Fiction Synesthete Characters

Patricia Lynne Duffy’s growing list of fiction books and works with synesthete-characters

A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass, (2005) (ages 8-12)

Against Nature by J.-K. Huysmans, (1884)

Amaryllis in Blueberry by Christina Meldrum, (2011)

Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall, (2003)

Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong, (2010)

The Boy with 17 Senses by Sheila Grau, (ages 8 and up)

Blue like Friday by Siobhán Parkinson, (2007)

Christopher by Richard Pryce, (1911)

The Color of Bee Larkham’s Murder by Sarah J. Harris, (2018)

The Covered Deep by Brandy Balance, (2014)

A Deal with the Devil by Marten Suter, (2008)

Dreams of Laika by Timothy Layden, (2022)

The Fallen by T. Jefferson Parker, (2006)

The Fix by David Baldacci, (2017)

Foam of the Daze by Boris Vian, (1947)

The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov, (1937)

Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov, (1935)

Lying Awake by Mark Salzman, (2000)

Miracle Myx by Dave Diotalevi, (2008)

The Moon Sisters by Therese Walsh, (2014)

The Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock, (ages 3-7 and up)

One Plus One Equals Blue by Mary Jane Auch, (2013) (ages 10 and up)

Painting Ruby Tuesday by Jane Yardley, (2003)

The Phantom Toll Booth by Norton Juster, (1961)  (ages 10 and up)

“Phone Home” (short creative non-fiction) by Natasha Lvovich

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews, (2013)

Saudade by Katherine Vaz, (1994)

Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie, (2005)

Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy, (2022)

The Sound of Blue by Holly Payne, (2004)

Space Boy, vol 1 by Stephen McCranie, (2018)

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, (1956)

Still Waters: A Mystery by Nigel McCreary, (2007)

The Synesthete by Brent Kernan, (2002)

Top Ten (graphic novel) by Gene Ha and Alan Moore, (2000)

The Valley of Astonishment by Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne, (2014)

The Whole World Over by Julia Glass, (2006)