Books like Hamlet
12 books with a reading profile close to Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Steppenwolf
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Harry Haller is a middle-aged intellectual living in a rented room, paralyzed by a perceived duality between his refined human persona and a savage, solitary identity he calls the Steppenwolf.
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2
Franny and Zooey
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Franny and Zooey consists of two connected narratives centered on the youngest members of the Glass family, a group of former child prodigies.
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3
Demian
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Emil Sinclair grows up in a conventional, pious household, struggling to reconcile the "world of light" represented by his family with the "world of darkness" he observes in the streets.
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4
Notes from Underground
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
The narrative follows a retired civil servant residing in St.
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5
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Ivan Ilych is a high-ranking judge in nineteenth-century Russia who builds a life around social status, material comfort, and strict professional decorum.
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6
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, literary
Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman and his family’s sole financial provider, wakes up one morning to find he has become a giant, literal insect.
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Crime and Punishment
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Rodion Raskolnikov, a destitute former student living in a cramped St.
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8
Il fu Mattia Pascal
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Mattia Pascal, a small-town librarian in Italy, is trapped in a miserable marriage and weighed down by his mother-in-law's temper.
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A Hero of Our Time
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Set against the rugged landscape of the Caucasus Mountains, the novel follows Grigory Pechorin, a young Russian officer whose life is defined by boredom and emotional detachment.
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10
Rubāʻīyāt
by Omar Khayyam
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, literary
This 1870 edition presents a collection of quatrains attributed to the eleventh-century Persian mathematician Omar Khayyam, translated into English verse by Edward FitzGerald.
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11
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, literary
Vitangelo Moscarda, a man of comfortable means who has inherited a bank from his father, is told by his wife that his nose is crooked.
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Nine Stories
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Nine Stories centers on the Glass family and other urban protagonists navigating mid-century American life.
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