Thomas Pynchon

3 summariesLiterary Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction

Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is an American novelist noted for his dense and complex novels. His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, genres and themes, including history, music, science, and mathematics. For Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon won the 1973 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

Books by Thomas Pynchon

3 books available

The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
3.7 (71k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Tasked with executing her ex-lover's will, Oedipa Maas spirals into a hallucinatory quest through 1960s California, uncovering a vast, secret postal conspiracy that may or may not exist.
Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon
3.8 (27k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A perpetually stoned private investigator navigates a labyrinth of L.A. paranoia, bizarre characters, and the fading echoes of the psychedelic sixties in search of his ex-girlfriend.
Against the Day
Thomas Pynchon
4.1 (6k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Pynchon's sweeping novel follows mathematicians, spies, and revolutionaries across the late 19th and early 20th centuries, from anarchist bombings in Colorado to early film sets, as they pursue theoretical physics and ancient conspiracies while the world moves toward war.