deep and open-ended · narrative, literary
This collection centers on the titular novella set in the fictional town of Macondo, narrated through the perspectives of a colonel, his daughter, and his grandson.
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5
Great Gatsby
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Jay Gatsby spends his life accumulating wealth through criminal channels to reclaim a past romance with Daisy Buchanan.
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6
The Edible Woman
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Marian McAlpin works at a consumer research firm, methodically cataloging the tastes of the public while maintaining a predictable relationship with her fiance, Peter.
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7
Amsterdam
by Ian McEwan
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
After the funeral of Molly Lane, her two former lovers—Clive Linley, a celebrated composer, and Vernon Halliday, a newspaper editor—forge a mutual euthanasia pact to avoid a similar cognitive decline.
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8
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
This comprehensive collection gathers the full breadth of Hemingway’s short fiction, including the iconic Nick Adams adventures, vignettes from In Our Time, and posthumously published fragments.
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9
The English Patient
Also deep and open-ended · narrative, literary
Set in a ruined Tuscan villa during the final stages of the Second World War, the narrative centers on four fractured lives brought together by circumstance.
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10
The Marriage Plot
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in the early 1980s, the story follows three Brown University graduates navigating the transition to adulthood.
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11
La tregua
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Martín Santomé, a widowed Montevideo office worker, is nearing retirement.
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12
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in an Oregon psychiatric ward, the narrative follows Randle McMurphy, a boisterous criminal who fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a hospital rather than a work farm.
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