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  • Cover of Concrete Island
    Concrete IslandNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1974

    About survival and loneliness, set in europe and big city.

    “Architect Robert Maitland crashes his car onto a stretch of wasteland trapped between three converging motorways -- visible from thousands of cars, reachable by none of them.”

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  • Cover of A Visit from the Goon Squad
    A Visit from the Goon SquadSeries

    series · 2 books · 2010

    “The Candy House returns to several of the same characters and their descendants a decade later, in a world reshaped by a technology that lets people access and share their memories.”

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  • Cover of Lost
    LostNovel

    Gregory Maguire · standalone novel · 2001

    About grief and loss and family secrets, set in british isles.

    “Unlike many of Maguire's other adult novels, Lost is set in the real world.”

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  • Cover of The Satanic Verses
    The Satanic VersesNovel

    Salman Rushdie · standalone novel · 1988

    Magical realism, about faith and religion and immigration and exile, set in british isles.

    “As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters.”

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  • Cover of The Midnight World
    The Midnight WorldSeries

    series · 2 books · 2020

    Fantasy, emotional in tone, about second chance and grief and loss.

    “In particular, they frequently wonder how different things might have been had they made other choices at pivotal moments in their lives.”

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    Start with The Midnight Library →

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  • Cover of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
    Jonathan Livingston SeagullNovel

    Richard Bach · standalone novel · 1970

    Inspiring in tone, about coming of age.

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