18 books like Mexico City blues

What to read after Mexico City blues — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Big Sur Jack Kerouac · 1962 · ★ 3.8 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate *Big Sur* is a novel written by *Jack Kerouac*, that was published in 1962. The books perspective is told from Kerouac's alter ego *Jack Dulouz*. The novel describes Kerouac's frustration that he has with his fame of being a writer, and how he goes to his friends cabin on Big Sur to get away from the madness of every day existence. The novel also describes Kerouac's mental state of being, and his… Shares Beats, Beat generation, Literary Criticism

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Charlotte Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters,  Charlotte,  Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the… Shares Poetry

Camping for Boys H. W. Gibson · 2007 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares American, Literary Criticism with this book.

Drum-taps Walt Whitman · 1865 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "Walt Whitman worked as a nurse in an army hospital during the Civil War and published Drum-Taps, his war poems, as the war was coming to an end. Later, the book came out in an expanded form, including 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd,' Whitman's passionate elegy for Lincoln. The most moving and enduring poetry to emerge from America's most tragic conflict, Drum-Taps also helped to… Shares American poetry, Poetry

The Ruins

The Ruins Scott Smith · 2005 · ★ 3.9 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide to venture into the jungle to look for him. What started out as a fun day-trip slowly spirals into a nightmare when they find an ancient ruins site ... and the terrifying presence that lurks there. Shares Mexico

Critical Writing On Adam Fieled Philly Free School · 2006 · 7p · ≈ 14m · Light *Critical Writing On Adam Fieled* collects critical pieces on the work of American writer Adam Fieled, composed and published between 2006 and 2012 in venues like moria poetry and Galatea Resurrects, by poet/critics Jeffrey Side, Laura Goldstein, Steve Halle, Stacy Blair, and more. Shares American poetry, Literary Criticism

Howl Allen Ginsberg · 1959 · ★ 4.1 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This annotated version of Ginsberg's classic is the poet's own re-creation of the revolutionary work's composition process, along with anecdotes and an intimate look at the poet's writing techniques. Shares Beat generation, American poetry, Poetry

Jack Kerouac Tom Clark · 1984 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Moderate All the components of the Jack Kerouac legend are here: the excesses of alcohol and drugs; the soul-searching; the characters - Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Lucien Carr, John Clellon Holmes and William Burroughs, Jack's mother, Gabrielle, and the other women in Kerouac's life. There is also a record of the travels that became the basis for On the Road and Visions of Cody,… Shares Beats, Beat generation

Go John Clellon Holmes · 1952 · ★ 4.0 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Beats, Beat generation with this book.

Locating transnational ideals Walter Goebel · 2010 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares American, Literary Criticism with this book.

Spoon River Anthology Edgar Lee Masters · 1914 · ★ 3.9 · 306p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In Spoon River Anthology, the American poet Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950) created a series of compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dream of their lives. First published in book form in 1915, the Anthology was the crowning achievement of Masters' career as a poet, and a work that would… Shares Non-Classifiable, American poetry, Poetry

Poems Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1847 · ★ 3.5 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Interspersed are passages from the author's "Essays" and "Journal". Shares American poetry, Poetry

Heaven's reach David Brin · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 582p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards, David Brin brings his bestselling Uplift series to a magnificent conclusion with his most imaginative and powerful novel to date--the shattering epic of a universe poised on the brink of revelation...or annihilation.The brutal enemy that has relentlessly pursued them for centuries has arrived. Now the fugitive settlers of Jijo--both human and alien--brace for… Shares American, Literary Criticism

Day of doom Michael Wigglesworth · 1666 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares American poetry, Poetry with this book.

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.

Poetry and belief in the work of T.S. Eliot Kristian Smidt · 1949 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, Poetry with this book.

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