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Books like Kazuo Ishiguro

12 books with a reading profile close to Kazuo Ishiguro by Wai-chew Sim. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 New essays on the Catcher in the Rye

    New essays on the Catcher in the Rye

    by Jack Salzman

    analytical, academic

    This collection of critical studies reevaluates J.D.

  2. 2 Reading Khaled Hosseini

    Reading Khaled Hosseini

    by Rebecca Stuhr

    analytical, academic

    Rebecca Stuhr provides a comprehensive guide to understanding the literary landscape and historical context of Khaled Hosseini’s first two novels, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

  3. 3 Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five (Monarch Notes) A Critical Commentary

    Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five (Monarch Notes) A Critical Commentary

    by Kurt Vonnegut

    analytical, academic

    This critical commentary analyzes the structural and philosophical components of Kurt Vonnegut’s 1969 novel.

  4. 4 Aldous Huxley's Brave new world

    Aldous Huxley's Brave new world

    by Harold Bloom

    analytical, academic

    In this volume of the Modern Critical Interpretations series, Harold Bloom compiles academic essays that dissect the mechanics of a world governed by biological engineering and forced hedonism.

  5. 5 Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut

    Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut

    by Leonard Mustazza

    analytical, academic

    Leonard Mustazza provides a critical examination of Kurt Vonnegut’s most famous novel, placing it within the historical context of the 1945 firebombing of Dresden.

  6. 6 Victorian novelists

    Victorian novelists

    by Lord David Cecil

    analytical, academic

    Lord David Cecil provides a critical analysis of the major figures who defined the nineteenth-century English novel, including Dickens, Thackeray, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Mrs.

  7. 7 Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five

    Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five

    by William Bly

    analytical, academic

    William Bly’s analysis functions as a critical guide to the structural and philosophical layers of Kurt Vonnegut’s anti-war novel.

  8. 8 The unsaid Anna Karenina

    The unsaid Anna Karenina

    by Judith M. Armstrong

    analytical, academic

    Judith M.

  9. 9 Earthsea revisioned

    Earthsea revisioned

    by Ursula K. Le Guin

    analytical, academic

    In this published lecture, Ursula K.

  10. 10 Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbird (Blooms Notes)

    Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbird (Blooms Notes)

    by Harold Bloom

    analytical, academic

    This volume provides a structured critical analysis of Harper Lee’s novel through the lens of Western literary tradition.

  11. 11 Cliffs Notes on Huxley's Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited

    Cliffs Notes on Huxley's Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited

    by Warren Paul

    analytical, academic

    In this 1965 study guide, Warren Paul provides a structural breakdown of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian vision.

  12. 12 Lectures on Don Quixote

    Lectures on Don Quixote

    by Vladimir Nabokov, Fredson Bowers

    analytical, academic

    This volume collects Vladimir Nabokov’s classroom lectures delivered at Harvard, focusing on Miguel de Cervantes’ classic novel.

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