Books like Heart of Darkness

1. 

   Things Fall Apart

   Chinua Achebe · 1958

   Because shares tags: classics, colonialism, literary fiction.

   Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…

2. 

   Their Eyes Were Watching God

   Zora Neale Hurston · 1937

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

   Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.

3. 

   The Three Musketeers

   Alexandre Dumas · 1844 · The d'Artagnan Romances #1

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.

4. 

   The Master and Margarita

   Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

   Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.

5. 

   The Karamazov Brothers

   Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

   Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.

6. 

   The Horse and His Boy

   C. S. Lewis · 1954 · Chronicles of Narnia #5

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.

7. 

   The Amber Spyglass

   Philip Pullman · 2000 · His Dark Materials #3

   Because shares tags: adventure, classics.

   Lyra and Will cross worlds with amber spyglass to free ghosts and kill Authority.

8. 

   Peter Pan

   J.M. Barrie · 1911

   Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

   Wendy, John and Michael fly to Neverland with Peter, face Hook, and learn what growing up costs.

9. 

   Mansfield Park

   Jane Austen · 1814

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

   Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.

10. 

    Madame Bovary

    Gustave Flaubert · 1857

    Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

    Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary for romance, then seeks lovers and luxury until debts ruin them both.

11. 

    Howl's Moving Castle

    Diana Wynne Jones · 1986 · Howl's Castle #1

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    Cursed old by the Witch of the Waste, hatmaker Sophie Hatter talks her way into wizard Howl's moving castle and bargains with fire demon…

12. 

    The Witches

    Roald Dahl · 1983

    Because shares tags: classics, adventure.

    A boy and his grandmother face the Grand High Witch's plan to turn England's children into mice.

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