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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson reads as reflective, philosophical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt · 2013
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Atonement
Ian McEwan · 2001
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Kara Kitap
Orhan Pamuk · 1990
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Nightwood
Djuna Barnes · 1936
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Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert · 1856
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Narziss und Goldmund
Hermann Hesse · 1930
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Book of the New Sun
Gene Wolfe · 1983
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The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst
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Justine
Lawrence Durrell · 1957
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Wicked
Gregory Maguire · 1995
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy · 1891
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Les contemplations
Victor Hugo · 1856
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