Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Johnson’s Eternal Return | 2018 | Martin Riker | Buy |
| 2 | The Guest Lecture | 2023 | Martin Riker | Buy |
Martin Riker’s two standalone novels are both works of literary fiction with inventive structures. Samuel Johnson’s Eternal Return tells the story of a recently deceased man whose consciousness keeps transferring into new bodies, giving him repeated chances to observe and participate in life from different perspectives.
The Guest Lecture takes a completely different approach, unfolding entirely within the mind of an economics professor over the course of one anxious night. Both novels share Riker’s interest in big ideas delivered through imaginative, sometimes funny storytelling.