Books like The Yellow Wallpaper
12 books with a reading profile close to The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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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 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary
Gabriel Utterson, a London lawyer, investigates the connection between his respected friend Dr.
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Confessions of a Mask
by Yukio Mishima, Meredith Weatherby
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, psychology
The novel chronicles the internal struggles of its narrator, Kochan, as he navigates his adolescence and young adulthood in post-war Japan.
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Passing
by Nella Larsen, Matthew Hodgson
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, 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 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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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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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, psychology
Set on a Mississippi Delta cotton estate, the narrative centers on the Pollitt family during Big Daddy’s sixty-fifth birthday.
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The Double
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, psychology
The story follows Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, a socially insecure titular councillor in Saint Petersburg whose fragile mental state shatters when he encounters a man identical to himself.
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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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The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov, Laurence Senelick
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, psychology
Konstantin Treplev, an aspiring playwright, stages an experimental outdoor performance to impress Nina Zarechnaya, a young actress whom he loves.
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The End of the Affair
Also deep and inward-looking · literary, 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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