Is there any kind of fiction where multiple stories are connected in a recursive loop? The connection could be a character who writes or narrates the story. e.g.

  • story A -> story B
  • story B -> story C
  • story C -> story A

Thanks in advance for any help!

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One Thousand and One Nights, that is the oldest.

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You can try 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton! I really liked that one. It’s more Groundhog Day but with a bit of a twist on each iteration if that makes sense. I don’t want to spoil too much but it was a wild ride putting things together.

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I’m not OP, but that one is on my radar, having recently read The Last Murder at the End of the World by the same author. With how much I enjoyed it, I have really high expectations of Evelyn Hardcastle, so it’s good to know it’s a great one too!

If by any chance you’ve read both, which did you like more?

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Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon.

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Not for the faint-hearted – this book might cause you to write a thesis on it afterwards ;)

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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell is pretty close

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Dhalgren by Samuel Delaney is exactly what you are looking for.

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