Books like Waverley
12 books with a reading profile close to Waverley by Walter Scott. Deep; a moderate read.
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1
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Also deep · dense, narrative
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the narrative follows Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley as they navigate British high society.
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2
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
Also deep · dense, narrative
Bond Market trader Sherman McCoy sees his life as a self-proclaimed Master of the Universe collapse after a wrong turn into the Bronx.
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3
Doctor Zhivago
Also deep · dense, narrative
Set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent Civil War, the narrative follows Yuri Zhivago, a physician and poet who struggles to maintain his medical ethics and artistic integrity amidst social…
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4
The Odyssey of Homer
by Homer
Also deep · dense, narrative
Following the conclusion of the Trojan War, Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, begins a decade-long struggle to reach his home.
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5
Bleak House
Also deep · dense, narrative
In nineteenth-century London, the protracted legal battle of Jarndyce and Jarndyce drags through the Court of Chancery, eroding the inheritance and sanity of those caught in its wake.
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6
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews
Also deep · narrative, literary
The narrative follows Joseph Andrews, a virtuous footman who is dismissed from service after resisting the aggressive sexual advances of his mistress, Lady Booby.
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7
Kim
Also deep · narrative, literary
Set against the backdrop of late nineteenth-century British India, the story follows Kimball O’Hara, an orphaned white boy living as a street-wise urchin in Lahore.
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8
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
narrative, literary
Joe Kavalier, a magician and escape artist, flees Nazi-occupied Prague and arrives in New York City to live with his cousin, Sammy Clay.
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9
The Aeneid
by Virgil
Also deep · dense, narrative
Virgil’s epic poem follows Aeneas, a Trojan prince who escapes the ruins of Troy to establish a new lineage in Italy.
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10
Dombey and Son
narrative, literary
Paul Dombey runs his shipping house with a singular focus on patriarchal succession and commercial dominance.
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11
Twelfth Night
Also deep · dense, literary
After a shipwrecks near the coast of Illyria, Viola believes her twin brother Sebastian is dead.
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12
The Arabian Nights
by Anonymous
Also deep · narrative, literary
This collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories is built around a frame tale.
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