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by Italo Calvino · about this book

Loved If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino? If its literary fiction, contemporary fiction and satire hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with S. Ship of Theseus., The Proof of My Innocence and Interior Chinatown. 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 If on a Winter's Night a Traveler: Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Satire · Second Person Narrative · Frame Story

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   S. Ship of Theseus.

   V. M. Straka, Doug Dorst

   Literary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Writer Protagonist · Puzzles and Riddles · Frame Story

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   The Proof of My Innocence

   Jonathan Coe

   Satire · Writer Protagonist · Bookish · Nonlinear Narrative · Contemporary Fiction

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   Interior Chinatown

   Charles Yu

   Satire · Second Person Narrative · Absurdist Humor · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction

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   The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild

   Mathias Énard

   Satire · Absurdist Humor · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose

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   The Starless Sea

   Erin Morgenstern

   Nonlinear Narrative · Puzzles and Riddles · Frame Story · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose

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   The Weight of Ink

   Rachel Kadish

   Writer Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Puzzles and Riddles · Bookish · Dense Prose

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7. 

   The Spear Cuts Through Water

   Simon Jimenez

   Second Person Narrative · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Frame Story · Dense Prose

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   The Golden House

   Salman Rushdie

   Satire · Contemporary Fiction · Writer Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose

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9. 

   Watchmen

   Alan Moore

   Satire · Frame Story · Nonlinear Narrative · Dense Prose · Literary Fiction

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10. 

    The Map of Time

    Félix J. Palma

    Writer Protagonist · Frame Story · Bookish · Dense Prose · Literary Fiction

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11. 

    In the Dream House

    Carmen Maria Machado

    Second Person Narrative · Writer Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Criticism

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12. 

    Fight Club

    Chuck Palahniuk

    Satire · Literary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Contemporary Fiction · Funny

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13. 

    I See You've Called in Dead

    John Kenney

    Satire · Contemporary Fiction · Writer Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Funny

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14. 

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson

    Satire · Nonlinear Narrative · Absurdist Humor · Literary Fiction · Funny

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15. 

    I Have Some Questions for You

    Rebecca Makkai

    Second Person Narrative · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose

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16. 

    The Egyptologist

    Arthur Phillips

    Satire · Frame Story · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose · Funny

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17. 

    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    Contemporary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Writer Protagonist · Funny

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18. 

    Katabasis

    R. F. Kuang

    Bookish · Puzzles and Riddles · Dense Prose · Literary Fiction · Funny

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19. 

    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    Second Person Narrative · Literary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Contemporary Fiction

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20. 

    The Fifth Season

    N.K. Jemisin

    Second Person Narrative · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose

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