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Ulysses
by James Joyce (1920)
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Like Finnegans Wake, Ulysses explores consciousness with intricate language and a stream-of-consciousness style.
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Finnegans Wake
by James Joyce (1928)
★4.09(27 ratings)
Follows a man's thoughts and dreams during a single night. It is also a book that participates in the re-reading of Irish history that was part of the revival of the early 20th century. The author also wrote "Ulysses", "Dubliners" and "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man".
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Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon (1973)
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This novel shares Finnegans Wake's challenging complexity and experimental narrative.
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Infinite Jest
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Similar to Finnegans Wake, this book features linguistic complexity and a vast, interwoven narrative.
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Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs (1959)
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This book echoes Finnegans Wake's experimental language and dreamlike, often disturbing, imagery.
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by William Faulkner (1929)
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Like Finnegans Wake, this novel uses stream of consciousness to explore complex inner lives.
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