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Books like All Quiet on the Western Front

12 books with a reading profile close to All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Deep, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Death Comes for the Archbishop

by Willa Cather

Also deep and contemplative · history, literary

Father Jean Marie Latour, a French cleric, travels to the newly acquired New Mexico Territory in 1851 to serve as Apostolic Vicar.
2

Angle of Repose

by Wallace Stegner

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Lyman Ward, a retired historian living with a bone-deteriorating disability, spends his final years chronicling the lives of his grandparents, Susan and Oliver Ward.
3

The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Set in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, the play follows John Proctor as he navigates a community consumed by religious extremism and legal manipulation.
4

Address Unknown

by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Also thought-provoking · history, literary

Two friends, Martin Schulse and Max Eisenstein, run a San Francisco art gallery together until Martin goes back to Germany in 1932.
5

Thais

by Anatole France

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Set in fourth-century Roman Egypt, this novel follows the ascetic monk Paphnuce as he travels from the desert to Alexandria to convert the famous courtesan Thais.
6

Valperga

by Mary Shelley

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Set in fourteenth-century Italy, the narrative follows Castruccio Castracani, a historical Ghibelline tyrant who prioritizes military conquest and political dominance over human connection.
7

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Austin Warren

Also deep and contemplative · history, literary

Set in seventeenth-century Puritan Boston, the narrative follows Hester Prynne, a woman forced to wear a scarlet "A" as a permanent mark of adultery after conceiving a child out of wedlock.
8

The Fortunes Of Perkin Warbeck A Romance

by Mary Shelley

Also thought-provoking · history, literary

Mary Shelley’s historical novel reimagines the life of the fifteenth-century pretender to the English throne.
9

Henry IV, Part 1

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

King Henry IV struggles to maintain his throne while a rebellion led by the Percy family threatens the stability of England.
10

Notes of a Native Son

by James Baldwin

Also deep · history, literary

James Baldwin’s collection of ten essays analyzes the intersection of racial identity and social structures in mid-century America and Europe.
11

A Passage to India

by E.M. Forster

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Set in the British Raj during the 1920s, the narrative centers on the relationship between Dr.
12

King Henry V

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Following the death of his father, the young King Henry V moves from a disorganized youth to a focused military commander.

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