Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel (1986) provides an exploration of his views on the aesthetics of fiction and the evolution of the novel.

Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvizdala (1990), authored by Karel Hvizdala and Vaclav Havel, consists of a collection of interviews conducted by Hvizdala with Havel, who transitioned from a playwright to a political leader. Havel shares his perspectives on life in Czechoslovakia under communist rule, the societal and political functions of art, and the historic revolutions that ushered democracy into Eastern Europe.

Nancy Huston's novel, The Mark of the Angel (1999), has drawn comparisons to Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being due to its similar narrative style, subject matter, and alignment with Nietzsche's idea of eternal recurrence. Huston's story centers on the experiences and relationships of a German girl employed as a maid in France following World War II.

Tina Rosenberg's The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts after Communism (1995) examines themes of guilt and retribution in Eastern Europe after communism's decline. This work earned both a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.