Books like The Raven
12 books with a reading profile close to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. Deep, inward-looking and open-ended; a moderate read.
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1
The Complete Stories and Poems
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, dense
This collection brings together the full literary output of the man who established the conventions of the modern detective story and the psychological thriller.
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2
Our Share of Night
Also deep · horror, dense
Juan, a Black Argentine man with a rare gift, can serve as a medium for the Order, a secret society that wants immortality by calling up a dark entity.
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3
Light in August
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, literary
Set in 1930s Mississippi, the narrative follows three central figures: Lena Grove, a pregnant woman traveling barefoot from Alabama to find her child's father; Gail Hightower, a disgraced minister living in isolation; a…
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4
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
The narrative follows Gabriel Utterson, a lawyer investigating the relationship between his disciplined friend, Dr.
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5
The Fall of the House of Usher
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
When an unnamed narrator arrives at the isolated, decaying Usher estate, he finds his childhood friend Roderick suffering from extreme sensory sensitivity and a conviction that the house possesses a malignant consciousn…
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6
Lord Jim
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, literary
Jim, a young First Mate on the steamer Patna, abandons his ship and hundreds of sleeping pilgrims after a collision.
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7
Women in Love
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, literary
Set in an English industrial town following the Great War, the narrative follows the Brangwen sisters, Ursula and Gudrun, as they navigate complex relationships with two friends, Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich.
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8
Another Country
Also deep and inward-looking · dense, literary
Set in mid-century Greenwich Village and Harlem, the narrative begins with the suicide of Rufus Scott, a Black jazz percussionist broken by poverty and a volatile interracial relationship.
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9
The Empusium
Also deep · horror, dense
Set in 1913, the story follows Mieczysław Wojnicz, a student seeking treatment for tuberculosis at a sanatorium in Görbersdorf.
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10
Zone One
Also deep · horror, dense
Mark Spitz is a civilian volunteer working as a manual laborer in a post-apocalyptic Manhattan.
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11
The Merchant of Venice
Also deep and open-ended · dense, literary
Bassanio, a young Venetian nobleman, seeks a loan from his friend Antonio to fund a pursuit of the wealthy heiress Portia.
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12
Daniel Deronda
by George Eliot
Also deep · dense, literary
George Eliot’s final novel follows two primary paths that eventually merge through the encounter of Gwendolen Harleth and Daniel Deronda.
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