Books like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
12 books with a reading profile close to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Deep, inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, horror
In London’s high society, the artist Basil Hallward paints a portrait of a handsome young man named Dorian Gray.
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2
The power and the Glory
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, literary
Set in 1930s Mexico during the Cristero War, the narrative follows a nameless whiskey priest fleeing a paramilitary police force.
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3
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
The narrative follows Gabriel Utterson, a lawyer investigating the relationship between his disciplined friend, Dr.
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4
The Black Cat
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · horror, literary
The story follows an unnamed narrator who undergoes a psychological breakdown fueled by chronic alcoholism.
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5
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · horror, literary
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales presents a collection of early nineteenth-century gothic fiction focused on psychological disintegration and the supernatural.
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6
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems
by Robert Frost
Also inward-looking · philosophy, literary
Robert Frost’s 1916 collection, originally titled Mountain Interval, centers on the rural landscapes and social dynamics of New England.
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7
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
by Victor Hugo
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, literary
Focused on the final six weeks of a prisoner awaiting execution in nineteenth-century France, Victor Hugo’s novel follows an unnamed protagonist from his trial at the Bicêtre Hospital to the guillotine at Place de Grève.
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8
The Razor’s Edge
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, literary
Larry Darrell returns to Chicago from the battlefields of World War I, but find himself unable to settle into a conventional social life or a marriage with his fiancée, Isabel Bradley.
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9
No Exit
Also deep and thought-provoking · 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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10
Il visconte dimezzato
Also deep and thought-provoking · 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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11
The Wall
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
Sartre's collection takes its name from the title story, set during the Spanish Civil War.
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12
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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