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12 books with a reading profile close to El llano en llamas by Juan Rulfo. Deep, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

The complete poetical works

by Robert Burns

Also deep and contemplative · classic literature, literary

Robert Burns’s 1786 collection, originally titled Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, documents the intersection of rural labor and linguistic identity.
2

A Rose for Emily and Other Stories

by William Faulkner

Also deep and open-ended · classic literature, literary

Faulkner's collection centers on the title story, in which the townspeople of Jefferson, Mississippi, attend the funeral of Miss Emily Grierson, a reclusive woman from an old family.
3

Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov

by Anton Chekhov

Also deep and contemplative · classic literature, literary

This collection gathers short fiction depicting the mundane lives of late nineteenth-century Russian peasants, clerks, and aristocrats.
4

The Moon and Sixpence

by W. Somerset Maugham

Also deep and thought-provoking · classic literature, literary

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.
5

Tartuffe

by Molière

Also deep and thought-provoking · classic literature, literary

In seventeenth-century Paris, a wealthy patriarch named Orgon falls under the spell of Tartuffe, a man posing as a pious ascetic.
6

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce

Also open-ended and thought-provoking · classic literature, literary

Farquhar, a Southern planter, is being hanged for attempting to sabotage an Owl Creek bridge during the Civil War.
7

The Portable Oscar Wilde

by Richard Aldington, Oscar Wilde

classic literature, literary

This 1946 compilation preserves the breadth of Oscar Wilde’s literary output, moving beyond his reputation as a mere wit.
8

A Handful of Dust

by Evelyn Waugh

Also deep and thought-provoking · classic literature, literary

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.
9

Portnoy’s Complaint

by Philip Roth

Also deep and thought-provoking · classic literature, literary

Alexander Portnoy lies on a psychoanalyst’s couch and delivers a frantic, obscene monologue regarding his sexual frustrations and childhood hangfires.
10

Washington Square

by Henry James

Also deep and thought-provoking · classic literature, literary

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.
11

The Story of an Hour

by Kate Chopin

Also thought-provoking · classic literature, literary

Set in 1894, the narrative follows Louise Mallard as she receives news of her husband Brently’s death in a railroad disaster.
12

The Complete Fairy Tales

by Oscar Wilde

Also contemplative and thought-provoking · classic literature, literary

This collection brings together stories including The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant, and The Nightingale and the Rose.

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