Books like The Fountainhead
12 books with a reading profile close to The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Deep and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Wise Blood
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative
Hazel Motes returns from war to a rural Tennessee landscape and establishes the Church Without Christ.
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Gulliver’s Travels
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative
Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon, recounts four separate voyages to remote corners of the world where he encounters societies that physicalize human absurdity.
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The Baron in the Trees
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative
In 1767, twelve-year-old Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, a young nobleman in Liguria, climbs a tree after a quarrel at dinner, and vows never to come down.
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The Odyssey
by Homer
Also deep · philosophy, narrative
Following the destruction of Troy, the Greek king Odysseus begins a ten-year voyage to reach his home in Ithaca.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Illustrated
by Oscar Wilde
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative
In Victorian London, the young Dorian Gray sits for a portrait by artist Basil Hallward, who captures the youth's extraordinary beauty on canvas.
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The Plague
by Albert Camus
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative
Set in the coastal city of Oran, the narrative begins when rats emerge from the shadows to die in the streets, signaling an outbreak of bubonic plague.
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Nana
Also deep and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in the high society and gritty backstage world of the Second French Empire, the novel follows Nana, a woman who escapes her impoverished roots to become the most desired actress in Paris.
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative
In 1714, a rope bridge in Peru collapses, sending five travelers to their deaths in the chasm below.
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Narcissus and Goldmund
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, narrative
Set in medieval Germany, the novel follows two antithetical men who begin as student and teacher at Mariabronn monastery.
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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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The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan
Also deep · philosophy, narrative
The narrative follows Christian, a man fleeing the City of Destruction after reading a book that reveals his impending doom.
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