🎭 Unreliable Identity

A character's very sense of self is unstable or fabricated, and the narrative forces readers to question who this person truly is beneath the layers of performance, memory, or delusion.

Despair

by Vladimir Nabokov • 1989

A Russian émigré in Berlin finds his physical double and decides murder is the highest art.

3.9

12k+

🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🎭 Stolen Identity

Despair 91%

A Russian émigré in Berlin finds his physical double and decides murder is the highest art.

by Vladimir Nabokov 1989

3.9

12k+ ratings

🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🎭 Stolen Identity

Operation Shylock

by Philip Roth • 1993

A novelist discovers his double in Jerusalem, preaching that Jews must leave Israel to survive.

3.78

5k+

🎭 Autofiction 👥 DoppelgäNger 🔍 Unreliable Narrator

Operation Shylock 90%

A novelist discovers his double in Jerusalem, preaching that Jews must leave Israel to survive.

by Philip Roth 1993

3.78

5k+ ratings

🎭 Autofiction 👥 DoppelgäNger 🔍 Unreliable Narrator

Last to Leave the Room

by Caitlin Starling • 2023

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

3.52

3k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🚪 Doppelganger Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator

Last to Leave the Room 90%

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

by Caitlin Starling 2023

3.52

3k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🚪 Doppelganger Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator

Phantom Limb

by Lucinda Berry • 2016

After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.

3.89

68k+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👯 Twin Bond 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Phantom Limb 90%

After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.

by Lucinda Berry 2016

3.89

68k+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👯 Twin Bond 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Anomaly

by Hervé Le Tellier • 2020

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

3.79

70k+

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread

The Anomaly 90%

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

by Hervé Le Tellier 2020

3.79

70k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread

My Murder

by Katie Williams • 2023

A murder victim cloned back to life discovers her crime scene doesn't match the official story.

3.62

36k+

🧬 Clone Identity 🧠 Unreliable Memory 👶 Motherhood Ambivalence

My Murder 90%

A murder victim cloned back to life discovers her crime scene doesn't match the official story.

by Katie Williams 2023

3.62

36k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Identity 🧠 Unreliable Memory 👶 Motherhood Ambivalence

I Know Who You Are

by Alice Feeney • 2019

An actress finds her husband gone and a stranger wearing her face dismantling her life.

3.42

76k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

I Know Who You Are 90%

An actress finds her husband gone and a stranger wearing her face dismantling her life.

by Alice Feeney 2019

3.42

76k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

What She Saw

by Sheila Lowe • 2013

A woman wakes on a train with no memory, hunted by a conspiracy she can’t recall.

3.82

2k+

🕳️ Amnesia 👯 Twin Twist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

What She Saw 90%

A woman wakes on a train with no memory, hunted by a conspiracy she can’t recall.

by Sheila Lowe 2013

3.82

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Amnesia 👯 Twin Twist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

by Iain Reid • 2016

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

3.50

206k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Metafiction

I'm Thinking of Ending Things 90%

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

by Iain Reid 2016

3.50

206k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Metafiction

The Third Girl by Agatha Christie

by Agatha Christie • 1966

When an heiress fears she committed murder, Poirot discovers someone is poisoning her mind.

3.69

39k+

🌀 Gaslighting Mystery 🎭 Identity Swap 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

The Third Girl by Agatha Christie Summary

The Third Girl by Agatha Christie 90%

When an heiress fears she committed murder, Poirot discovers someone is poisoning her mind.

by Agatha Christie 1966

3.69

39k+ ratings

🌀 Gaslighting Mystery 🎭 Identity Swap 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty

by Vendela Vida • 2015

Her passport stolen in Casablanca, a woman fleeing her past is mistaken for an actress's double.

3.45

8k+

📖 Literary Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Identity Theft

The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty 89%

Her passport stolen in Casablanca, a woman fleeing her past is mistaken for an actress's double.

by Vendela Vida 2015

3.45

8k+ ratings

📖 Literary Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Identity Theft

First Lie Wins

by Ashley Elston • 2024

Her false life shatters when a stranger uses her real name, then turns up dead.

3.99

845k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 False Identity

First Lie Wins 89%

Her false life shatters when a stranger uses her real name, then turns up dead.

by Ashley Elston 2024

3.99

845k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 False Identity

The Imposter

by Adriane Leigh • 2024

She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.

3.93

5k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🔪 Revenge Thriller

The Imposter 89%

She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.

by Adriane Leigh 2024

3.93

5k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🔪 Revenge Thriller

Don't Believe Her

by Nicola Sanders • 2024

When a woman returns claiming to be Ellie's missing best friend, only Ellie sees the impostor.

3.99

44k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 👥 Doppelganger 💭 Gaslighting

Don't Believe Her 89%

When a woman returns claiming to be Ellie's missing best friend, only Ellie sees the impostor.

by Nicola Sanders 2024

3.99

44k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 👥 Doppelganger 💭 Gaslighting

The Self Illusion

by Bruce M. Hood • 2011

Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.

3.84

2k+

🧩 The Constructed Self 🧠 Memory Unreliability 🪞 Social Identity

The Self Illusion 89%

Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.

by Bruce M. Hood 2011

3.84

2k+ ratings

🧩 The Constructed Self 🧠 Memory Unreliability 🪞 Social Identity

Tell Me Your Dreams

by Sidney Sheldon • 1998

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

3.99

56k+

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

Tell Me Your Dreams 89%

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

by Sidney Sheldon 1998

3.99

56k+ ratings

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

The Ruined Map

by Kōbō Abe • 1967

When a salaryman vanishes, a detective follows a matchbox into a city where maps lead nowhere.

3.45

3k+

🖤 Existential Noir 🌃 Japanese Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Ruined Map 89%

When a salaryman vanishes, a detective follows a matchbox into a city where maps lead nowhere.

by Kōbō Abe 1967

3.45

3k+ ratings

🖤 Existential Noir 🌃 Japanese Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Influencer

by Adriane Leigh • 2024

She faked her husband's death online, and now she's obsessed with the woman he left her for.

3.52

14k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 📱 Social Media Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Influencer 89%

She faked her husband's death online, and now she's obsessed with the woman he left her for.

by Adriane Leigh 2024

3.52

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 📱 Social Media Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Locked Ward

by Sarah Pekkanen • 2025

A woman discovers her twin locked in a psych ward for a murder she didn't commit.

3.67

27k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏠 Domestic Thriller

The Locked Ward 89%

A woman discovers her twin locked in a psych ward for a murder she didn't commit.

by Sarah Pekkanen 2025

3.67

27k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏠 Domestic Thriller

The Night I Died

by Anne Frasier • 2023

To clear a childhood friend of murder, a PI confronts the Kansas town she cannot remember.

3.96

7k+

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Night I Died 89%

To clear a childhood friend of murder, a PI confronts the Kansas town she cannot remember.

by Anne Frasier 2023

3.96

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Only One Left

by Riley Sager • 2023

At a decaying cliffside mansion, a caregiver tends a mute woman accused of killing her family.

4.13

644k+

🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤫 Unreliable Narrator

The Only One Left 89%

At a decaying cliffside mansion, a caregiver tends a mute woman accused of killing her family.

by Riley Sager 2023

4.13

644k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤫 Unreliable Narrator

Creep

by Emma van Straaten • 2025

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Creep 89%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

A Stranger in the House

by Shari Lapena • 2017

A wife wakes from a crash with no memory. Police are investigating her ex-husband's murder.

3.68

177k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💭 Amnesia Mystery 🎭 False Identity

A Stranger in the House 89%

A wife wakes from a crash with no memory. Police are investigating her ex-husband's murder.

by Shari Lapena 2017

3.68

177k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💭 Amnesia Mystery 🎭 False Identity

Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories

by Young-ha Kim • 2019

An Alzheimer's-stricken serial killer must outwit the murderer he sees in his daughter's boyfriend.

3.71

13k+

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Memory Loss

Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories Summary

Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories 89%

An Alzheimer's-stricken serial killer must outwit the murderer he sees in his daughter's boyfriend.

by Young-ha Kim 2019

3.71

13k+ ratings

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Memory Loss

The Spirit Engineer

by A.J. West • 2021

A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.

3.64

3k+

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums 😱 Descent Into Madness

The Spirit Engineer 89%

A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.

by A.J. West 2021

3.64

3k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums 😱 Descent Into Madness

Absolution

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2024

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

3.57

13k+

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Absolution 89%

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2024

3.57

13k+ ratings

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Count My Lies

by Sophie Stava • 2025

A compulsive liar becomes a Brooklyn family's nanny. The wife needs a double.

3.72

107k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👯 Doppelganger Plot

Count My Lies 89%

A compulsive liar becomes a Brooklyn family's nanny. The wife needs a double.

by Sophie Stava 2025

3.72

107k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👯 Doppelganger Plot

The Echo Wife

by Sarah Gailey • 2021

Her husband replaced her with her clone. When he dies, the two women build a replacement.

3.60

39k+

🧬 Clone Identity 🏚️ Domestic Suspense ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

The Echo Wife 89%

Her husband replaced her with her clone. When he dies, the two women build a replacement.

by Sarah Gailey 2021

3.60

39k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Identity 🏚️ Domestic Suspense ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

Cross My Heart

by Megan Collins • 2025

His dead wife's heart beats in her chest. Anonymous messages lead to obsession, then murder.

3.55

24k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 📱 Online Obsession

Cross My Heart 89%

His dead wife's heart beats in her chest. Anonymous messages lead to obsession, then murder.

by Megan Collins 2025

3.55

24k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 📱 Online Obsession

What the Hell Did I Just Read

by David Wong • 2017

Three screw-ups hunt a missing girl in a town where memory itself has been corrupted.

4.18

18k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🤣 Horror Comedy 🌀 Unreliable Reality

What the Hell Did I Just Read 89%

Three screw-ups hunt a missing girl in a town where memory itself has been corrupted.

by David Wong 2017

4.18

18k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🤣 Horror Comedy 🌀 Unreliable Reality

Case Study

by Graeme Macrae Burnet • 2021

Believing a therapist drove her sister to suicide, she enters his consulting room under an alias.

3.56

12k+

📚 Metafictional Mystery 🇬🇧 1960s London 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Case Study 89%

Believing a therapist drove her sister to suicide, she enters his consulting room under an alias.

by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2021

3.56

12k+ ratings

📚 Metafictional Mystery 🇬🇧 1960s London 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Ward D

by Freida McFadden • 2023

A med student trapped on a locked ward with the best friend who wants her dead.

3.96

646k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

Ward D 89%

A med student trapped on a locked ward with the best friend who wants her dead.

by Freida McFadden 2023

3.96

646k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Business Trip

by Jessie Garcia • 2025

Escaping her abuser, a waitress steals a traveler's ID, then finds a double already using it.

3.61

106k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Identity Theft 🏚️ Abuse Survivor

The Business Trip 89%

Escaping her abuser, a waitress steals a traveler's ID, then finds a double already using it.

by Jessie Garcia 2025

3.61

106k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Identity Theft 🏚️ Abuse Survivor

The House Hunt

by C.M. Ewan • 2023

Alone with a buyer, his questions drift from the kitchen to the one room she's locked inside.

3.64

5k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Gaslighting Partner

The House Hunt 89%

Alone with a buyer, his questions drift from the kitchen to the one room she's locked inside.

by C.M. Ewan 2023

3.64

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Gaslighting Partner

56 Days

by Catherine Ryan Howard • 2021

A fake identity, a hidden past, and a Dublin lockdown that traps two liars in one apartment.

3.72

69k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 False Identity 🐱 Cat And Mouse

56 Days 89%

A fake identity, a hidden past, and a Dublin lockdown that traps two liars in one apartment.

by Catherine Ryan Howard 2021

3.72

69k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 False Identity 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy

by Paul Karasik • 2025

A wrong number draws a crime novelist into a fake detective case that erases his self.

4.08

466

🕵️ Postmodern Mystery 📖 Metafiction 👥 Doppelgangers

Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy Summary

Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy 88%

A wrong number draws a crime novelist into a fake detective case that erases his self.

by Paul Karasik 2025

4.08

466 ratings

🕵️ Postmodern Mystery 📖 Metafiction 👥 Doppelgangers

First Born

by Will Dean • 2022

Her identical twin murdered, an anxious Londoner flies to New York to find the killer.

3.59

16k+

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Whodunit 👯 Identical Twins

First Born 88%

Her identical twin murdered, an anxious Londoner flies to New York to find the killer.

by Will Dean 2022

3.59

16k+ ratings

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Whodunit 👯 Identical Twins

The Box Man

by Kōbō Abe • 1973

A photographer climbs into a cardboard box and vanishes from the city. Then someone looks back.

3.58

8k+

🎭 Existentialist Fiction 🪞 Metafiction 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Box Man 88%

A photographer climbs into a cardboard box and vanishes from the city. Then someone looks back.

by Kōbō Abe 1973

3.58

8k+ ratings

🎭 Existentialist Fiction 🪞 Metafiction 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

by Mel R. Thompson • 2009

Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.

3.55

203

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 🏗️ Constructed Self 💭 Memory And Identity

Me 88%

Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.

by Mel R. Thompson 2009

3.55

203 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 🏗️ Constructed Self 💭 Memory And Identity

The Wife Between Us

by Greer Hendricks • 2018

She escaped her ex-husband, but can she save the woman who took her place?

3.83

450k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Wife Between Us 88%

She escaped her ex-husband, but can she save the woman who took her place?

by Greer Hendricks 2018

3.83

450k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Before I Go to Sleep

by S.J. Watson • 2011

A woman who forgets each day starts a journal, only to find her husband is lying about their past.

3.90

371k+

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Psychological Thriller

Before I Go to Sleep 88%

A woman who forgets each day starts a journal, only to find her husband is lying about their past.

by S.J. Watson 2011

3.90

371k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🖤 Psychological Thriller

The Woman in Cabin 10

by Ruth Ware • 2016

On a luxury cruise, a journalist reports a body thrown overboard, but no passenger is missing.

3.72

788k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

The Woman in Cabin 10 88%

On a luxury cruise, a journalist reports a body thrown overboard, but no passenger is missing.

by Ruth Ware 2016

3.72

788k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

The Likeness

by Tana French • 2008

To catch a killer, a detective takes a dead woman's place among friends who believe she survived.

4.06

182k+

🪞 DoppelgäNger Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Likeness 88%

To catch a killer, a detective takes a dead woman's place among friends who believe she survived.

by Tana French 2008

4.06

182k+ ratings

🪞 DoppelgäNger Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand

by Luigi Pirandello • 1992

A glance in the mirror after his wife's teasing, and a man never recognizes himself again.

4.03

32k+

🪞 Existential Novel 🎭 Identity Crisis 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand Summary

One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand 88%

A glance in the mirror after his wife's teasing, and a man never recognizes himself again.

by Luigi Pirandello 1992

4.03

32k+ ratings

🪞 Existential Novel 🎭 Identity Crisis 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

My Wife is Missing

by D.J. Palmer • 2022

His wife and kids vanish from their hotel. She planned every move. So did he.

3.87

9k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👰 Missing Wife

My Wife is Missing 88%

His wife and kids vanish from their hotel. She planned every move. So did he.

by D.J. Palmer 2022

3.87

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👰 Missing Wife

City of Glass

by Paul Auster • 1985

A mystery writer borrows a detective's name and shadows a mad linguist through New York.

3.75

24k+

🕵️ Philosophical Mystery 🎭 Dissolving Identity 🗺️ City As Labyrinth

City of Glass 88%

A mystery writer borrows a detective's name and shadows a mad linguist through New York.

by Paul Auster 1985

3.75

24k+ ratings

🕵️ Philosophical Mystery 🎭 Dissolving Identity 🗺️ City As Labyrinth

The Double

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1997

A St. Petersburg clerk's double appears and takes his job, his reputation, and his sanity.

3.67

46k+

👥 DoppelgäNger 🧠 Psychological Novella 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Double 88%

A St. Petersburg clerk's double appears and takes his job, his reputation, and his sanity.

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1997

3.67

46k+ ratings

👥 DoppelgäNger 🧠 Psychological Novella 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Mind is Flat

by Nick Chater • 2018

Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.

3.74

852

🧠 Folk Psychology Critique 🔍 Consciousness Studies 🎭 Confabulation

The Mind is Flat 88%

Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.

by Nick Chater 2018

3.74

852 ratings

🧠 Folk Psychology Critique 🔍 Consciousness Studies 🎭 Confabulation

Love, Mom

by Iliana Xander • 2024

When a famous author dies, her daughter inherits letters that suggest her mother's life was stolen.

4.18

208k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Stolen Identity

Love, Mom 88%

When a famous author dies, her daughter inherits letters that suggest her mother's life was stolen.

by Iliana Xander 2024

4.18

208k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Stolen Identity

Travels in the Scriptorium

by Paul Auster • 2007

An amnesiac wakes in a labeled room and reads a typescript telling his story.

3.26

12k+

🪞 Metafiction 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 📖 Story Within A Story

Travels in the Scriptorium 88%

An amnesiac wakes in a labeled room and reads a typescript telling his story.

by Paul Auster 2007

3.26

12k+ ratings

🪞 Metafiction 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 📖 Story Within A Story

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