Books like The Collector
12 books with a reading profile close to The Collector by John Fowles. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Passing
by Nella Larsen, Matthew Hodgson
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
Set in 1920s Harlem and Chicago, the narrative follows the unexpected reunion of two childhood friends, Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry.
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The Woman Destroyed
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
This collection consists of three long-form stories centered on the psychological and social erosion of aging women in 1960s France.
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The Killer Inside Me
by Jim Thompson
Also inward-looking · thriller, classic literature
Lou Ford is a deputy sheriff in Central City, Texas, who presents himself to the town as a polite, slow-talking, and dull-witted lawman.
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Confessions of a Mask
by Yukio Mishima, Meredith Weatherby
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
The novel chronicles the internal struggles of its narrator, Kochan, as he navigates his adolescence and young adulthood in post-war Japan.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
Set on a Mississippi Delta cotton estate, the narrative centers on the Pollitt family during Big Daddy’s sixty-fifth birthday.
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The End of the Affair
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
Set in London during and after the Blitz, the novel follows Maurice Bendrix, a novelist who begins a physical relationship with Sarah Miles, the wife of a civil servant.
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The Meek One
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
A middle-aged pawnbroker ponders the corpse of his young wife, who has just committed suicide by jumping from their window while holding an icon.
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Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
Zeno Cosini, a rich businessman from Trieste, is told by his psychoanalyst to write his memoirs, and he produces an account of his habits, in particular his failed attempts to give up smoking.
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Oblomov
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a young Russian nobleman who lives in a state of terminal inertia within his dusty St.
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The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov, Laurence Senelick
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
Konstantin Treplev, an aspiring playwright, stages an experimental outdoor performance to impress Nina Zarechnaya, a young actress whom he loves.
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Nine Stories
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
Nine Stories centers on the Glass family and other urban protagonists navigating mid-century American life.
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Also deep and inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
Noboru, a thirteen-year-old boy in Yokohama, belongs to a secret gang of youths who reject adult morality in favor of a cold, objective nihilism.
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