Books like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 text)
12 books with a reading profile close to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 text) by Mary Shelley. Deep and inward-looking; a moderate read.
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The Black Cat
Also inward-looking · horror, literary
The story follows an unnamed narrator who undergoes a psychological breakdown fueled by chronic alcoholism.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
The narrative follows Gabriel Utterson, a lawyer investigating the relationship between his disciplined friend, Dr.
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The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Also deep · horror, literary
This collection gathers the foundational works of American Gothic literature, combining short fiction and verse that define the macabre.
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The dark tower, and other stories
by C.S. Lewis
Also deep · science fiction, literary
This posthumous collection centers on an unfinished sequel to Out of the Silent Planet, titled The Dark Tower.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
In London’s high society, the artist Basil Hallward paints a portrait of a handsome young man named Dorian Gray.
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Fahrenheit 451 and Related Readings
by Ray Bradbury, Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Also deep · science fiction, literary
This volume pairs Ray Bradbury’s novel with a curated selection of short stories and poems that examine censorship, intellectual uniformity, and state-mandated ignorance.
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The Lottery and Other Stories
horror, literary
This collection of twenty-five stories describes the unsettling realities hidden beneath the surface of mid-century American domesticity.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
Gabriel John Utterson, a London lawyer, grows concerned when his friend Dr.
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9
Under the Skin
by Michel Faber
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, science fiction
Isserley drives the lonely roads of the Scottish Highlands searching for muscular male hitchhikers to pick up in her modified vehicle.
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10
Der Sandmann
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
Nathanael, a student, remains haunted by a childhood trauma involving the death of his father and a terrifying figure called the Sandman, whom he associates with the lawyer Coppelius.
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The Handmaid's Tale
Also deep · science fiction, literary
In a near-future New England, the United States government has been replaced by the Republic of Gilead, a military theocracy.
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Also deep · horror, science fiction
Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss student obsessed with natural philosophy, assembles a living creature from scavenged body parts and animates it using a spark of electricity.
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