I am part of a book club, and we just finished reading Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, and we thought it'd be an interesting idea to go from a play with nothing but dialogue to a book with no dialogue. The book can have internal dialogue, but ideally no spoken dialogue, literally the exact opposite of a play!
The book club is for adults, and we normally read fiction books that are a bit reflective and are good for discussion, so no light-hearted or YA books. Any recommendations appreciated!
by Hot_Ass6969
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*The Road* by Cormac McCarthy might work – it has some dialogue but it’s super minimal and written without quotation marks so it almost blends into the narrative. Really heavy and definitely discussion-worthy
You could also try *Stoner* by John Williams, though I’m not 100% sure if it’s completely dialogue-free. Both would give you plenty to chew on in book club
Raptor Red by Robert T Bakker. No humans, no dialogue.
Clarice Lispector has a couple of books with little to no dialogue: The Passion According to G.H. and Agua Viva.