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Loved A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan? If its nonlinear narrative, multiple pov and literary fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Daisy Jones & the Six, Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.
What’s inside A Visit from the Goon Squad: Nonlinear Narrative · Multiple POV · Literary Fiction · Ensemble Cast · Music
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Music · Musician · Nostalgic · Pop Culture · Ensemble Cast
Lizzy Goodman
Music · Musician · Nostalgic · New York City · Pop Culture
Gabrielle Zevin
Nonlinear Narrative · Nostalgic · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Pop Culture
Emma Straub
Nostalgic · New York City · Midlife Crisis · Contemporary Fiction · Bittersweet
David Mitchell
Multiple Timelines · Aging · Near Future · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet
Margarita Montimore
Nonlinear Narrative · Nostalgic · Contemporary Fiction · Bittersweet · Musician
John Kenney
Midlife Crisis · Social Media · Substance Abuse · Contemporary Fiction · Bittersweet
Anthony Doerr
Multiple Timelines · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Near Future · Multiple POV
Khaled Hosseini
Multiple Timelines · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet · Multiple POV
Nick Hornby
Music · Midlife Crisis · Pop Culture · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction
Sequoia Nagamatsu
Near Future · Multiple Timelines · Short Stories · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet
Tom Hanks
Nostalgic · Contemporary Fiction · New York City · Ensemble Cast · Short Stories
Melissa Bank
Short Stories · New York City · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet
Kate Atkinson
Multiple Timelines · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet · Dark Comedy
Rebecca Wells
Nostalgic · Contemporary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Substance Abuse · Bittersweet
Kaveh Akbar
Literary Fiction · Substance Abuse · Contemporary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Dark Comedy
Ernest Cline
Nostalgic · Music · Technology and Society · Near Future · Pop Culture
Richard Price
New York City · Ensemble Cast · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Substance Abuse
Catherine Newman
Midlife Crisis · Social Media · Aging · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
V.E. Schwab
New York City · Nonlinear Narrative · Multiple Timelines · Bittersweet · Literary Fiction
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