Books like The Salmon of Doubt
12 books with a reading profile close to The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
A Man Without a Country
accessible, literary
This collection of short essays serves as a final public address on the state of American life and the health of the planet.
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2
The Measure
by Nikki Erlick
science fiction, accessible
On a single morning, every person over the age of twenty-two worldwide finds a small wooden box on their doorstep.
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Yakma Zevki
by Ray Bradbury
science fiction, literary
Yakma Zevki, or Pleasure to Burn, is a collection of sixteen short stories and early drafts that trace the evolution of the concept eventually known as Fahrenheit 451.
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4
How to Stop Time
by Matt Haig
science fiction, accessible
Tom Hazard appears to be an ordinary forty-one-year-old history teacher in London, but he actually possesses a rare physiological condition that causes him to age at a drastically slowed rate.
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5
Way Station
science fiction, literary
Enoch Wallace, an American Civil War veteran, lives in a secluded Wisconsin farmhouse that serves as a secret transit point for extraterrestrial travelers.
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6
The Humans
by Matt Haig
science fiction, accessible
An extraterrestrial from the planet Vonnador arrives on Earth to assume the identity of Andrew Martin, a Cambridge mathematics professor.
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7
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
by Tim Hamilton
science fiction, literary
In this 2009 graphic novel adaptation, Tim Hamilton translates the narrative of fireman Guy Montag into a high-contrast visual medium.
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8
Such a Fun Age
by Kiley Reid
accessible, literary
Emira Tucker, a twenty-five-year-old Black babysitter, is confronted by a security guard in a high-end grocery store and accused of kidnapping the white toddler in her care.
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9
The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett
accessible, literary
When the Queen’s corgis stumble upon a mobile library parked outside Buckingham Palace, the monarch discovers a dormant passion for literature.
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10
The Casual Vacancy
by J.K. Rowling
accessible, literary
Set in the fictional English village of Pagford, the story begins with the sudden death of parish councillor Barry Fairbrother.
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11
The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles
accessible, literary
In 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson returns to his foreclosed Nebraska farm after serving time at a juvenile work farm for involuntary manslaughter.
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12
Higglety pigglety pop! ; and, Where the wild things are
by Maurice Sendak, Oliver Knussen
accessible, literary
This volume contains the librettos and production designs for two operas based on Maurice Sendak’s picture books.
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