Since I am technologically deficient I know I wouldn't know how to search for this on Twitter later and so here are the highlights of a book recommendation thread started by writer Daisy Johnson...
Help. Book recommendations please. Anything with multiple threads cleverly entwined or seemingly unconnected until later on.— Daisy Johnson (@djdaisyjohnson) May 25, 2019
Can we send you a copy of INSURRECTO by Gina Apostol, out in July? pic.twitter.com/uhOGxExAqq— Fitzcarraldo Editions (@FitzcarraldoEds) May 25, 2019
Wonderful suggestions in replies. May be already suggested or maybe u read it, but Luminaries by Eleanor Catton is really a pageturner while also being a wonderful literary piece.— Powervati Tales (@powervatitales) May 25, 2019
Nicole Krauss’s The History of Love. All that I am by Anna Funder.— Di Speirs (@DiSpeirs) May 25, 2019
The #bbcnssa reading pile - though that may not cohere, there may be common themes!
Assymetry by Lisa Haillday— Niall McArdle (@ragingfluff) May 25, 2019
A Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
Steven Donaldson gap series— SAFCSHARK (@safcshark) May 25, 2019
Bernadine’s Girl, Woman, Other. For something older, Donald Ray Pollock’s Knockemstiff. X— Niven Govinden (@niven_govinden) May 25, 2019
The Notebook Trilogy, Agota Kristof is horrifying and wild— Pema Monaghan (@pemamonaghan) May 25, 2019
Taking screenshots of the thread! I guess you´ve read it already, but I loved "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel.— Mix (@mixdevil66) May 26, 2019
GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER from @BernardineEvari - twelve womxn’s voices across more than a hundred years of Black British life - joyful, sharp and immensely satisfying— Hermione Thompson (@HermThompson) May 25, 2019
Tommy Orange's There There — there's no 'big reveal' that brings it all together, per se, (although there's a literal coming together), but it expertly weaves multiple characters' and families' stories. Also, the multigenerational saga The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell.— Sana Goyal (@SansyG) May 25, 2019
Kate Zambreno Book of Mutter; Olga Tokarczuk Flights; @LindaStupart Virus; @un__country Yanara Friedland "Uncountry" (not all novels but phenomenally intricate intertwining of threads going on)— Jack Young (@JMDemus) May 25, 2019
Your welcome! You can pick up a copy of linda's awesome book at the Kathy acker exhibition at the ICA (if you haven't been yet also would b great inspo for the above ) . And "uncountry" is so so powerful. π— Jack Young (@JMDemus) May 26, 2019
The Heavens by Sandra Newman- two strands, but slippery & clever.— TheVelvetNap (@TheVelvetNap) May 25, 2019
Stephen Jay Gould’s ‘Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms’ (sorry, you didn’t say no non-fiction)— Comma Press (@commapress) May 25, 2019
Nina Allen's The Rift has multiple fascinating strands.— Laura Tisdall (@TisdallLaura) May 25, 2019
Mary Anne Sate, imbecile by Alice Jolly runner up for @RathbonesFolio . Epic. @JollyAlice @unbounders— Minna Fry (@minnafry) May 26, 2019
I just read this tweet and looked at my book pile. Fen is at the top of my cue.— Susan Smith Daniels (@SSDaniels) May 26, 2019
Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy, maybe? It’s a long time since I read it but, as I recall, it’s little entwined episodes from different members of the same family across generations. I loved it.— Joanna Quinn (@joannabquinn) May 25, 2019
The Corset by Laura Purcell .— @Saddlergirl (@Saddlergirl2) May 25, 2019
I’d like to not-very-humbly suggest my first novel THE COUNTENANCE DIVINE.— Michael Hughes (@michaelehughes) May 25, 2019
Richard Powers' The Overstory. A modern masterpiece!— Dharma Bray (@DharmaBray) May 25, 2019
I mean, MIDDLEMARCH. π— Golden Hare Books (@GoldenHareBooks) May 25, 2019
2666 Roberto Bolano! If you haven’t read it of course. One of the best of all time— Rebecca TamΓ‘s (@RebTamas) May 25, 2019
I have not thank you! WITCH is currently on my desk π— Daisy Johnson (@djdaisyjohnson) May 26, 2019
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers (multiple threads woven through the Deep South)— Christian Wallace (@wormwithdagger) May 25, 2019
Olga Tokarczuk's 'Flights.'— cdrose (@cdrose_writer) May 25, 2019
Colum McCann's "Let the Great World Spin" is bloody brilliant! Best metaphor to connect characters and their stories EVER! pic.twitter.com/bxxvmjBKS6— SHS English Department (@SycamoreHSEng) May 25, 2019
The History of Bees π by Maja Lunde.— Bookish Blonde (@BookishBlondeX) May 25, 2019
The Lies of Locke Lamora— Cinzia DuBois ππ¦ (@Cinzia_DuBois) May 25, 2019
Dan Chaon’s AWAIT YOUR REPLY. Multiple narrative threads that come together seamlessly.— Renee Zuckerbrot (@RZAgent) May 26, 2019
Anything at all by Margaret Atwood, Cloud Atlas (that did my head in but it’s clever), I’ll keep thinking and get back xx— Charlie Sanderson (@CharlieSandero) May 25, 2019
I was thinking of especially The Blind Assassin by Margaret Astwood when i read your request.— Zoe Anne (@spinningzoo) May 25, 2019
There’s this largely unknown book called A Song of Ice and Fire. Think it’s going to be on TV or something.— Peter Boland (@PeterBoland19) May 25, 2019
The Familiar series by @markdanielewski.— Daniel Williams (@Danwilli2017) May 26, 2019
Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Incredible book.— Cat McGill (@folkycat) May 25, 2019
The Devils Dance by Hamid Ismailov, or Manhattan Beach or The Keep by Jennifer Egan?— SJ Bradley (@BradleyBooks) May 25, 2019
Turbulence by David Szalay— Scribner (@ScribnerBooks) May 26, 2019
I hate to recommend my own book, but it does fit the brief. So, I'll just give you the title and you can check reviews—"cleverly" is definitely for others to judge—to see if it's of interest: "All the Perverse Angels".— Sarah K. Marr (@sarahkmarr) May 26, 2019
The Witchlands series— Mercedes (@_Missy13) May 26, 2019
City on Fire by Garth Risk Halberg !— Charlotte Vickers (@charlvickers) May 25, 2019
At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong. There’s only two narratives but the way they counterbalance one another is really fantastic.— Will // Books and Bao (@FestiveBuoy) May 25, 2019
The seven deaths of Evelyn hardcastle by Stuart Turton is brilliant. Multiple threads and timelines.— Thirty Pages In (@ThirtyPagesIn) May 26, 2019
There, there-tommy orange, the nickel boys-Colson whitehead, Lanny-max Porter! Fits the brief less but have also really enjoyed Paul takes the form of a mortal girl recently— mils (@milliepia) May 25, 2019
ALSO !! both the vegetarian and human acts by han kang :)— mils (@milliepia) May 25, 2019
VOID STAR by Zachary Mason is this and extremely good— Jeremy Packert Burke (@jempburke) May 25, 2019
THE FIFTH SEASON by N.K. Jemisin
all of Larissa Lai's fiction, I think
FRONTIER by Can Xue maybe?— Jeremy Packert Burke (@jempburke) May 25, 2019
I loved Donal Ryan From a Low and Quiet Sea and Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday— Amy St Johnston (@amystjohnston) May 25, 2019
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry— Carolyn Badger (@carolyn_badger) May 26, 2019
Have you read Hollow Shores by Gary Budden?— Victoria Penn (@victoriaaepenn) May 25, 2019
Pig Iron by @BenMyers1 from @Ofmooseandmen I have reviewed it on Goodreads.— W. J. Thirsk-Gaskill (@wthirskgaskill) May 26, 2019
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Scott is SO good at weaving threads and time lines. Fantastic characters, well-turned prose, wit and superb world-building.— Simon Spanton (@SimonGuy64) May 25, 2019
"The Lost Time Accidents" by @John_Wray— Matthew Morgan (@AOConversation) May 25, 2019
Anything by Chris Priest. Superb at keeping the reader guessing with unreliable narration and one step to the left narratives.— Simon Spanton (@SimonGuy64) May 25, 2019
Colum McCann’s ‘Let the Great World Spin’ - it’s also brilliant— Matt Hutchinson (@matthwrites) May 28, 2019
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood— Lydia Frater (@Lidifrates) May 27, 2019
Great House, by Nicole Krauss— It’s still me (@Cynthiadth) May 26, 2019
The Muse by Jessie Burton ✨— Hayley Chewins (@hayley_chewins) May 25, 2019
DESCENDENT OF THE CRANE by joan he. a masterclass of subtle hints that lead to a big revelation that was obvious in hindsight. truly satisfying.— sassiana | ramadan mubarak!!π (@shoujixyo) May 26, 2019
Tentacle by Rita Indiana from @andothertweets Best ending ever— Sarah Hymas (@sarahhymas) May 26, 2019
The Chestnut man (by the chap who wrote The Killing) π❤️π— Clare Janet Mason (@ClareJanetMason) May 25, 2019
The Maze at Windermere by Gregory Blake Smith!— Rachel (@paceamorelibri) May 25, 2019
Lovely war By Julie Berry. It’s World War I historical fantasy about 4 young adults in Europe whose stories become interconnected.— Tay π BEA/BookCon π§π (@tayberryjelly) May 26, 2019
Robertson Davies, The Deptford Trilogy.— Amy Bloom (@AmyBloomBooks) May 25, 2019
Confessions of Frannie Langton— Char (@ccrouch1996) May 25, 2019
And The Land Lay Still by James Robertson. Generations from a small village that talks to the humanity of life.— Fiona Ashley (@FionaCAshley) May 26, 2019
Fun question. My answer. “If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things” by Jon McGregor. Story happens over the course of a day and winds up the suspense to an intense finale.— Gill Smith (@gill_RD) May 25, 2019
The Master and Margarita— Lit Fuse Anglia (@Lit_Fuse_Anglia) May 25, 2019
The Stolen Bicycle by Wu Ming-yi— Jessica J. Lee (@jessicajlee) May 25, 2019
Errant Blood by CF Peterson— ScotlandStreetPress (@ScotStreetPress) May 25, 2019
The Blindfold by Siri Hustvedt.— Annie Kirby (@DoctorKirbs) May 25, 2019
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane & Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.— Will Dean (@willrdean) May 25, 2019
Beautiful Ruins - Jess Walter :)— Charlie Allen (@EMBR2018) May 25, 2019
Pretty much any of Maggie O'Farrell's?— Liam Hegarty (@LiamHegarty) May 25, 2019
Silent House by Orhan Pamuk? Well crafted book that switches between multiple narrators, each telling their own story.— James Hardy (@Jimmyhaich) May 25, 2019
Aliens & Anorexia by Chris Kraus— Cat Woodward (@cwoodwardpoetry) May 26, 2019
Dasa Drndic - Trieste, Richard Powers - The Overstory, Iain M. Banks - Use of Weapons, Ian McDonald's River of Gods & Brasyl— All Watched Over By Machines of Drum and Bass (@bartlebooth45) May 26, 2019
The Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin...but you probably already know that. So many interesting characters.— Sally R ⚡fan always (@srichgirl11) May 27, 2019
If you've not read it yet, David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks fits the bill. I don't think it's perfect. I became a bit frustrated with some of the slightly unconvincing fantastical stuff. But the multiple narrators were SUCH a pleasure to spend time with. Epic&moving.— Chintan Nanavati (@LightHealing) May 25, 2019
N.K. Jemisin's The Broken Earth trilogy, Red Clocks by Leni Zumas, The Power by Naomi Alderman, A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza, and The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies. Loving several of these other recommendations!— Stephine Hunt (@s_hunt11) May 25, 2019
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton— Amanda Pratt (@amandajanepratt) May 25, 2019
What immediately came to mind for me was The Familiar series by Mark Danielewski. I think you might like Xanther and her little one... many threads to connect.— John K (@frumioj) May 25, 2019
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann - a masterpiece— Carolyn Kirby (@novelcarolyn) May 25, 2019
Yelena Moskovich's 'Virtuoso'!!! So good on multiple weird threads! Or Djuna Barnes' Nightwood if you have never read it!— jessie πΉ (@southernsgothic) May 25, 2019
Little Fires Everywhere! ππ₯— Eleanor Edwardson (@eeeedwardson) May 25, 2019
The dispossessed by Le Guin, Underworld by De Lillo, Counternarratives by John Keene...— Samuel Fisher (@fishersamuk) May 25, 2019
Fame by Daniel Kehlmann— Cathy Brown (@cathy746books) May 25, 2019
Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain by Barney Norris.— Jules Swain (@julesbuddle) May 25, 2019
If you haven't read Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, I think it really fits the bill!— Noah M. Mintz (@NoahMoMintz) May 25, 2019
Highly rec the new @DameDeniseMina Conviction. And it’s partly about podcasts which I suspect you will enjoy. X— Francis Bickmore (@Kinhead) May 26, 2019
. @ArmisteadMaupin Tales of the City series.— Nicola Miller π΅ (@nicmillerstale) May 26, 2019
Walking on Glass by Iain Banks— David Hebblethwaite (@David_Heb) May 30, 2019
The Quiddity of Will Self by Sam Mills
The Shore by Sara Taylor
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
A Little Life— Mickeys Clever (@meSOclevergirl) May 26, 2019
Little Fires Everywhere
Everything I Never Told You
and
The Overstory
Umami by Laia Jufresa π— Jennifer Brough (@Jennifer_Brough) May 26, 2019
Middle of top shelf.... pic.twitter.com/a2lfhwxZW6— Andy Griffee (@AndyGriffee) May 26, 2019
The Making of Annie-May - Elizabeth Hardie-Jones— Elizabeth Hardie-Jones (@hardie_jones) May 26, 2019
— CJ Evans (@snavejc) May 25, 2019
The Golem and the Jinni. Helene Wecker— Brad Kramer (@bradkay60) May 26, 2019
Penance by Kanae Minato，it's a Japanese thriller, thought it was just a collection of short stories at first, like your Fen, but then turns out to be a entangled story, don't know if it has English version, but many of her work have been adapted to films and tv series.— Chris Chen (@ChrisCh22030793) May 26, 2019
Multiple threads you say? Try The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas by Newcastle’s @danjameswriter. You won’t be disappointed! pic.twitter.com/4wHjdzj4R2— The Bleed (@thebleedmag) May 26, 2019
PaweΕ Huelle's COLD SEA STORIES. Astonishing.— Cynan Jones (@cynan1975) May 28, 2019
Homecoming by Yaa Gyasi— Writer Pikachu (@MrNarci) May 26, 2019
A Visit From The Goon's Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Immortalists is a cracker.— Bookandbrew (@Bookandbrew) May 26, 2019
