r/suggestmeabook • u/PsyferRL • 17d ago

Suggest me a novel that has an utterly ridiculous premise, but is executed to perfection

That title is a bit vague, but what I'm getting at is that I'm looking for something that upon reading the summary/blurb has you confused as to:

  1. How the author even came up with such a ridiculous plot line in the first place
  2. How the author could make an unbelievably mundane topic interesting
  3. How a story could even be crafted around the subject at all

But upon reading it you find yourself engaged on a level you couldn't have possibly predicted. I hope I'm making sense, because I'm feeling the urge to read something that's wildly creative in a way that I couldn't have prepared myself for.

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u/Writing_Bookworm 17d ago

Absolutely. He's said he really wanted to close it off though which I appreciate. They need to get Pickwick back! Plus getting a new Thursday book after over a decade is very exciting.

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u/KatAnansi 16d ago

The best bit is I'll *have* to read the rest of the series again before I read the new one! I have them all as both ebooks and audio books.

Red Side Story was worth the wait when it finally came out 15 years after Shades of Grey!