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Books like One more thing
A rapid-fire carousel of modern fables that masks its tender, beating heart behind layers of sharp, absurdist comedy. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with One more thing.
- quirky
- conversational
- wistful
- clever
- 01
No One Belongs Here More Than You
Miranda July
A tender, delightfully weird exploration of lonely people fumbling toward connection in the most unexpected ways.
- 02
Pastoralia
George Saunders · 2000
A hilarious, heartbreaking funhouse mirror reflecting the soul-crushing absurdities of modern work and life.
- 03
Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks
A warm, observant collection of vignettes exploring the quiet triumphs and unexpected turns of everyday life.
- 04
Tenth of December
George Saunders
A surreal, darkly funny, and ultimately tender exploration of the bizarre moral obstacle course of modern life.
- 05
Get in Trouble
Kelly Link
A darkly playful plunge into a world where suburban anxieties and teenage sleepovers collide with ghosts, superheroes, and the uncanny.
- 06
Sum
David Eagleman · 2008
A dazzling kaleidoscope of thought experiments that reimagines the afterlife to reveal the poignant absurdities of being human.
- 07
How They Met, and Other Stories
David Levithan
A kaleidoscopic celebration of young love in all its messy, joyful, and heartbreaking forms.
- 08
Oblivion
David Foster Wallace · 2004
A dizzying, darkly hilarious plunge into the hyper-articulate and deeply lonely labyrinths of the modern human mind.
- 09
Then we came to the end
Joshua Ferris
A brilliantly deadpan, hive-mind chronicle of the absurdities, anxieties, and unexpected intimacies of modern office life.
- 10
This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz
A raw, rhythmic autopsy of heartbreak and self-sabotage told by a narrator who can't stop breaking his own heart.
- 11
Funny Story
Emily Henry
A sparkling, sun-soaked exploration of what happens when the worst day of your life accidentally becomes the beginning of your best chapter.
- 12
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
A bittersweet and imaginative collection of stories exploring the messy, imperfect nature of human connection.
