I'm looking for novels which feature two separate storylines happening simultaneously that eventually converge. Even better if the storylines complement and fill in the gaps for each other, i.e. you get some details from one, some from the other, and together you get a fuller picture. Hope that makes sense.
I'm not too picky about genre, although I'd prefer to avoid anything that's heavy fantasy, and I don't want any YA at all. Nonfiction is cool too if there's something that fits.
Thanks people
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Count Zero by William Gibson has three
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears has four narrators. All of the storylines involve some of the same plot, but they also all have their own thing going on. It’s historical fiction.
Two of my favorites are Let the Great World Spin and A Visit from the Goon Squad.
All the light I cannot see about a blind girl during WWII. It’s so good!
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwabb, the second and third book of the Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin sort of fits as well (fantasy, but it feels more post apocalyptic), Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth
His & Hers. It may not be exactly what you’re looking for, as the separate storylines are fairly well-connected by relationship and proximity. It’s more of a case of two unreliable narrators.
That said, I’ve listened through like 50 interchangeable audiobooks this year (was on an action, crime, sci-fi kick and read a lot of 6/10 stuff) and this is one of the few books that still pop into my mind from time to time.
Mostly because of an interesting premise and great performance by Richard Armitage & Stephanie Racine. It wasn’t a mind-blowing life-changing experience, but it was good enough to “stick”, and, as it turns out, this is not all that common.