Books like Breakfast of Champions

1. 

   Slaughterhouse-Five

   Kurt Vonnegut · 1969

   Because also by Kurt Vonnegut; shares tags: classics, science fiction, satire.

   Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.

2. 

   Life, the Universe and Everything

   Douglas Adams · 1982 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #3

   Because shares tags: science fiction, satire, classics.

   Arthur in slippers must stop cricket robots from rebuilding the Wikkit Gate.

3. 

   The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

   Douglas Adams · 1980 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2

   Because shares tags: science fiction, satire, classics.

   Arthur Dent flees Vogons, dines at Milliways at the end of time, and strands on prehistoric Earth in Adams' sharp 1980 sequel.

4. 

   A Confederacy of Dunces

   John Kennedy Toole · 1980

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction, satire.

   Ignatius J. Reilly, jobless and full of opinions in New Orleans, meets work, his mother, and the law in Toole's posthumous Pulitzer winner.

5. 

   The Master and Margarita

   Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

   Because shares tags: classics, satire, literary fiction.

   Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.

6. 

   Catch-22

   Joseph Heller · 1961

   Because shares tags: classics, satire, humor.

   Yossarian tries to survive Pianosa bombing runs while the catch traps him.

7. 

   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

   Douglas Adams · 1979 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, satire, classics.

   Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.

8. 

   Frankenstein

   Mary Shelley · 1818

   Because shares tags: classics, science fiction, literary fiction.

   Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.

9. 

   Brave New World

   Aldous Huxley · 1932

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics, satire.

   Huxley's Brave New World retold: hatcheries, soma, Bernard and Lenina, John the Savage, and the lighthouse.

10. 

    1984

    George Orwell · 1949

    Because shares tags: classics, science fiction, literary fiction.

    A long retelling of George Orwell's 1984: Winston Smith's quiet rebellion in Oceania, the Party's grip on truth and memory, and why the…

11. 

    Cat's Cradle

    Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 1963

    Because also by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.; shares tags: science fiction, satire.

    Jonah researches the atom bomb and finds ice-nine and Bokononism on San Lorenzo.

12. 

    Starship Troopers

    Robert A. Heinlein · 1959

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Rico earns citizenship through Mobile Infantry drops against Bugs.

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