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Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1969)

Billy Pilgrim drifts through war, love, and alien abduction, discovering time’s strange truths and the quiet absurdity of survival in a world shaped by chaos and loss.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Classics Satire Science Fiction

Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1963)

Amid Ice-Nine’s deadly grip, John unravels the lives of the Hoenikkers and the riddles of Bokononism, where science, faith, and absurdity collide on the brink of world’s end.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Classics Satire Science Fiction

Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1973)

When a troubled car dealer meets a forgotten writer, madness ignites in a world cracking under satire, loneliness, and the weight of absurd, dangerous ideas.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Classics Fantasy Science Fiction

The Sirens of Titan – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1959)

Malachi Constant’s journey from Earth to Titan weaves through love, fate, and cosmic absurdity, where a rich man, a broken family, and a lonely robot shape the meaning of existence.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Classics Historical Satire

Mother Night – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1961)

Trapped between spycraft and betrayal, Howard W. Campbell Jr. confronts love, guilt, and identity in a haunting journey through the shadows of war and the masks we wear.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Classics Fantasy Science Fiction

Galpagos – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1985)

Mary Hepburn and a band of castaways face a ruined world, where survival reshapes humanity and evolution rewrites destiny on the wild shores of the Galápagos Islands.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Classics Satire Science Fiction

God Bless You, Mr Rosewater – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1965)

Eliot Rosewater, a wealthy heir, defies greed to uplift the forgotten poor, battling madness, love, and betrayal in a biting, darkly funny portrait of American life.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Classics Satire Science Fiction

Player Piano – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1952)

In a world ruled by machines, Paul Proteus wrestles with loyalty and rebellion, torn between privilege and the restless voices rising from the forgotten masses.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Classics Satire Science Fiction

Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1976)

In a crumbling world, Wilbur Swain, a towering outcast turned president, seeks to heal loneliness with makeshift families as love, loss, and absurdity shape his fading empire.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Classics Satire Science Fiction

Bluebeard – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1987)

Rabo Karabekian, a failed painter haunted by war and memory, unlocks his deepest secret when a sharp-tongued widow storms his solitude, pushing him toward truth and redemption.

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