Books like The Master and Margarita
12 books with a reading profile close to The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Deep, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Brás Cubas begins his narrative after his death, writing as a deceased man who recounts his life from the grave.
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White Noise
by Don DeLillo
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Jack Gladney is a professor of Hitler studies at a Midwestern college, living with his fourth wife, Babette, and their brood of children from various marriages.
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Ficciones
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Ficciones consists of seventeen short stories divided into two sections, The Garden of Forking Paths and Artifices.
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Tom Stoppard’s play centers on two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet who find themselves wandering through the wings of a tragedy they do not understand.
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The Aleph and Other Stories
by Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Jorge Luis Borges' "The Aleph and Other Stories" is a collection of profound and intricate short stories that delve into philosophical themes, labyrinths, mirrors, time, and the nature of reality.
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Waiting for Godot
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, stand by a leafless tree on a barren road.
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The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
José Saramago retells the life of Jesus, beginning with Joseph, who overhears soldiers talking about a coming massacre of infants in Bethlehem and does not warn the others.
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Also deep and open-ended · literary, classic literature
Angela Carter’s 1979 collection reimagines traditional European folk tales, such as Bluebeard, Little Red Riding Hood, and Puss-in-Boots, through a sensory and gothic lens.
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Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Walt Whitman’s collection centers on the interconnectedness of the human body, the natural world, and the American democratic experiment.
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The Woman in the Dunes
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
An entomologist named Niki is drawn into a strange village by a woman who lives in a pit.
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Till We Have Faces
by C.S. Lewis
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
In this reimagining of the Cupid and Psyche myth, Orual, the queen of Glome, writes a legalistic grievance against the gods.
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