Ten Novels About Heightened Senses
(alphabetically by sense)
hearing: The Ghost Sequences by A. C. Wise *
intelligence: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
memory: Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges **
recognition: How to Behave in a Crowd by Camille Bordas
smell: Perfume by Patrick Süskind
synesthesia: Datura, or A Delusion We All See by Leena Krohn
taste: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
telepathy: Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
touch: The Dead Zone by Stephen King
vision: The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
* a story collection, this one—I’m thinking of “Exhalation #10”
** another story collection—I’m thinking of “Funes the Memorious”
— June 10, 2022