Books That Open Doors to Surreal Worlds

"The Metamorphosis" – Franz Kafka

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"One Hundred Years of Solitude" – Gabriel García Márquez

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"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" – Haruki Murakami

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Caroll

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"House of Leaves" – Mark Z. Danielewski

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"The Master and Margarita" – Mikhail Bulgakov

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"Slaughterhouse-Five" – Kurt Vonnegut

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"The Book of Disquiet" – Fernando Pessoa

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