Recommend me literary mysteries please!

Mr. Anonymous · Aug 11, 2010

ala Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind. I've read Zafon's Angel's Game, and I'm currently reading Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go because I heard it was mystery-esque. I want more literary mysteries! Bonus points if they have some supernatural elements and/or are set in the past, but realistic contemporary is ok too! To be clear, I am not looking for detective/crime novels. Thanks so much.

backslashbaby · Aug 11, 2010

I recommend

http://www.amazon.com/Skating-Rink-Roberto-Bola%C3%B1o/dp/0811217132

(Bolan~o)

Kitty Pryde · Aug 11, 2010

Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a great one.

kuwisdelu · Aug 11, 2010

Haruki Murakami.

Not mysteries, per se, but mysterious and supernatural (tending toward magical realism rather than fantasy).

Priene · Aug 12, 2010

The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Samosa. Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

Shakesbear · Aug 12, 2010

These three by Arturo Perez Reverte: The Dumas Club, The Flanders Panel, The Seville Communion

Torgo · Aug 12, 2010

Priene said:
The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Samosa. Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

Seconded.

Mr. Anonymous · Aug 12, 2010

Thanks a lot guys. I appreciate it!

backslashbaby · Aug 13, 2010

This may be entirely irrelevant to this post, but I found it and thought I'd share

A free short story you may enjoy:

http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/04/27/090427fi_fiction_martinez?currentPage=all

Mr. Anonymous · Aug 15, 2010

I quite enjoyed the story, thank you!

Camilla Delvalle · Aug 28, 2010

I'm not sure if I dare to recommend them, but a few books come to my mind:

Tough Guys Don't Dance by Norman Mailer
Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Recommend me literary mysteries please!

Mr. Anonymous

Just a guy with a pen & a delusion

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Kitty Pryde

i luv you giant bear statue

kuwisdelu

Revolutionize the World

Priene

Out to lunch

Shakesbear

knows a hawk from a handsaw

Torgo

Formerly Phantom of Krankor.

Mr. Anonymous

Just a guy with a pen & a delusion

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Mr. Anonymous

Just a guy with a pen & a delusion

Camilla Delvalle

Dreaming of other times

Recommend me literary mysteries please!

Just a guy with a pen & a delusion

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i luv you giant bear statue

Revolutionize the World

Out to lunch

knows a hawk from a handsaw

Formerly Phantom of Krankor.

Just a guy with a pen & a delusion

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Just a guy with a pen & a delusion

Dreaming of other times

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