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16 books where the book within a book trope is a big part of the story.

Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder 1991 · Young adult
The Neverending Story Michael Ende 1979 · Fantasy
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón 2001 · Mystery
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell 2004 · Literary
Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr 2021 · Literary
Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pynchon 1973 · Literary
House of Leaves Mark Z. Danielewski 2000 · Horror
Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 · Children's
Misery Stephen King 1987 · Horror
Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov 1945 · Literary
Steppenwolf Hermann Hesse 1927 · Classics
The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick 1962 · Science fiction
The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov 1967 · Classics
The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern 2019 · Fantasy
The Ten Thousand Doors of January Alix E. Harrow 2019 · Fantasy
Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 · Thriller

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