Books like The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
12 books with a reading profile close to The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman. Deep, inward-looking and open-ended; a moderate read.
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The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake
by Neil Gaiman
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Following the death of Morpheus, the personification of Dream, his successor takes his place among the Endless.
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The City and Its Uncertain Walls
by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
A lonely cartographer finds himself drawn to a mysterious walled city, a place that seems to exist in a liminal space between reality and dream.
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The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End
by Neil Gaiman
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Trapped by a reality storm that halts travel across dimensions, a diverse group of wayfarers seeks refuge at the Inn at Worlds' End.
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4
Kafka on the Shore
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
The narrative follows fifteen-year-old Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home to escape an Oedipal curse prophesied by his father.
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No One Is Talking About This
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
The first half of the narrative follows a woman who has achieved minor celebrity status within a digital landscape called the portal.
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The Nix
by Nathan Hill
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Samuel Andresen-Anderson, a disappointed English professor who is addicted to an online video game, sees his mother Faye on the news after decades of absence: she has been arrested for throwing gravel at a right-wing pr…
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
Also deep · 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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Jesus’ Son
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Eleven linked stories follow a drifting narrator through the drug-addled margins of the American Midwest and Pacific Northwest in the 1970s.
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Bridge of Clay
by Markus Zusak
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Matthew Dunbar, the eldest of five brothers, tells how the boys were raised alone in a Sydney house after their mother's death and their father's disappearance.
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
by Elif Shafak
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Tequila Leila, a sex worker in Istanbul, has been murdered and dumped in a trash bin.
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11
Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi
Also deep and inward-looking · narrative, literary
Set in a highly competitive arts high school during the 1980s, the narrative begins with Sarah and David, two drama students entangled in a pressurized romance under the watchful eye of their charismatic teacher, Mr.
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12
The Starless Sea
narrative, literary
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student who discovers a strange library book containing a detailed account of his own childhood.
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