I just finished Stranger Things

For those who don’t want spoilers, please skip this.

I’m looking for books where the main story (or the main characters) tell what they’ve really been through using another story like a metaphor, fable, or a made-up world.

A good example is Stranger Things, especially near the end when Mike retells everything through a D&D campaign. It’s not just a game anymore, it becomes a way to explain what they actually went through and what’s happening to them

I also read a book I really loved called The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis, where the main character tells his real story through a piece of fiction he created.

I’d love to find more books with this same layered, metaphor-driven style of storytelling.

Please recommend me books like these!! Thank you!!