Books like The ecstatic, or, Homunculus by Victor D. LaValle

Inspector Tyador Borlú journeys from Besźel to Ul Qoma to investigate the murder of a woman, navigating two distinct cities that both share one physical space yet have separate identities.

In the grim, alchemical city of New Crobuzon, scientist Isaac Underwood faces a half-bird, half-human Garuda and a ravenous caterpillar that threatens the entire metropolis.

Eric Packer, a 28-year-old asset manager, embarks on a frenetic journey to the barbershop in New York, caught up in a series of unexpected events and encounters with experts in security, technology, finance, and more.

A teacher's unexpected journey to uncover the secrets of a young student's family.

A satirical psychological drama that weaves humor and suspense while exploring themes of liberty, technology, and family relationships in contemporary settings.

A contemporary novel set in London about the relationship between two strangers who dine at the same restaurant and how their lives intersect over the course of a single dinner party.

Three Caribbean slave women’s laments awaken a deity who searches for herself by inhabiting the minds of women across history.

A novel exploring life, love, and the aftermath of 9/11.

A gripping psychological suspense novel set in Dublin, focusing on two detectives investigating a series of murders in the woods.

"On a dreary November night in 1792, Victor Frankenstein used natural-- and unnatural-- science to reanimate the dead. Victor eventually died, but the monster never did. It hid away in Antarctica and thought itself free of humanity. But the world isn't done with the monster and one descendant of the Frankenstein bloodline yet lives..."

A poignant coming-of-age novel set in California, featuring a Bosnian American protagonist who grapples with the trauma of war and the challenges of adapting to a new life.

"Aaliya Sohbi lives alone in her Beirut apartment, surrounded by stockpiles of books. Godless, fatherless, childless, and divorced, Aaliya is her family's 'unnecessary appendage.' Every year, she translates a new favorite book into Arabic, then stows it away. The thirty-seven books that Aaliya has translated over her lifetime have never been read-- by anyone. After overhearing her neighbors, 'the three witches,' discussing her too-white hair, Aaliya accidentally dyes her hair too blue. In this breathtaking portrait of a reclusive woman's late-life crisis, readers follow Aaliya's digressive mind as it ricochets across visions of past and present Beirut. Colorful musings on literature, philosophy, and art are invaded by memories of the Lebanese Civil War and Aaliya's own volatile past. As she tries to overcome her aging body and spontaneous emotional upwellings, Aaliya is faced with an unthinkable disaster that threatens to shatter the little life she has left" --

An albino woman, Memory, writes her recollected truth while awaiting execution in Zimbabwe’s Chikurubi maximum‑security prison, questioning the nature of her conviction for the murder of her adopted father.

Dr. Gideon Wolfe, a criminology professor in 2023 New York, is drawn into a conspiracy over a doctored video of President Emily Forrester’s 2018 assassination when a grieving widow entrusts him with a silver disc that may expose a hidden truth.

A psychological thriller following Tashi, a young African woman in America who endures cultural trauma and battles mental illness.

Two families waiting for their Korean‑adopted babies meet at the airport, and their lives become intertwined at an annual welcome party. As the families navigate friendship, grief and cultural tension, a widowed Donaldson courts Maryam, an Iranian‑American whose values are challenged.

After 25 years of marriage, a London book review editor’s world shatters when her husband leaves her for her young assistant, forcing her to confront betrayal, identity, and self‑realization.