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Gaudy Night
1935 mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers set at fictional Shrewsbury College, Oxford, in which Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey investigate an anonymous poison-pen campaign.
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The top alternative to Gaudy Night in 2026 is Pale Fire with a score of 9.6/10, followed by Stoner (9.4) and Lucky Jim (9.2).
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov’s *Pale Fire* is a 1962 novel centered around a disastrous academic expedition to a remote American uni...
Stoner
John Williams’ *Stoner* chronicles the life of Edwin “Stoner” Grant, a Midwestern student at Midwestern State Teachers C...
Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis’s *Lucky Jim* chronicles the chaotic life of James Baldwin, a young lecturer at Bretton Hall College in Yo...
Kokoro
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Pnin
Vladimir Nabokov’s *Pnin* chronicles the life of Timofey Pnin, a disoriented and melancholic Russian professor teaching...
Doctor Faustus
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Possession: A Romance
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
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The Club Dumas
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Narcissus and Goldmund
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The Likeness
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The Secret Place
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The Magus
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Zuleika Dobson
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