Books like The Tell-Tale Heart
12 books with a reading profile close to The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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The Black Cat
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · horror, literary
The story follows an unnamed narrator who undergoes a psychological breakdown fueled by chronic alcoholism.
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · horror, literary
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales presents a collection of early nineteenth-century gothic fiction focused on psychological disintegration and the supernatural.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · 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
Also thought-provoking · 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 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Also inward-looking · horror, literary
Gabriel Utterson, a London lawyer, investigates the connection between his respected friend Dr.
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The Shadow over Innsmouth
horror, literary
A young man traveling through New England in 1927 visits the decaying port of Innsmouth, Massachusetts, because he is curious about the town's bad reputation.
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Schoolgirl
by Osamu Dazai
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
The novella that first propelled Dazai into the literary elite of post-war Japan, Schoolgirl was essentially the start of his career and gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language.
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The Little Stranger
by Sarah Waters
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · horror, literary
Set in war-weary 1947 Warwickshire, the story follows Dr.
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Der Sandmann
Also 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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Portnoy’s Complaint
by Philip Roth
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
Alexander Portnoy lies on a psychoanalyst’s couch and delivers a frantic, obscene monologue regarding his sexual frustrations and childhood hangfires.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
Also inward-looking · horror, literary
In London’s high society, the artist Basil Hallward paints a portrait of a handsome young man named Dorian Gray.
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