Books like Nod by Adrian Barnes
In the novel *Nod*, the city of Vancouver becomes the epicenter of an unprecedented sleep crisis: the night before, nearly everyone has failed to rest. A tiny fraction—perhaps one in ten thousand—still manages to sleep, and their dreams converge into a single, luminous vision.
These shared dreams become a lifeline as society grapples with the psychological and practical horrors of insomnia on a mass scale. The narrative follows the ripple effects on community, health, and identity, exploring what happens when the mind’s most private refuge is suddenly hoarded by a select few.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Adrian Barnes
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