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Books like The House of Mirth

12 books with a reading profile close to The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. Deep, inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

This Side of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, literary

Set in the years surrounding World War I, the narrative follows Amory Blaine, a wealthy and egoistic Midwesterner, from his pampered childhood through his education at Princeton University.
2

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and thought-provoking · romance, literary

This tragedy chronicles the political and romantic alliance between Mark Antony, a Roman triumvir, and Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt.
3

Corinne

by Germaine de Staël, Isabel Hill

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, literary

Set against the backdrop of an eighteenth-century Grand Tour, this novel centers on the intense intellectual and emotional connection between Lord Oswald Nelvil, a grieving Scottish aristocrat, and Corinne, a celebrated…
4

If Beale Street Could Talk

by James Baldwin

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, literary

Set in 1970s Harlem, the story follows nineteen-year-old Tish Rivers and her fiancé, Fonny Hunt, an aspiring sculptor.
5

A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, literary

Frederic Henry, an American paramedic serving with the Italian army during World War I, experiences the collapse of the front following the retreat from Caporetto.
6

Ruy Blas

by Victor Hugo

Also thought-provoking · romance, literary

In seventeenth-century Spain, Don Salluste de Bazan seeks revenge against Queen Maria de Neubourg after she exiles him for refusing to marry a lady-in-waiting.
7

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, literary

Set against the desolate Yorkshire moors, this novel follows the volatile connection between Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff.
8

Lettres portugaises

by Gabriel de Guilleragues, Mariana Alcoforado

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, literary

Published anonymously in 1669, this epistolary novel consists of five letters written by a Portuguese nun, Mariana Alcoforado, to an absent French officer named Noël Bouton de Chamilly.
9

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, literary

In the twilight of the nineteenth century, Florentino Ariza falls into a lifelong obsession with Fermina Daza, a woman who eventually rejects his youthful advances to marry Dr.
10

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

Also thought-provoking · romance, literary

In the aftermath of a successful military campaign, the Prince of Aragon and his soldiers visit the estate of Leonato in Messina.
11

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by D.H. Lawrence

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, literary

Constance Chatterley is a young woman married to Clifford, a baronet paralyzed from the waist down in the First World War.
12

The Lover

by Marguerite Duras

Also deep and inward-looking · romance, literary

Set in 1930s French Indochina, the narrative centers on a fifteen-year-old French girl from a financially destitute family who begins a clandestine affair with a wealthy Chinese heir.

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