contemporary magical realist/surreal mystery novels? basically

this might be stranger than you're looking for, but try michael cisco. 'the divinity student' is a good place to start and has some detective-like elements (e.g. someone is trying to discover a secret language). 'the tyrant' also by cisco might work too

Gordon Cole had a portrait of Kafka in his office for a reason.

The Metamorphosis
Anything by Robbe-Grillet
Invitation to a beheading
Most of Philip K Dick

Julio Cortázar.

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Supposed to be Peaks inspired but I haven't read it. Inb4 pleb

>>9573444
I noticed that too. So glad this return to Twin Peaks is as good as it is.

>>9573444
i've read these save robbe-grillet, not quite what i'm looking for. kafka nad nabokov are obviously great though, a notch above what i want really
>>9573449
i loved hopscotch. did you have a specific recommendation for one of his other works?

>>9573439
>the divinity student
just looked this up, sounds pretty good thanks

>>9573463
A continuity of parks, which is a short story. The film based on it, "blow up" is pure kino.

>>9573451
don't post some choose-your-own adventure picturebook and immediately go on the defensive that you'll get called out. This is like the people who post about how great "The Stand" is and immediately >in b4 hoping they can finally get away with it.

>>9573482
read and watched it both are great
>>9573489
kek. i've always been hesitant to read house of leaves. seems pretty gimmicky to me.

>>9573468

it's one of the more genuinely dreamlike books i've read, but it can be difficult at times. burroughs is one of cisco's main influences, so you get some of those unhinged stream-of-consciousness bits, but they mostly work pretty well in the context of the story

Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio di Maria