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24 alternatives to The Book of Speculation: A Novel

A young librarian is haunted by a mystery

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Book of Speculation: A Novel launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Book of Disquiet▲61

   A haunting mosaic of dreams

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The power of not knowing

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Ungifted▲63

   Intelligence redefined

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Dept. of Speculation▲61

   Life gets in the way of dreams and plans

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Suspicious Minds▲68

   Why we believe conspiracy theories

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Vanishers▲68

   Power struggle between student and mentor

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Predictably Irrational▲96

   The hidden forces that shape our decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Meaningful▲69

   The story of ideas that fly

   2016 · its alternatives →

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    Eleanor: A Novel▲72

    A mix of ghost story, time travel and dream worlds.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Knowledge▲62

    A too close to true novel

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Wandering Mind▲71

    What the brain does when you're not looking

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    If You Feel Too Much▲66

    Thoughts on things found and lost and hoped for

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Black Box Thinking▲66

    Why most people never learn from their mistakes--but some do

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Little Bets▲89

    How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

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    The Folded Clock▲70

    Diary of a modern writer

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    But What If We're Wrong?▲62

    Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Child Poet▲60

    A life cleaved by two accidents

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Throwback Special▲61

    A Novel

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    How to find peace and purpose in a world of crazy

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