Books like Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
12 books with a reading profile close to Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table by Thomas Malory. Deep and outward-looking; a moderate read.
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The Silmarillion
Also deep · dense, literary
The Silmarillion chronicles the history of Middle-earth from its creation through a divine song to the end of the Third Age.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by Gawain Poet
Also deep · dense, literary
At Camelot's New Year feast, a huge green knight rides in and offers a challenge: anyone may strike him with an axe, if he can return the blow in a year and a day.
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Beren and Lúthien
Also deep · dense, classic literature
Tolkien wrote the story of Beren and Lúthien around 1917, and it lies at the center of his mythology.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Also deep · literary, classic literature
At a New Year’s feast in Camelot, a giant green stranger interrupts the festivities to challenge King Arthur’s knights to a lethal exchange of blows.
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Also deep · dense, literary
In 1806, English magic is a dead subject confined to dry histories until Gilbert Norrell reveals his ability to animate the statues of York Cathedral.
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Twelfth Night
Also deep · dense, literary
After a shipwrecks near the coast of Illyria, Viola believes her twin brother Sebastian is dead.
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Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Also deep · dense, literary
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the narrative follows Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley as they navigate British high society.
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Babel
by R.F. Kuang
Also deep · dense, literary
Set in 1830s Oxford, the story follows Robin Swift, a Cantonese orphan trained to work within Babel, the university’s prestigious Institute of Translation.
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The Canterbury Tales
Also deep · dense, literary
Geoffrey Chaucer’s poem presents a fictional storytelling competition among thirty pilgrims traveling from London to the shrine of Thomas Becket.
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The Merchant of Venice
Also deep · dense, literary
Bassanio, a young Venetian nobleman, seeks a loan from his friend Antonio to fund a pursuit of the wealthy heiress Portia.
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Obras completas
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Also deep · dense, literary
This 1841 collection compiles the literary output of Miguel de Cervantes, centering on the adventures of Alonso Quijano, a country gentleman who adopts the persona of Don Quixote.
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