Books like

Books like Candida

12 books with a reading profile close to Candida by George Bernard Shaw. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

by Oscar Wilde

entertainment, literary

This collection centers on the satirical masterpiece where Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff adopt the pseudonym Ernest to maintain dual identities in London and the countryside.
2

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

entertainment, literary

In late Victorian London, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff adopt the pseudonym Ernest to escape social duties and pursue romantic interests.
3

The Portable Oscar Wilde

by Richard Aldington, Oscar Wilde

literary, classic literature

This 1946 compilation preserves the breadth of Oscar Wilde’s literary output, moving beyond his reputation as a mere wit.
4

Lysistrata

by Aristophanes

entertainment, literary

In this Greek comedy, the title character Lysistrata organizes a Panhellenic meeting of women to force an end to the Peloponnesian War.
5

The Beautiful and Damned

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Set in the shifting social landscape of 1910s New York, the narrative follows Anthony Patch, the presumptive heir to a massive tycoon fortune, and his marriage to the socialite Gloria Gilbert.
6

The Moon and Sixpence

by W. Somerset Maugham

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Charles Strickland is an ordinary London stockbroker with a wife and two children until he abandons them without explanation and moves to Paris to paint.
7

Washington Square

by Henry James

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

In the affluent backdrop of mid-nineteenth-century New York, Catherine Sloper lives under the scrutiny of her father, Austin, a prominent physician who views his daughter as dull and unremarkable.
8

As You Like It

by William Shakespeare

literary, classic literature

In this pastoral comedy, Rosalind flees the court of her usurping uncle, Duke Frederick, and disguises herself as a young man named Ganymede to survive in the Forest of Arden.
9

Tartuffe

by Molière

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

In seventeenth-century Paris, a wealthy patriarch named Orgon falls under the spell of Tartuffe, a man posing as a pious ascetic.
10

Portnoy’s Complaint

by Philip Roth

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Alexander Portnoy lies on a psychoanalyst’s couch and delivers a frantic, obscene monologue regarding his sexual frustrations and childhood hangfires.
11

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Eliot Rosewater, the alcoholic heir to a massive industrial fortune, abandons high society to relocate to a decaying town in Indiana.
12

A Handful of Dust

by Evelyn Waugh

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Tony Last is a gentle English country gentleman who lives at Hetton Abbey, a Gothic mansion he loves, with his wife Brenda and young son John Andrew.

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