Books like Pygmalion
12 books with a reading profile close to Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. Deep and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Silk and Insight
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in 1950s Japan, this novel dramatizes the labor dispute at a major textile factory to examine the reality of industrial paternalism.
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2
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set along the Mississippi River in the mid-19th century, these interconnected novels follow the lives of two boys navigating the constraints of antebellum society.
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3
Native Son
by Richard Wright, Richard Wright - undifferentiated
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in the segregated South Side of Chicago during the 1930s, the narrative follows Bigger Thomas, a young Black man trapped by systemic poverty and racial prejudice.
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4
Prodigal Summer
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In the humid mountains of southern Appalachia, three narrative threads intersect through the lens of evolutionary biology and ecological interdependence.
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5
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
A retired colonel in a small Colombian town has waited fifteen years for the pension he was promised after serving in a civil war.
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6
All My Sons
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in the immediate aftermath of World War II, this drama centers on Joe Keller, a successful manufacturer who escaped conviction for shipping defective airplane cylinder heads that caused the deaths of twenty-one pilo…
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7
Assommoir
by Émile Zola
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
L’Assommoir documents the physical and moral decline of Gervaise Macquart, a laundress striving for domestic stability in the slums of Second Empire Paris.
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8
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
by Ben Fountain
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Billy Lynn is a nineteen-year-old American soldier who has become a hero after a firefight in Iraq, which was caught on camera.
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9
Great Gatsby
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Jay Gatsby spends his life accumulating wealth through criminal channels to reclaim a past romance with Daisy Buchanan.
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10
Bel-Ami
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Georges Duroy arrives in Paris as a penniless veteran with nothing but his appearance and a lack of scruples.
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11
Sister Carrie
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Eighteen-year-old Caroline Meeber leaves her rural Wisconsin home for Chicago with nothing but a small satchel and a desire for material comfort.
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12
Mademoiselle Fifi
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set during the Prussian occupation of France in the 1870s, this collection centers on the titular novella about a cruel Prussian officer nicknamed Mademoiselle Fifi for his effeminate mannerisms.
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