Books like The Old Man and the Sea
If you liked The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Heart of Darkness
Because shares tags: classics, novella.
Marlow pilots a steamer up the Congo for a trading company and seeks Kurtz, the brilliant agent who stopped sending ivory and started…
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The Metamorphosis
Because shares tags: classics, novella.
Gregor Samsa wakes as an insect, cannot go to work, and watches his family shift from shock to cold relief.
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A Farewell to Arms
Because also by Ernest Hemingway; shares tag: classics.
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
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The Sun Also Rises
Because also by Ernest Hemingway; shares tag: classics.
Jake Barnes drifts through Paris bars and Pamplona bullfights with Brett Ashley and a wounded generation.
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War and Peace
Because shares tag: classics.
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tag: classics.
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tag: classics.
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
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The Trial
Because shares tag: classics.
Josef K. is arrested one morning on an unknown charge and pulled into an endless court he can never leave.
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The Three Musketeers
Because shares tag: classics.
Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.
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The Prince
Because shares tag: classics.
Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.
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The Name of the Rose
Because shares tag: classics.
Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.
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The Master and Margarita
Because shares tag: classics.
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
