Books like Earthsea
12 books with a reading profile close to Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
Grendel
by John Gardner
philosophy, classic literature
Grendel is told from the point of view of the monster from the Old English poem Beowulf.
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2
The Other Wind
philosophy, literary
In this concluding volume of the Earthsea cycle, the sorcerer Alder seeks out the archmage Ged because he can no longer sleep.
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3
Oscar Wilde's Plays, Prose Writings, and Poems
by Oscar Wilde, H Pearson
philosophy, classic literature
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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4
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems
by Robert Frost
philosophy, classic literature
Robert Frost’s 1916 collection, originally titled Mountain Interval, centers on the rural landscapes and social dynamics of New England.
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5
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
classic literature, literary
Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway are thirteen-year-old neighbors in Green Town, Illinois, when Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show arrives by train at three in the morning.
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6
Sesame and lilies
by John Ruskin
philosophy, classic literature
John Ruskin centers this collection of lectures on the distinct social responsibilities of men and women within Victorian society.
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7
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
classic literature, literary
Bastian Balthazar Bux is a lonely boy who steals an antique book and hides in his school’s attic to read it.
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8
Till We Have Faces
by C.S. Lewis
philosophy, classic literature
In this reimagining of the Cupid and Psyche myth, Orual, the queen of Glome, writes a legalistic grievance against the gods.
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9
Small Gods
by Terry Pratchett, Ray Friesen
philosophy, literary
In the sprawling desert of Omnia, the Great God Om finds himself trapped in the body of a small, one-eyed tortoise.
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10
Ariadne
classic literature, literary
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up in a palace defined by the heavy breathing of the Minotaur, her brother imprisoned within the Labyrinth.
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11
Lost Horizon
by James Hilton
classic literature, literary
During the chaos of a 1930s rebellion in British India, veteran diplomat Hugh Conway and three companions are kidnapped when their plane is diverted deep into the Kunlun Mountains of Tibet.
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12
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
philosophy, literary
This collection gathers seventeen short stories written during the first decade of Ursula K.
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