Books like The Road to Wigan Pier
12 books with a reading profile close to The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell. Deep; a moderate read.
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Our Old Home
history, classic literature
Based on his tenure as the American consul in Liverpool, Nathaniel Hawthorne records his observations of mid-nineteenth-century England through a series of biographical sketches and travel essays.
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2
The Crucible
Also deep · history, classic literature
Set in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, the play follows John Proctor as he navigates a community consumed by religious extremism and legal manipulation.
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King Henry IV, Part 1
history, classic literature
Set in early fifteenth-century England, the narrative follows King Henry IV as he faces an armed rebellion led by the Percy family and the Scottish warrior Archibald Douglas.
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Danse Macabre
by Stephen King
Also deep · history, analytical
In this nonfiction study, Stephen King analyzes the evolution of horror across literature, film, and radio between 1950 and 1980.
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Germinal
by Émile Zola
Also deep · history, classic literature
Set in a coal-mining settlement in northern France during the 1860s, the narrative follows Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker who secures a job at the Voreux pit.
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Thais
Also deep · history, classic literature
Set in fourth-century Roman Egypt, this novel follows the ascetic monk Paphnuce as he travels from the desert to Alexandria to convert the famous courtesan Thais.
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King Henry V
Also deep · history, classic literature
Following the death of his father, the young King Henry V moves from a disorganized youth to a focused military commander.
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Ragtime
Also deep · history, classic literature
Set in the decade preceding World War I, the narrative weaves together the lives of three distinct families: a wealthy suburban household in New Rochelle, a Jewish immigrant father and daughter in the Lower East Side, a…
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
history, analytical
Katherine Boo tracks the interconnected lives of several residents in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement bordering the luxury hotels of Mumbai’s international airport.
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The Fortunes Of Perkin Warbeck A Romance
by Mary Shelley
history, classic literature
Mary Shelley’s historical novel reimagines the life of the fifteenth-century pretender to the English throne.
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Also deep · history, classic literature
Set in a 1950s Soviet labor camp, the novel tracks Ivan Denisovich Shukhov through a single winter day of his ten-year sentence.
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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
Also deep · history, analytical
In this collection of essays originally written for The Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates examines the intersection of the Obama presidency and the enduring structure of white supremacy in the United States.
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