Being dyslexic I can't stand novels that jump around all the time and have a large cast of characters. I get lost quickly, way to much info to keep track of. I'm wanting a novel, (anything but horror) where it follows one mc from start to finish. Any such thing?
Ulysses exclusively follows two main characters, and the plot is perhaps one of the most pedestrian things imaginable. But if changes in style are a problem, then Ulysses has that in spades.
I don't know your taste at all, but here are thirty of my favorites that fit your criteria. Even the two that involve time travel are very linear in that you follow one character though his linear experience, and the time travel is very strait-forward, no world changing, alternate dimension stuff. Genres vary greatly, but none of these are horror, including the King and Koontz books. To the best of my recollection, none of these even rely much on flashbacks, but I may have forgotten one or two. American Gods by Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys (American Gods sequel) Lamb by Christopher Moore Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (no flashbacks, but lots of inserted backstory, easy enough to follow though) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Maybe some flashbacks) 11.22.63 by Stephen King The Green Mile by Stephen King (a flashback or two) Lost Gods by Brom The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (easy time travel book, very low sci-fi) Year Zero by Rob Reid (Backstory) The Road by Cormac McCarthy Dimension of Miracles by Robert Sheckley The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Paradox Bound by Peter Clines (Some backstory sections) 1984 by George Orwell Chocky by John Wyndham The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Damned by Chuck Palahniuk Doomed (Damned sequel) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Room by Emma Donoghue The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde Papillon by Henri Charriere A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells Song of Kali by Dan Simmons (Not horror, but creepy) Like I said, genres vary greatly, so read a review or two. Let me know if you have any questions. I'd be glad to tell you all about them.
We were discussing Catcher In The Rye in the other thread. But this is a book that’s mostly written in the MC’s mind.
wow, what a great list, plenty there to get me started. Thanks. I should note, that I'm currently reading: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa and so far I'm really loving that. It feels to make a lot of sense. I have to say I'm not that drawn to novels where there is heavy structure. I like stories where they just seem to happen and structure disappears. I like stuff happening to characters and then see how they deal with it.
The Rum Diary - Hunter S Thomson Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thomson Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski And you're a man after my own heart. I really have no time for, or interest in, plots, and none of those I've mentioned have a plot as such. Great stories, but not much of a plot.
