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Books like If on a winter's night a traveler

If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino reads as experimental, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Ficciones cover
Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges · 1944
Shares the maximal thread
71% genome match
Infinite Jest cover
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace · 1996
Shares the transgress + maximal thread
69% genome match
Lolita cover
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov · 1955
Shares the maximal thread
69% genome match
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Rayuela
Julio Cortázar · 1963
Shares the maximal thread
69% genome match
House of Leaves cover
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski · 2000
Shares the maximal thread
69% genome match
Always Coming Home cover
Always Coming Home
Ursula K. Le Guin
Shares the maximal thread
69% genome match
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Fowles · 1969
Shares the maximal thread
83% genome match
Invisible Cities cover
Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino · 1972
Shares the maximal thread
83% genome match
The Crying of Lot 49 cover
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
Same literary feel
60% genome match
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A Scanner Darkly
Philip K. Dick · 1977
Shares the transgress + maximal thread
69% genome match
White Noise cover
White Noise
Don DeLillo · 1985
Shares the maximal thread
69% genome match
Riddley Walker cover
Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban
Shares the maximal thread
69% genome match

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