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12 books with a reading profile close to WILHELM MEISTER'S APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAVELS by J. W. von Goethe. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a demanding read.

1

The Idiot

by Frank J. Morlock, Fyodor Dostoevsky

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

In this dramatic adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, Frank J.
2

The Idiot

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin returns to the rigid social circles of St.
3

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

by W.B. Yeats

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

This volume tracks the evolution of William Butler Yeats’s poetic output across four decades, charting a progression from early Victorian romanticism to a starker, modernist aesthetic.
4

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

In 1608, William Shakespeare’s tragedy follows an aging British monarch who abdicates his throne and divides his territory based on his daughters’ public professions of love.
5

The Sea, the Sea

by Iris Murdoch

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

Charles Arrowby, a vanity-driven theater director, retires to a secluded coastal house to write his memoirs and escape his past.
6

Faust, First Part

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

Heinrich Faust, a disenchanted scholar, abandons traditional medicine, theology, and philosophy after realizing that intellectual mastery has failed to reveal the secrets of the universe.
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The Magic Mountain

by Thomas Mann

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

Hans Castorp, a young engineer, visits his cousin at a tuberculosis sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, intending to stay for three weeks.
8

Nausea

by Jean-Paul Sartre

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

Antoine Roquentin, a secluded historian living in the port town of Bouvile, becomes obsessed with a visceral physical sensation he calls the Nausea.
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Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]

by William Shakespeare

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

This 1730 collection organizes the complete dramatic and poetic output of William Shakespeare, encompassing comedies, histories, and tragedies alongside his lyrical sequences.
10

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

Charles Marlow, a seasoned sailor, narrates his passage aboard a steamship into the Congo Free State to retrieve Mr.
11

Demons

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

In nineteenth-century Russia, a small provincial town becomes the staging ground for a revolutionary cell led by the manipulative Pyotr Verkhovensky.
12

The Complete Stories

by Franz Kafka

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense

This volume gathers the short stories Franz Kafka wrote and published during his lifetime, plus other pieces released after his death.

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