Fiction with Unusual Narrators

Fiction books with unusual narrators - inanimate objects, characters with unique perspectives, and more.

Updated March 24, 2024
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The book thief
Zusak, Markus.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME * A NEW YORK TIMES READER TOP 100 PICK FOR BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY * A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY The extraordinary, beloved novel about the...

Narrated by Death.

Room a novel
Donoghue, Emma, 1969-
Paper Book
Now a major Oscar-winning film starring Brie Larson Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don't have the key. Jack and Ma are prisoners. Room...

Narrated by a 5-year-old boy who is trapped in a room with his mother and knows nothing of the outside world.

The art of racing in the rain [electronic resource] A Novel
Stein, Garth.
Paper Book
A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope--a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . as only a dog could tell it

Narrated by a dog.

The lovely bones a novel
Sebold, Alice.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller A Book-of-the-Month Club Main SelectionWhen we meet Susie Salmon, she's already in heaven. She tells us, in the voice of a fourteen-year-old, a tale that is both haunting and full of hope. Susie watches life after her disappearance: her loved ones hoping she'll be...

Narrated by a girl who was murdered.

Leech [electronic resource]
Ennes, Hiron.
Paper Book
"[Leech] is The Thing meets The Alienist . . . beautifully written and so strangely humane . . . I will follow this writer anywhere going forward." --Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl A surreal and horrifying debut, Hiron...

Narrator is a parasite that takes over its hosts' bodies.


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