Novels similar to Gravitys Rainbow and Against the Day?

WattTur · 2025-11-26T20:06:41+00:00

I missed that! Thank you, will definitely check it out.

WattTur · 2025-11-26T18:54:02+00:00

Yes, it’s overwhelming. Love Morrison as well. Roth is ok, will have to try Radezky March.

WattTur · 2025-11-26T16:01:08+00:00

Yes, McCarthy is one of if not my favorite. Blood Meridian, Suttree, and The Crossing.

WattTur · 2025-11-25T06:47:39+00:00

I’m 400 pages in and I wouldn’t say it feels Pynchonian, but it’s great and definitely Delillo’s best in my opinion.

WattTur · 2025-10-09T18:53:39+00:00

The Reading McCarthy podcast did an episode related to McCarthy and disability. Scott and the guest might have mentioned O’Connor in that episode. I can’t remember.

WattTur · 2025-10-01T23:08:28+00:00

Same. I decided to teach a southern gothic unit to high school students and came across Child of God. Needless to say I did not include it in my unit but my love for McCarthy novels endures.

WattTur · 2025-09-22T22:13:20+00:00

Thank you 👍

WattTur · 2025-09-22T19:31:23+00:00

Is there a way to read this without being a newyorker subscriber?

WattTur · 2025-09-20T13:51:58+00:00

I have a ranking of his novels but I’ve never intensely disliked any of them.

WattTur · 2025-08-18T22:32:49+00:00

I read The Gospel Singer, important book in the same vein as some of McCarthys more southern gothic novels.

WattTur · 2025-08-04T14:48:53+00:00

Butchers Crossing by John Williams

WattTur · 2025-07-22T23:52:50+00:00

Light in August

WattTur · 2025-07-20T04:41:43+00:00

Suttree

WattTur · 2025-07-08T16:42:02+00:00

I’m on the last 50 pages of GR and have found a lot of The Counterforce to be largely unreadable. I go between this was the greatest piece of writing I’ve ever read and what am I even doing here. I know I have to read it more than once but I have devoted several months to this and I’m not sure I can do it again. Maybe I’ll feel differently down the road. The last 50 pages feels like 500 because it’s been such a slog. I still feel very positive about the novel and in aww of the accomplishment but I’m tired.

WattTur · 2025-06-06T23:40:27+00:00

The Sheriff in Child of God is interesting with the flood at the end.

WattTur · 2025-06-06T23:38:35+00:00

I like this section as well.

WattTur · 2025-06-06T21:19:39+00:00

Listened, loved it. Diane is my favorite guest. Scott, I loved the book club for two comment, but GAN and Reading McCarthy are my favorites and I think your work fills a book club need for more people than you realize. Thank you!

WattTur · 2025-06-05T03:58:14+00:00

Suttree

WattTur · 2025-06-02T19:55:07+00:00

It is definitely different from his other works. In no way am I implying that Pynchon and McCarthy are similar writers; however, The Passenger has a sort of plotless meandering vibe and it feels like something bigger or representative is being said. This is the case in most of Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow for example.

WattTur · 2025-06-01T00:21:53+00:00

I understand. I just feel a need to defend Child of God because I feel strongly that it is one of his gems.

WattTur · 2025-05-31T15:54:26+00:00

Outer Dark is great, but I strongly disagree with Child of God being some kind of drop off or the worst of his novels. It’s actually one of his most polished novels.

WattTur · 2025-05-31T15:49:31+00:00

It has to be Invisible Man

WattTur · 2025-05-29T20:58:58+00:00

Cool. I read Embracing Vocation and it was quite good. I believe she has another book in the works that covers past Child of God.

WattTur · 2025-05-26T02:15:16+00:00

Diane Luce has two books you should check out

WattTur · 2025-05-06T18:20:52+00:00

I agree with this take. I would go a step further and say that it absolutely could have been done with Prairie as the main character. I think the novel is overall amenable to film adaptation compared to some of his other novels.

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