Books Like The Metamorphosis

10 books for fans of The Metamorphosis

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   The Trial

   by Franz Kafka, Yavar Ismayilov

   Josef K. navigates a surreal legal system after his mysterious arrest for an unnamed crime. This unfinished masterpiece defined existential dread and bureaucratic absurdity for generations of readers.

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   Josef K. navigates a surreal legal system after his mysterious arrest for an unnamed crime. This unfinished masterpiece defined existential dread and bureaucratic absurdity for generations of readers.

   ★ 3.94 Goodreads (402.2K ratings)

   218 pages • 1925

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   The Castle

   by Franz Kafka, Mark Harman

   K.'s relentless quest to reach an inscrutable Castle becomes a fever dream of bureaucratic futility and existential dread that feels unnervingly modern.

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   K.'s relentless quest to reach an inscrutable Castle becomes a fever dream of bureaucratic futility and existential dread that feels unnervingly modern.

   ★ 3.91 Goodreads (76.9K ratings)

   328 pages • 1926

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   Arch of Triumph

   by Erich Maria Remarque

   ★ 4.43 Goodreads (32.8K ratings)

   464 pages • 1945

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   Animal Farm

   by George Orwell

   Orwell's farmyard revolution starts with noble ideals about equality, then demonstrates exactly how power corrupts even the most well-intentioned movements.

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   Orwell's farmyard revolution starts with noble ideals about equality, then demonstrates exactly how power corrupts even the most well-intentioned movements.

   ★ 4.02 Goodreads (4.6M ratings)

   141 pages • 1945

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   The Canterbury Tales

   by Geoffrey Chaucer, J.U. Nicolson

   ★ 3.53 Goodreads (238.9K ratings)

   17 pages • 1400

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   White Nights

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky, TAZIRI, Constance Garnett

   Set during St. Petersburg's ethereal white nights, Dostoevsky's novella follows a solitary dreamer who befriends a young woman waiting for her absent lover. Brief but emotionally devastating, it explores loneliness and the cruel hope of connection.

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   Set during St. Petersburg's ethereal white nights, Dostoevsky's novella follows a solitary dreamer who befriends a young woman waiting for her absent lover. Brief but emotionally devastating, it explores loneliness and the cruel hope of connection.

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (370.9K ratings)

   80 pages • 1848

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   The Crucible

   by Arthur Miller, Christopher W.E. Bigsby

   ★ 3.61 Goodreads (468.1K ratings)

   143 pages • 1953

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   Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

   Harry Potter • Book 3

   by J.K. Rowling

   ★ 4.58 Goodreads (4.9M ratings)

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   Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

   Harry Potter • Book 4

   by J.K. Rowling

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (4.2M ratings)

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    Theo of Golden

    by Allen Levi

    When Theo starts purchasing ninety-two portraits from a coffeehouse wall, he quietly begins changing an entire town through simple acts of recognition.

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    When Theo starts purchasing ninety-two portraits from a coffeehouse wall, he quietly begins changing an entire town through simple acts of recognition.

    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (168.5K ratings)

    400 pages • 2023

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