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    Hello,

    I am looking for some smart, thought-provoking contemporary novels (preferably thriller, mystery, and/or horror). don't want brain-rot novels with page-fillers about flirting with a bar tender, etc. I enjoyed The Stand, Flowers for Algernon, The Alchemist, The History of Fear, works of David Ignatius. Any recommendations?

    Thanks

    by AloyshaX

    5 Comments

    1. The Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers reminded me of The Alchemist.
      I also would recommend A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar.

    2. Odd-Tell-5702 on

      Saving Noah- check trigger warnings. My book club had a free eat discussion about how we would feel as parents.

    3. Try these:

      The Secret History

      Atonement

      Piranesi

      Station Eleven

      The Passage

      World War Z

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