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12 books with a reading profile close to Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. Deep and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

Also deep and thought-provoking · romance, literary

Lily Bart is a beautiful but impoverished socialite navigating the rigid hierarchy of Gilded Age New York.
2

Ruy Blas

by Victor Hugo

Also thought-provoking · romance, literary

In seventeenth-century Spain, Don Salluste de Bazan seeks revenge against Queen Maria de Neubourg after she exiles him for refusing to marry a lady-in-waiting.
3

This Side of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Also deep and thought-provoking · romance, literary

Set in the years surrounding World War I, the narrative follows Amory Blaine, a wealthy and egoistic Midwesterner, from his pampered childhood through his education at Princeton University.
4

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

Also deep and thought-provoking · romance, literary

Set against the desolate Yorkshire moors, this novel follows the volatile connection between Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff.
5

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

Also thought-provoking · romance, literary

In the aftermath of a successful military campaign, the Prince of Aragon and his soldiers visit the estate of Leonato in Messina.
6

A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

Also deep and thought-provoking · romance, literary

Frederic Henry, an American paramedic serving with the Italian army during World War I, experiences the collapse of the front following the retreat from Caporetto.
7

Corinne

by Germaine de Staël, Isabel Hill

Also thought-provoking · romance, literary

Set against the backdrop of an eighteenth-century Grand Tour, this novel centers on the intense intellectual and emotional connection between Lord Oswald Nelvil, a grieving Scottish aristocrat, and Corinne, a celebrated…
8

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by D.H. Lawrence

Also thought-provoking · romance, literary

Constance Chatterley is a young woman married to Clifford, a baronet paralyzed from the waist down in the First World War.
9

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and thought-provoking · romance, literary

Set in the Italian city of Verona, this dramatic tragedy follows the lethal animosity between two noble houses, the Montagues and the Capulets.
10

If Beale Street Could Talk

by James Baldwin

Also deep and thought-provoking · romance, literary

Set in 1970s Harlem, the story follows nineteen-year-old Tish Rivers and her fiancé, Fonny Hunt, an aspiring sculptor.
11

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez

Also deep and thought-provoking · romance, literary

In the twilight of the nineteenth century, Florentino Ariza falls into a lifelong obsession with Fermina Daza, a woman who eventually rejects his youthful advances to marry Dr.
12

Lettres portugaises

by Gabriel de Guilleragues, Mariana Alcoforado

Also deep and thought-provoking · romance, literary

Published anonymously in 1669, this epistolary novel consists of five letters written by a Portuguese nun, Mariana Alcoforado, to an absent French officer named Noël Bouton de Chamilly.

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