Books like Die Physiker
12 books with a reading profile close to Die Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Deep, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Antigone
by Jean Anouilh
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
Jean Anouilh's play, first staged in occupied Paris in 1944, retells Sophocles.
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1984 and Animal Farm
by Rafael Arrais, George Orwell
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
This volume combines George Orwell’s two most famous political allegories, featuring his original text alongside introductory commentary by Rafael Arrais.
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Il visconte dimezzato
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
During a war against the Turks in Bohemia, a young nobleman, Viscount Medardo of Terralba, is split down the middle by a cannonball.
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In the Penal Colony
by Franz Kafka
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
In Franz Kafka's "In the Penal Colony," an explorer witnesses a brutal execution machine in a remote penal colony.
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No Exit
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Set in a single room furnished with Second Empire sofas, the play follows three deceased individuals—Garcin, Inès, and Estelle—as they realize they are their own torturers.
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Measure for Measure
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Duke Vincentio departs Vienna under a pretext of travel, leaving the puritanical Angelo to enforce long-ignored moral laws.
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Island
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
The story follows Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who shipwrecks on the forbidden Pacific island of Pala.
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The Wall
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Sartre's collection takes its name from the title story, set during the Spanish Civil War.
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Metamorphoses
by Ovid
Also deep · philosophy, literary
Ovid’s hexameter narrative tracks the history of the world from its chaotic origins to the assassination of Julius Caesar.
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Bartleby the Scrivener
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Set in a mid-nineteenth-century Wall Street law office, the story follows an elderly lawyer who hires a quiet copyist named Bartleby to manage an increasing workload.
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Waiting for the Barbarians
by J.M. Coetzee
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
A magistrate runs a small frontier town in an unnamed empire.
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Oscar Wilde's Plays, Prose Writings, and Poems
by Oscar Wilde, H Pearson
philosophy, literary
This volume assembles the primary literary output of the Victorian era’s most notable wit, including the full text of "The Importance of Being Earnest" alongside "Lady Windermere’s Fan." The collection balances Wilde’s…
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