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12 books with a reading profile close to Holy Bible Text Edition NLT: New Living Translation by Anonymous. Deep and contemplative; a moderate read.

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The Holy Bible: King James Version

by Anonymous

Also deep and contemplative · history, philosophy

The King James Version presents the foundational narrative of the Christian faith, beginning with the creation of the world and the fall of humanity in Genesis.
2

War and Peace

by Лев Толстой

Also deep and contemplative · history, philosophy

Leo Tolstoy’s narrative tracks the intersecting lives of three main aristocratic families—the Rostovs, Bolkonskys, and Kuragins—during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia.
3

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy

Also deep and contemplative · history, philosophy

Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, this novel tracks the interconnected lives of three aristocratic families: the Rostovs, the Bolkonskys, and the Kuragins.
4

The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

by Sophocles

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

These three plays by Sophocles follow Thebes' royal family through its curse.
5

Sobranie sochinenii v dvadtsati dvukh tomakh

by Лев Толстой

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

This 1882 collection consolidates the literary output of Lev Tolstoy, organizing his major novels, short fiction, and emerging pedagogical essays.
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The Bhagavad Gita

by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

The Bhagavad Gita documents a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and the deity Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.
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Memoirs of Hadrian

by Marguerite Yourcenar

Also deep and contemplative · history, philosophy

Presented as a final letter from the aged Emperor Hadrian to his successor, Marcus Aurelius, the narrative reconstructs the life of a leader managing the Roman Empire at its peak.
8

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

Alonso Quijano, an elderly man from La Mancha, loses his grip on reality after consuming a constant diet of chivalric tales.
9

Meditations on First Philosophy

by René Descartes

Also deep · philosophy, dense

René Descartes initiates a systematic withdrawal from all previously held beliefs to identify what cannot be doubted.
10

Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

This 1730 collection organizes the complete dramatic and poetic output of William Shakespeare, encompassing comedies, histories, and tragedies alongside his lyrical sequences.
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2: Purgatorio

by Dante Alighieri

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

Following their departure from the pit of Hell, Dante and his guide Virgil ascend the island-mountain of Purgatory.
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Apology

by Plato

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

Plato’s text documents the legal defense of Socrates as he faces trial in Athens for impiety and corrupting the youth.

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