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12 books with a reading profile close to Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Burmese Days

by George Orwell

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Set in the remote logging town of Kyauktada during the final decades of British imperial rule, the story follows John Flory, a weary teak merchant disillusioned by the bigotry of his peers.
2

A Handful of Dust

by Evelyn Waugh

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

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.
3

Eugénie Grandet

by Honoré de Balzac, Christopher Prendergast

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Set in the provincial town of Saumur, this novel documents the domestic tyranny of Felix Grandet, a former cooper who has amassed a secret fortune through obsessive land speculation and hoarding.
4

La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes

by Lazarillo de Tormes

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Lázaro narrates his own life from the poorest start.
5

Tartuffe

by Molière

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

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

The Beautiful and Damned

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Set in the shifting social landscape of 1910s New York, the narrative follows Anthony Patch, the presumptive heir to a massive tycoon fortune, and his marriage to the socialite Gloria Gilbert.
7

Washington Square

by Henry James

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

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.
8

The Moon and Sixpence

by W. Somerset Maugham

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

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.
9

Lady Windermere's Fan

by Oscar Wilde

literary, classic literature

Lady Windermere suspects her husband of infidelity with a mysterious newcomer named Mrs.
10

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Eliot Rosewater, the alcoholic heir to a massive industrial fortune, abandons high society to relocate to a decaying town in Indiana.
11

MAIN STREET

by Sinclair Lewis

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Carol Kennicott moves from the city to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, seeking to introduce aesthetic beauty and intellectual vibrancy to the provincial town.
12

The Portable Oscar Wilde

by Richard Aldington, Oscar Wilde

literary, classic literature

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

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