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Books like Lost Horizon

12 books with a reading profile close to Lost Horizon by James Hilton. Contemplative; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Watership Down

    Watership Down

    by Richard Adams

    Also contemplative · narrative, literary

    Hazel leads a small group of rabbits away from their home burrow after his brother Fiver experiences a psychic premonition of its total destruction.

  2. 2 The Neverending Story

    The Neverending Story

    by Michael Ende

    Also contemplative · narrative, literary

    Bastian Balthazar Bux is a lonely boy who steals an antique book and hides in his school’s attic to read it.

  3. 3 Kaikeyi

    Kaikeyi

    by Vaishnavi Patel

    narrative, literary

    Kaikeyi, the queen who in the Ramayana demands that Rama be exiled and her son Bharata be crowned, is usually remembered as a villain.

  4. 4 A Wizard of Earthsea

    A Wizard of Earthsea

    by Ursula K. Le Guin

    narrative, literary

    Ged, a talented but arrogant youth known as Sparrowhawk, begins his education in the high arts of magic at the school on Roke Island.

  5. 5 The Children of Húrin

    The Children of Húrin

    by J.R.R. Tolkien

    narrative, literary

    Set during the Elder Days of Middle-earth, this tragedy chronicles the life of Túrin Turambar, son of Húrin.

  6. 6 Ariadne

    Ariadne

    by Jennifer Saint

    narrative, literary

    Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up in a palace defined by the heavy breathing of the Minotaur, her brother imprisoned within the Labyrinth.

  7. 7 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    by Lewis Carroll

    narrative, literary

    Alice follows a young girl who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean realm governed by nonsense and wordplay.

  8. 8 Iki Sehrin Hikayesi

    Iki Sehrin Hikayesi

    by Charles Dickens

    narrative, literary

    Set against the violent backdrop of the French Revolution, this narrative follows Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat seeking to escape his family heritage, and Sydney Carton, a cynical English lawyer.

  9. 9 The White Tiger

    The White Tiger

    by Aravind Adiga

    narrative, literary

    Balram Halwai, a chauffeur from a poverty-stricken village in rural India, details his rise to entrepreneurial success through a series of letters to the Chinese Premier.

  10. 10 Once Upon a River

    Once Upon a River

    by Diane Setterfield

    narrative, literary

    On a winter night at the Swan Inn along the Thames, a wounded stranger staggers through the door carrying the lifeless body of a small girl.

  11. 11 The Last Battle (adult)

    The Last Battle (adult)

    by C. S. Lewis

    Also contemplative · narrative, classic literature

    In the final chapter of the Chronicles of Narnia, a clever ape named Shift manipulates a simple donkey into impersonating the Great Lion, Aslan.

  12. 12 The Lord of the Rings

    The Lord of the Rings

    by J.R.R. Tolkien

    narrative, literary

    In the fictional realm of Middle-earth, an ancient malevolence returns through the discovery of a gold ring that holds the soul of the Dark Lord Sauron.

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