Books like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
12 books with a reading profile close to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Deep and open-ended; a moderate read.
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1
A Wizard of Earthsea
narrative, literary
Ged, a talented but arrogant youth known as Sparrowhawk, begins his education in the high arts of magic at the school on Roke Island.
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2
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
narrative, literary
Bastian Balthazar Bux is a lonely boy who steals an antique book and hides in his school’s attic to read it.
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3
Lost Horizon
by James Hilton
narrative, literary
During the chaos of a 1930s rebellion in British India, veteran diplomat Hugh Conway and three companions are kidnapped when their plane is diverted deep into the Kunlun Mountains of Tibet.
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4
The Children of Húrin
narrative, literary
Set during the Elder Days of Middle-earth, this tragedy chronicles the life of Túrin Turambar, son of Húrin.
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5
Kaikeyi
narrative, literary
Kaikeyi, the queen who in the Ramayana demands that Rama be exiled and her son Bharata be crowned, is usually remembered as a villain.
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6
Watership Down
narrative, literary
Hazel leads a small group of rabbits away from their home burrow after his brother Fiver experiences a psychic premonition of its total destruction.
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7
The Overcoat
Also deep and open-ended · narrative, literary
Akaky Akakievich is a low-ranking government clerk in St.
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8
The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht
narrative, literary
Set in a nameless Balkan country recovering from war, the narrative follows Natalia, a young doctor on a mission to deliver medicine to an orphanage.
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9
Great Gatsby
Also deep · narrative, literary
Jay Gatsby spends his life accumulating wealth through criminal channels to reclaim a past romance with Daisy Buchanan.
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10
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Lib/E
by Ken Kesey, Tom Parker
Also deep and open-ended · narrative, literary
Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the story follows Randle McMurphy, a boisterous gambler who feigns insanity to avoid a prison farm sentence.
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11
Ariadne
narrative, literary
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up in a palace defined by the heavy breathing of the Minotaur, her brother imprisoned within the Labyrinth.
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