Books like The Talented Mr. Ripley
12 books with a reading profile close to The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Death in Her Hands
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · mystery, psychology
Vesta Gul, a seventy-two-year-old widow living in a remote forest cabin, discovers a handwritten note claiming a woman named Maggs was murdered.
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The Killer Inside Me
by Jim Thompson
Also inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
Lou Ford is a deputy sheriff in Central City, Texas, who presents himself to the town as a polite, slow-talking, and dull-witted lawman.
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Daisy Miller
by Henry James
Also thought-provoking · classic literature, 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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4
Geisterseher
mystery, classic literature
The novel follows a German Prince living in Venice who becomes entangled in a conspiracy orchestrated by a mysterious, masked Armenian.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Also inward-looking · classic literature, psychology
Gabriel Utterson, a London lawyer, investigates the connection between his respected friend Dr.
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · classic literature, 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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The Meek One
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · classic literature, 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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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
Also thought-provoking · classic literature, psychology
In 1930s Edinburgh, schoolmistress Jean Brodie selects six young pupils to become the Brodie set, her personal elite.
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Passing
by Nella Larsen, Matthew Hodgson
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · classic literature, psychology
Set in 1920s Harlem and Chicago, the narrative follows the unexpected reunion of two childhood friends, Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry.
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The End of the Affair
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · classic literature, psychology
Set in London during and after the Blitz, the novel follows Maurice Bendrix, a novelist who begins a physical relationship with Sarah Miles, the wife of a civil servant.
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The Heart of the Matter
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · classic literature, psychology
Henry Scobie, a deputy police commissioner in a West African British colony during the Second World War, is a conscientious Catholic who has been passed over for promotion.
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Broken Harbor
Also inward-looking · mystery, psychology
Detective Mick "Scorcher" Kennedy arrives at Brianstown, a half-finished "ghost estate" stalled by the Irish financial collapse.
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