Books like

Books like The Crucible

12 books with a reading profile close to The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Deep and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

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.
2

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.
3

Henry IV, Part 1

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

King Henry IV struggles to maintain his throne while a rebellion led by the Percy family threatens the stability of England.
4

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.
5

King Henry V

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Following the death of his father, the young King Henry V moves from a disorganized youth to a focused military commander.
6

Thais

by Anatole France

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Set in fourth-century Roman Egypt, this novel follows the ascetic monk Paphnuce as he travels from the desert to Alexandria to convert the famous courtesan Thais.
7

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…
8

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.
9

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.
10

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.
11

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.
12

All Quiet on the Western Front

by Erich Maria Remarque

Also deep and thought-provoking · history, literary

Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier, narrates his experiences in the trenches of World War I after being pressured to enlist by his schoolmaster.

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