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Books like The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

12 books with a reading profile close to The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides by Aeschylus. Deep, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a demanding read.

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

by Anonymous

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

Gilgamesh, the ruler of Uruk, dominates his subjects until the gods create Enkidu, a feral man, to challenge him.
2

Dead Souls

by Nikolai Gogol

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, dense

Chichikov, a mysterious gentleman of middling rank and no obvious fortune, drives a britzka into a provincial Russian town and charms the local officials.
3

Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

Ishmael, a schoolmaster seeking relief from a melancholy spirit, joins the crew of the Pequod, a whaling vessel departing from Nantucket.
4

Man and Superman

by George Bernard Shaw

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

In this four-act drama, George Bernard Shaw uses the character of John Tanner, an intellectual revolutionary, to argue that women are the primary pursuers in human courtship.
5

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2: Purgatorio

by Dante Alighieri

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

Following their departure from the pit of Hell, Dante and his guide Virgil ascend the island-mountain of Purgatory.
6

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

Alonso Quijano, an elderly man from La Mancha, loses his grip on reality after consuming a constant diet of chivalric tales.
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Collected Fictions

by Jorge Luis Borges

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

This volume brings together Borges's short fiction in English, including A Universal History of Infamy, Ficciones, The Aleph, Doctor Brodie's Report and The Book of Sand.
8

Inferno

by Dante Alighieri

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

Dante Alighieri narrates his descent through nine concentric circles of hell under the guidance of the Roman poet Virgil.
9

Paradise Lost

by John Milton

Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, dense

John Milton composed this epic poem in blank verse to justify the ways of God to men.
10

Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

This 1730 collection organizes the complete dramatic and poetic output of William Shakespeare, encompassing comedies, histories, and tragedies alongside his lyrical sequences.
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The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

by Sophocles

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

These three plays by Sophocles follow Thebes' royal family through its curse.
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The Magic Mountain

by Thomas Mann

Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense

Hans Castorp, a young engineer, visits his cousin at a tuberculosis sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, intending to stay for three weeks.

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