swap_horiz Silas Marner Alternatives

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Beloved

Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' is a harrowing and profoundly moving exploration of slavery's enduring legacy on the lives of...

African American Fiction Award Winning Magical Realism

9.47 Excellent

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Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs Dalloway is a 1925 modernist novel by British author Virginia Woolf that details a single day in the life of Clariss...

Classic Drama Modernist 20TH Century

9.35 Excellent

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Hyperion

Dan Simmons’ Hyperion, published in 1989, presents a complex space opera narrative inspired by Chaucer's *The Canterbury...

Space Opera Classic Literary Pilgrimage

9.28 Excellent

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Bring Up the Bodies

Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by British author Hilary Mantel, published in 2012 as the second book in her a...

21ST Century Historical Political Literary

9.18 Excellent

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Dune

Frank Herbert's 'Dune' remains a cornerstone of science fiction, lauded for its intricate world-building, complex charac...

Military Sci Fi Space Opera Classic

9.16 Excellent

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen's beloved novel follows the spirited Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates the complexities of love, class, and...

Classic Character Driven 19TH Century Romance

9.16 Excellent

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The Count of Monte Cristo

This epic tale of betrayal, imprisonment, and ultimate revenge remains a literary powerhouse. Edmond Dantès is unjustly...

Adventure Classic Epic Long Form

9.06 Excellent

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Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino’s *Invisible Cities* presents a series of fantastical descriptions of cities imagined by Marco Polo for Ku...

Fantasy Italian Classic Postmodern

9.06 Excellent

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The Red and the Black

Stendhal’s *The Red and the Black* explores the complex motivations of Julien Sorel, a young man navigating 19th-century...

Classic French 19TH Century Political

8.39 Great

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Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev’s *Fathers and Sons* explores generational conflict within Russia's evolving social landscape during the 1...

Russian Classic 19TH Century Political

8.31 Great

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The Charterhouse of Parma

Stendhal’s *The Charterhouse of Parma* chronicles the intertwined lives of individuals within the Carthusian monastery o...

Classic French 19TH Century Political

8.15 Great

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Oblomov

Ivan Goncharov’s *Oblomov* portrays a nineteenth-century Russian nobleman consumed by apathy and inaction. The novel exp...

Russian Classic 19TH Century Satire

8.08 Great

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New Grub Street

George Gissing’s New Grub Street portrays the struggles of aspiring writers in late nineteenth-century London. The novel...

Classic Literary English Realist

8.02 Great

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by English author Thomas Hardy, published in 189...

Classic 19TH Century English Tragic

7.97 Good

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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is an 1831 historical novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in French as Notre-Dame de...

Classic French 19TH Century Hugo

7.86 Good

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The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1851. It foll...

Classic 19TH Century Literary Gothic

7.86 Good

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Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park is Jane Austen's third published novel, released in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. It follows Fanny Price, a gir...

Classic Social 19TH Century Regency

7.75 Good

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Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda is George Eliot's final completed novel, published in 1876. The narrative intertwines two storylines: the...

Classic Social 19TH Century Victorian

7.62 Good

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Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey is a novel by Jane Austen that was published posthumously in 1817. The story follows Catherine Morland,...

Classic 19TH Century Gothic Regency

7.43 Good

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe, first published in book form in 185...

Classic American 19TH Century Slavery

6.83 Fair