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Books like White Noise

12 books with a reading profile close to White Noise by Don DeLillo. Deep, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Waiting for Godot

by Samuel Beckett

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, stand by a leafless tree on a barren road.
2

Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas

by Machado de Assis

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

Brás Cubas begins his narrative after his death, writing as a deceased man who recounts his life from the grave.
3

Ficciones

by Jorge Luis Borges

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

Ficciones consists of seventeen short stories divided into two sections, The Garden of Forking Paths and Artifices.
4

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

Tom Stoppard’s play centers on two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet who find themselves wandering through the wings of a tragedy they do not understand.
5

The Woman in the Dunes

by Kōbō Abe, Machi Abe

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

An entomologist named Niki is drawn into a strange village by a woman who lives in a pit.
6

The Aleph and Other Stories

by Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

Jorge Luis Borges' "The Aleph and Other Stories" is a collection of profound and intricate short stories that delve into philosophical themes, labyrinths, mirrors, time, and the nature of reality.
7

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

by José Saramago

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

José Saramago retells the life of Jesus, beginning with Joseph, who overhears soldiers talking about a coming massacre of infants in Bethlehem and does not warn the others.
8

Autobiography of Red

by Anne Carson

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

In this verse novel, Anne Carson reimagines a fragment of Greek mythology through the eyes of Geryon, a red winged monster.
9

Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

Walt Whitman’s collection centers on the interconnectedness of the human body, the natural world, and the American democratic experiment.
10

Mother Night

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

Howard W.
11

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, classic literature

The devil, naming himself Professor Woland, arrives in 1930s Moscow accompanied by a talking black cat and a violent retinue.
12

Outline

by Rachel Cusk

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary

Faye, a British novelist, travels to Athens during a summer heatwave to teach a week-long creative writing course.

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