Books like The Odyssey
12 books with a reading profile close to The Odyssey by Homer. Deep; a demanding read.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Illustrated
by Oscar Wilde
Also deep · 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 History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha
by Thomas Shelton, Charles-Antoine Coypel
Also deep · philosophy, narrative
This massive four-volume set reproduces the classic narrative of Alonso Quijano, a country gentleman who loses his mind from reading romances.
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The Baron in the Trees
Also deep · 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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Lord of the Flies
Also deep · philosophy, narrative
During a nuclear conflict, a plane crash leaves a group of British schoolboys stranded on an uninhabited tropical island without adult supervision.
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The Plague
by Albert Camus
Also deep · 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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The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
Also deep · philosophy, narrative
The story follows visionary architect Howard Roark as he battles a society that demands artistic conformity and selfless service over individual excellence.
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Metamorphoses
by Ovid
Also deep · philosophy, literary
Ovid’s hexameter narrative tracks the history of the world from its chaotic origins to the assassination of Julius Caesar.
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Wise Blood
Also deep · 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 · 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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East of Eden
Also deep · philosophy, narrative
Set in the Salinas Valley between the Civil War and World War I, the narrative tracks the interconnected fates of the Trask and Hamilton families.
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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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