10 books for fans of Anna Karenina
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The Complete novels of Leo Tolstoy
by Leo Tolstoy, The Complete Works Collection, The Complete Novels of Leo Tolstoy, Constance Garnett, Aylmer Maude
★ 4.16 Goodreads (37 ratings) - 2
The Kreutzer Sonata
by Leo Tolstoy, Benj. R. Tucker
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Tolstoy's provocative novella follows a man recounting how his wife's musical collaboration with a violinist led to jealousy, obsession, and ultimately murder.
★ 3.86 Goodreads (36.2K ratings) - 3
The Covenant of Water
by Abraham Verghese
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Spanning 1900 to 1977 in Kerala, India, three generations of one family grapple with a mysterious curse that causes skilled swimmers to drown. Verghese weaves together love, faith, and medical mystery in this sweeping epic that explores how families endure across time and tragedy.
★ 4.41 Goodreads (326.1K ratings) - 4
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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From detective fiction's birth in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" to pure psychological terror in "The Tell-Tale Heart," Poe invented entire genres. This complete collection shows how his obsessions with death, guilt, and madness created American literature's dark foundation.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (297.3K ratings) - 5
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
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Esther Greenwood's summer internship at a fashion magazine becomes a descent into depression, rendered in Plath's crystalline prose about mental illness and societal expectations.
★ 4.04 Goodreads (1.3M ratings) - 6
Kathleen Glasgow Three-Audiobook Collection: Girl in Pieces; How to Make Friends with the Dark; You'd Be Home Now
by Kathleen Glasgow
★ 4.81 Goodreads (26 ratings) - 7
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years
by Charles Dickens, Alex Jennings, Anna Massey, Bill Nighy, Julia McKenzie, Pam Ferris, Phil Daniels, Robert Glenister, Sandi Toksvig, Tim McInnerny
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Seven of Dickens' most beloved novels—from the episodic adventures of Nicholas Nickleby to the poignant melodrama of The Old Curiosity Shop—showcase his mastery of character, social commentary, and storytelling.
★ 4.47 Goodreads (15 ratings) - 8
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
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After a museum bombing kills his mother, thirteen-year-old Theo impulsively steals a priceless Dutch painting that becomes both his obsession and his curse.
★ 3.97 Goodreads (1.1M ratings) - 9
DON QUIXOTE. Translated
Don Quijote de la Mancha #1-2
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Obsessed with chivalric romances, aging Alonso Quixano becomes Don Quixote and sets out with squire Sancho Panza to revive knight-errantry in early 17th-century Spain. Cervantes created literature's greatest exploration of idealism versus reality through the adventures of his delusional hero and pragmatic companion.
★ 3.91 Goodreads (308.1K ratings) - 10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter • Book 3
by J.K. Rowling
★ 4.58 Goodreads (4.9M ratings)