Must-Read Books With Multiple Plots

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

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The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

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2666 by Roberto Bolaño

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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

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The Hours by Michael Cunningham

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

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