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  • Cover of The Satanic Verses
    The Satanic VersesNovel

    Salman Rushdie · standalone novel · 1988

    Magical realism, challenging in tone, about 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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    Doris Lessing · standalone novel · 1971

    Challenging in tone, about madness.

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    VALISSeries

    series · 4 books · 1981

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    Science fiction, challenging in tone.

    “The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”

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  • Cover of Life of Pi
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    Yann Martel · standalone novel · 2001

    About survival, set in at sea and south asia.

    “After a shipwreck, he survives 227 days while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, raising questions about the nature of reality and how it is perceived and told.”

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    Michel Faber · standalone novel · 2008

    Fantasy, about books and reading.

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    Ron Currie & Jr. · standalone novel · 2007

    Dark in tone, about gods.

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