Here are 2 books that A Persistent Echo fans have personally recommended if you like
A Persistent Echo.
Book DNA is a community of 13,000+ authors and super readers sharing their favorite books with the world.
Cormac McCarthy delivers a dark, unflinching vision of the apocalypse in THE ROAD, never letting up on its intensity. The novel is a visceral exploration of a father and son struggling to survive in a world stripped of hope and humanity, where simply waking up to face another day is a victory in itself. Their destination may be the ultimate goal, but it is the harrowing journey, the emotional weight of their bond, and the relentless struggle to survive that give the story its power. McCarthy’s masterful writing makes every moment feel raw, haunting, and unforgettable.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle).
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if…
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
A dark comedy shines plenty of light with this twisted yet brilliant depiction of a Vietnam veteran addled by war and muddled by a gamut of pharmaceuticals. It would not be stretch to describe this story as a slightly off version of Alice’s latest adventures into a rabbit hole, or gopher hole in this case that leads her to the Cu Chi tunnels of Vietnam where she meets a gopher Chaz, a friend and ally of our war hero/newspaper editor.
This story has many layers of craziness. The dark is quite dark the comedy quite hilarious. Gojan Nikolich pulls off this wildly odd delve into the psychological consequences of war. It is intense and takes the reader on quite a journey.
"Imaginative and often beguiling, like a mashup of Platoon and Gremlins scripted by William S. Burroughs." -Kirkus Reviews
"Nikolich's story shimmers with intersecting layers of identity and fantastical complexities." -Authors Reading
A suicidal former platoon sergeant, sole survivor of a Vietnam War jungle ambush, is haunted by what he perceives as his cowardly past. Debilitated by guilt and mourning the death of his wife, small town newspaper publisher Stan Przewalski lives in a PTSD-fueled world where it is impossible to distinguish reality from fantasy.
