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12 books with a reading profile close to Thais by Anatole France. Deep and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Richard III

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

William Shakespeare’s history play chronicles the bloody ascent of the Duke of Gloucester during the final stages of the Wars of the Roses.
2

King Richard II

by William Shakespeare

history, literary

King Richard II depicts the downfall of a monarch who believes his authority is a divine right rather than a political function.
3

The Fortunes Of Perkin Warbeck A Romance

by Mary Shelley

Also thought-provoking · history, literary

Mary Shelley’s historical novel reimagines the life of the fifteenth-century pretender to the English throne.
4

Death Comes for the Archbishop

by Willa Cather

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Father Jean Marie Latour, a French cleric, travels to the newly acquired New Mexico Territory in 1851 to serve as Apostolic Vicar.
5

The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Set in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, the play follows John Proctor as he navigates a community consumed by religious extremism and legal manipulation.
6

Ragtime

by E.L. Doctorow

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Set in the decade preceding World War I, the narrative weaves together the lives of three distinct families: a wealthy suburban household in New Rochelle, a Jewish immigrant father and daughter in the Lower East Side, a…
7

A Passage to India

by E.M. Forster

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Set in the British Raj during the 1920s, the narrative centers on the relationship between Dr.
8

Our Old Home

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

history, literary

Based on his tenure as the American consul in Liverpool, Nathaniel Hawthorne records his observations of mid-nineteenth-century England through a series of biographical sketches and travel essays.
9

Angle of Repose

by Wallace Stegner

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Lyman Ward, a retired historian living with a bone-deteriorating disability, spends his final years chronicling the lives of his grandparents, Susan and Oliver Ward.
10

Notes of a Native Son

by James Baldwin

Also deep · history, literary

James Baldwin’s collection of ten essays analyzes the intersection of racial identity and social structures in mid-century America and Europe.
11

Valperga

by Mary Shelley

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Set in fourteenth-century Italy, the narrative follows Castruccio Castracani, a historical Ghibelline tyrant who prioritizes military conquest and political dominance over human connection.
12

All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

The novel traces the political trajectory of Willie Stark, a cynical Southern lawyer who transforms into a populist governor by exploiting the grievances of the working class.

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