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RigorouslyStupid t1_j1dymg0 wrote

I like stories inside stories that last for a large section

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bxsephjo t1_j1epxc4 wrote

Lemme introduce you to this chick I know, her name’s Scheherazade, she’s perfect for you, I swear you’ll love her

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ClarkTwain t1_j1e9gll wrote

I just finished The Revisionaries by A.R. Moxon and it will give you this in spades

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booksandspooks t1_j1ee01z wrote

The best book I read this year. Such an incredible ride.

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ClarkTwain t1_j1eg760 wrote

I couldn’t agree more. I’m very glad I read it.

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riancb t1_j1ezn0w wrote

Get outta here with that Chaucer fanfic. Canterbury Tales are where it’s at! Lol.

Hyperion’s fantastic. Excellent recommendation.

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cinnapear t1_j1ebs5k wrote

Gotta love The Manuscript Found in Saragossa and One Thousand and One Nights.

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patientpedestrian t1_j1eeb9r wrote

Everything is ever all an unbound infinity of story, but we as creatures bound by time are forced to focus far too often on the frames that individually adorn each cross-section of narrative present.

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Apophthegmata t1_j1ect01 wrote

The Princess Bride, The Never Ending Story, and of course, Hamlet.

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dance-song-97 t1_j1ee72j wrote

One Hundred Years of Solitude - Colonel Aureliano’s wars are a book within a book.

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deepthoughtsby t1_j1enovt wrote

“The world, according to Garp” has a story written by the protagonist, who is an author, that I think may be better than the entire rest of the book.

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Wendybird13 t1_j1fuglk wrote

A Widow for One Year by John Irving has 4 characters who are writers, and we get excerpts or synopses of their books, interwoven with the real life events that inspired those stories. Also, there is a scene where a character tells his daughter a family story she never knew before that almost feels like a stand-alone novella. If you like Garp, you will love A Widow for One Year.

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JonnySnowflake t1_j1etiae wrote

The Window Through the Keyhole has a character tell a story, then a character in that story tells a story

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treetrnk t1_j1fhfwg wrote

You should read Frankenstein, if you haven't already. It's a story of a guy who makes a friend that tells his life story where talks to another person who tells his life story and in that story is another story of a family that he observed. It goes 4 layers deep.

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kgxv t1_j1eq0xe wrote

So you must be a big fan of Shelley’s Frankenstein

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saalamander t1_j1g6y6n wrote

I hate that more than anything lol. I just finished Misery by Stephen King and I completely skipped the parts that were a book within a book.

I understand the imagery and foreshadowing and all of that, but they just remind me of when characters have dreams in books in that the plot isn’t really progressing.

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txberafl t1_j1el367 wrote

If you like science fiction, Time Enough for Love is like this. It immediately popped in my head when I read your description.

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boxer_dogs_dance t1_j1fgi80 wrote

Ugh. I like Heinlein but with Time Enough for Love he could have used a better editor IMHO. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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eezzy23 t1_j1fs8iv wrote

Have you read extremely loud and incredibly close?

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stumbling_disaster t1_j1gyxtm wrote

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz is about 50% book within a book. It was a great read.

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Anewnameformyapollo t1_j1jecqz wrote

Man so many responses and nobody has mentioned “If on a winter’s night a traveler”. 2/3 of that book is pieces of other books that never get finished.

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