An American Tragedy – Theodore Dreiser (1925)
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser follows Clyde Griffiths, whose ambition and pursuit of status lead him to a fateful moral and legal downfall.
Classics
Psychological
Satire
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Classics
Satire
Science Fiction
Hocus Pocus – Kurt Vonnegut Jr (1990)
Eugene Debs Hartke, a disillusioned soldier-turned-professor, confronts war, madness, and chaos as a prison break shatters his crumbling world. A darkly funny, haunting journey.
Classics
Psychological
Women in Love – DH Lawrence (1920)
Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence follows the Brangwen sisters’ intense relationships, exploring love, industrialization, and individual freedom in postwar England.
Classics
Psychological
Amerika – Franz Kafka (1927)
A young exile navigates a surreal, shifting America where freedom blurs into captivity and every promise conceals a deeper maze of power, absurdity, and fragile hope.
Mystery
The Teeth of the Tiger – Maurice Leblanc (1920)
The Teeth of the Tiger by Maurice Leblanc follows Arsène Lupin under the alias Don Luis Perenna as he untangles a murder mystery tied to a vast inheritance.
Psychological
In the Penal Colony – Franz Kafka (1918)
In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka depicts an outsider witnessing a brutal execution machine, critiquing blind loyalty, outdated laws, and authoritarian justice.
Classics
Satire
Pnin – Vladimir Nabokov (1957)
A tender, tragicomic journey through exile, memory, and missteps, where laughter and loneliness entwine in the life of a man forever slightly out of place.
Classics
Fantasy
Historical
The Autumn of the Patriarch – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1975)
A timeless dictator clings to fading power in a crumbling palace, as decay, illusion, and tyranny swirl into a hypnotic portrait of absolute rule and haunting solitude.
Classics
Psychological
A Happy Death – Albert Camus (1971)
A man sheds society’s illusions in search of pure happiness, embracing solitude, silence, and the final freedom found only through a conscious death.
Romance
Satire
The Rainbow – DH Lawrence (1915)
The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence traces three generations of the Brangwen family, depicting evolving social roles, personal identity, and the changing landscape of England.