I'm looking for some books like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance or The Teachings of Don Juan that are writing more like non fiction in order to explore certain ideas or philosophies, but also seem a bit more creative, fictionalized, or fantastical than traditional non fiction?
The more fantastical the better — as long as a philosophical or scientific discussion (that could have just as easily been an essay) is the main through line.
Thank you!
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Sophie’s World
The U.S.A. trilogy by John Dos Passos.
> A collection of three novels—The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money—this work by Dos Passos combines the stories of different characters with current events, small biographies of famous men, and stream-of-consciousness moments to create a portrait of the United States itself. A massive 1,300-page saga, U. S.A. was hailed by The Washington Post as “the most ambitious attempt by any American writer of fiction to contain this vast, heterogeneous and elusive nation.”