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  • Cover of Crash
    CrashNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1973

    Challenging in tone, about addiction, set in big city and british isles.

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  • Cover of Castle Rock
    Castle RockSeries

    series · 16 books · 1978

    Horror, set in north america and small town.

    “Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Nona →

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  • Cover of Overlay
    OverlayNovel

    Barry N. Malzberg · standalone novel · 1972

    Science fiction.

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  • Cover of Pym
    PymSeries

    series · 5 books · 1838

    Adventure, about expeditions, set in arctic & antarctica and 19th century.

    “Jules Verne wrote an unauthorized 1897 sequel, An Antarctic Mystery, resolving Poe's cliffhanger in more rationalist terms, while Mat Johnson's 2011 novel Pym uses Poe's original as the springboard for a satirical modern story about race.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket →

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  • Cover of VALIS
    VALISSeries

    series · 4 books · 1981

    completed

    Science fiction, challenging and reflective in tone, about faith and religion.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with VALIS →

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  • Cover of Fifth Child
    Fifth ChildSeries

    series · 2 books · 1988

    completed

    About parenthood.

    Start with The Fifth Child →

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