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Book A + Book B = Book C

I had a few people tell me they liked a review I did the other day in which I characterized a book I had read as the combination of two other books I enjoyed, so I figured I would make an entire blog post with that approach. The approach is simple: I take two books that have certain aspects that stood out for me (some more loosely than others) and then combine them into the next closest book I can think of. I hope you enjoy it.

Book A + Book B = Book C

The Firm by John Grisham 1984 by George Orwell The Circle by Dave Eggers





The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Prey by Michael Crichton





The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank The Man Who Watched The World End by Chris Dietzel





Surfacing by Margaret Atwood Blindness (Blindness, #1) by José Saramago Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood





The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Night Film by Marisha Pessl





A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Night (The Night Trilogy, #1) by Elie Wiesel In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster





The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1) by Robert Ludlum Empire (Empire, #1) by Orson Scott Card The Cause (The Minutemen Series, #1) by Roderick Vincent





Dewey The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron Watership Down by Richard Adams The Story of Fester Cat by Paul Magrs





The Last Teacher by Chris Dietzel Homicide A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1) by Ben H. Winters





The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides What Is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood





Do you have any book equations you would like to add? If so, I’d love to hear them.
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Published on April 30, 2015 06:24 • Tags: anne-frank, atwood, comparisons, crichton, genres
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message 1: by Matt (new)
Apr 30, 2015 06:53AM

Matt Heidi (Heidi, #1) by Johanna Spyri + Under the Dome by Stephen King = The Wall by Marlen Haushofer


message 2: by Matt (new)
Apr 30, 2015 06:54AM

Matt Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe + Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell = The Martian by Andy Weir


message 3: by Matt (new)
Apr 30, 2015 07:03AM

Matt A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes + nothing = Lord of the Flies by William Golding

(this according to Truman Capote)

This is fun :)


message 4: by Chris (new)
Apr 30, 2015 07:05AM

Chris Dietzel Matt, you blew my mind with those first two equations. Those are excellent combinations.


message 5: by Matt (new)
Apr 30, 2015 07:55AM

Matt Thanks Chris. Is this equation solvable?

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin + X = 1984 by George Orwell


message 6: by Roderick (new)
May 02, 2015 08:48AM

Roderick Vincent Thanks again for this Chris. Now I can see the first book there.

@Matt, "We" + "Brave New World" = "1984" ??

or

"We" + The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan = "1984" ??


message 7: by Chris (last edited May 02, 2015 01:18PM) (new)
May 02, 2015 11:08AM

Chris Dietzel Matt wrote: "Thanks Chris. Is this equation solvable?

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin + X = 1984 by George Orwell"




The problem is 'We' is almost the exact same book as '1984', only more sci fi. So maybe switching it around:

1984 by George Orwell + Foundation (Foundation, #1) by Isaac Asimov = We by Yevgeny Zamyatin


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