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Rasselas
Rasselas, formally titled The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, is a philosophical tale by Samuel Johnson, first published in 1759. Its protagonist leaves the secluded Happy Valley with his sister Nekayah, the poet Imlac, and a philosopher to investigate how different people live and where h...
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The top alternative to Rasselas in 2026 is The Adventures of Caleb Williams with a score of 9.0/10, followed by The Scholars (8.6) and Zadig, ou la Destinée (8.5).
The Adventures of Caleb Williams
"The Adventures of Caleb Williams" is a 1794 novel by English political philosopher William Godwin, originally published...
The Scholars
Wu Jingzi’s *The Scholars* offers a vivid portrayal of late 18th-century China. This picaresque novel follows a group of...
Zadig, ou la Destinée
Zadig, ou la Destinée is a philosophical novella by Voltaire, first published in 1747. Its protagonist, Zadig, is a lear...
Zadig
Zadig recounts the life of a wealthy Jewish prince who undergoes a series of trials and tribulations while seeking wisdo...
Humphry Clinker
Humphry Clinker is an 18th-century English novel written by Tobias Smollett. It’s a picaresque tale told through letters...
Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels
Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia is a short satirical travel narrative fir...
Roxana
Daniel Defoe’s *Roxana* (1724) presents a realistic depiction of eighteenth-century London life through the eyes of Roxa...
Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure)
Fanny Hill, also published as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, is an English novel by John Cleland first published in 174...
The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great
The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great is a 1743 satirical novel by Henry Fielding. It presents a fictionalized life of Jon...
Roderick Random
The Adventures of Roderick Random is a 1748 picaresque novel by Scottish author Tobias Smollett. It follows the life and...
The Vicar of Wakefield
The Vicar of Wakefield is a novel by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, originally published in 1766. The story centers on D...
The History of Pendennis
The History of Pendennis, formally titled The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Gr...
Jonathan Wild
"The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great" is a 1743 satirical novel by Henry Fielding. It utilize...
The Devil upon Two Sticks
Le Diable boiteux (The Devil upon Two Sticks) is a satirical novel by French writer Alain-René Lesage, first published i...
The White Bull
The White Bull, or Le Taureau blanc, is a French philosophical tale by Voltaire, written and published in the 1770s. It...
The Indiscreet Jewels
'Les Bijoux indiscrets' (The Indiscreet Jewels) is a libertine novel written by French philosopher Denis Diderot and pub...
Peregrine Pickle
"Peregrine Pickle" is a picaresque novel by Scottish author Tobias Smollett, first published in 1751. The narrative foll...
Sir Launcelot Greaves
The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves is a novel by Tobias Smollett, first published in serial form in The Br...
The Adventures of a Guinea
Charles Johnstone's Chrysal, or The Adventures of a Guinea, published in 1760, uses a circulating coin to connect satiri...
The Adventures of a Bank-Note
Thomas Bridges's 1770 it-narrative follows a circulating banknote through British society, using its successive holders...
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