Denise's Book Bag: Second in the Series

Four great books that cannot be read as a straight arc of storyline: 

A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. Throw out expectations and go for the ride. A truly imaginative telling. I thought the title sounded horribly uninteresting. Pay attention so you'll know what the Goon Squad is.

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. Falls into that magical realism sort of category (common in Latin American fiction, but this one is Japanese). Some bits are never explained, revisited, or resolved, but once you accept that you are in a world Murakami invented instead of one you understand, you'll be OK.

The Blind Assassin By Margaret Atwood. Very interesting laying out of the stories which only seem to have no relation to one another. Each story on it's on isn't that remarkable, but It was interesting the way Atwood wove them together.

100 Years of Solitude (Cién Años de Soledad) Gabriel García Márquez. A metaphorical history of Columbia, told through the generations of the Buendía family. Extraordinary events fill this story, best described as magical realism.