Books like The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
12 books with a reading profile close to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson. Deep and inward-looking; a moderate read.
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The Yellow Wallpaper
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story follows an unnamed woman confined to a nursery in a rented colonial mansion.
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The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
In a remote estate in Essex, a young governess takes charge of two orphaned siblings, Miles and Flora.
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The Black Cat
Also inward-looking · horror, literary
The story follows an unnamed narrator who undergoes a psychological breakdown fueled by chronic alcoholism.
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The Tell-Tale Heart
Also inward-looking · horror, literary
An unnamed narrator recounts the systematic murder of an elderly man, driven by a fixation on the victim’s pale, clouded eye.
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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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The Lottery and Other Stories
horror, literary
This collection of twenty-five stories describes the unsettling realities hidden beneath the surface of mid-century American domesticity.
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, psychology
Noboru, a thirteen-year-old boy in Yokohama, belongs to a secret gang of youths who reject adult morality in favor of a cold, objective nihilism.
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Der Sandmann
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
Nathanael, a student, remains haunted by a childhood trauma involving the death of his father and a terrifying figure called the Sandman, whom he associates with the lawyer Coppelius.
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
Also deep · literary, psychology
In 1930s Edinburgh, schoolmistress Jean Brodie selects six young pupils to become the Brodie set, her personal elite.
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The Meek One
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, psychology
A middle-aged pawnbroker ponders the corpse of his young wife, who has just committed suicide by jumping from their window while holding an icon.
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Daisy Miller
by Henry James
literary, psychology
Winterbourne, an American living in Switzerland, becomes obsessed with Daisy Miller, a wealthy young woman from New York who ignores the rigid etiquette of the European expatriate community.
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