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Books like The Little Stranger

12 books with a reading profile close to The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. Inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

The Black Cat

by Edgar Allan Poe

Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, classic literature

The story follows an unnamed narrator who undergoes a psychological breakdown fueled by chronic alcoholism.
2

The Edible Woman

by Margaret Atwood

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Marian McAlpin works at a consumer research firm, methodically cataloging the tastes of the public while maintaining a predictable relationship with her fiance, Peter.
3

The Lottery and Other Stories

by Shirley Jackson

Also open-ended and thought-provoking · horror, classic literature

This collection of twenty-five stories describes the unsettling realities hidden beneath the surface of mid-century American domesticity.
4

Amsterdam

by Ian McEwan

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

After the funeral of Molly Lane, her two former lovers—Clive Linley, a celebrated composer, and Vernon Halliday, a newspaper editor—forge a mutual euthanasia pact to avoid a similar cognitive decline.
5

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Lib/E

by Ken Kesey, Tom Parker

Also open-ended and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the story follows Randle McMurphy, a boisterous gambler who feigns insanity to avoid a prison farm sentence.
6

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

by Edgar Allan Poe

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · horror, classic literature

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales presents a collection of early nineteenth-century gothic fiction focused on psychological disintegration and the supernatural.
7

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Jake Barnes, an American journalist living in Paris, lives with a physical wound from the Great War that leaves him impotent.
8

ILL - One flew over the cuckoo's nest

by Dale Wasserman

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

In Dale Wasserman’s 1970 stage adaptation of the Ken Kesey novel, the narrative centers on Randle P.
9

The Overcoat

by Nikolai Gogol

Also open-ended and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Akaky Akakievich is a low-ranking government clerk in St.
10

Breakfast at Tiffany's

by Truman Capote

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Set in wartime Manhattan, the narrative follows an aspiring writer who becomes fascinated by his upstairs neighbor, Holly Golightly.
11

The Lottery

by Shirley Jackson

Also open-ended and thought-provoking · horror, narrative

Set in a small American village on a clear June morning, the story follows three hundred residents as they gather in the town square for an annual ritual regulated by Mr.
12

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · horror, classic literature

The narrative follows Gabriel Utterson, a lawyer investigating the relationship between his disciplined friend, Dr.

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