Books like The Midnight Library

1. 

   The Master and Margarita

   Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

   Because shares tags: fantasy, literary fiction.

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

2. 

   The Karamazov Brothers

   Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880

   Because shares tags: philosophy, literary fiction.

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

3. 

   Kafka on the Shore

   Haruki Murakami · 2002

   Because shares tags: literary fiction, fantasy.

   Fifteen year old Kafka Tamura flees Tokyo while old Nakata, who talks to cats, drifts toward the same library town in Shikoku in parallel.

4. 

   The Time Traveler's Wife

   Audrey Niffenegger · 2003

   Because shares tags: literary fiction, fantasy.

   Niffenegger's Time Traveler's Wife retold: Henry's jumps, Clare waiting, art, and a marriage in two tenses.

5. 

   The Picture of Dorian Gray

   Oscar Wilde · 1890

   Because shares tags: philosophy, literary fiction.

   Dorian Gray retold: Basil paints, Henry talks, wish holds youth while canvas bears years.

6. 

   The Little Prince

   Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1943

   Because shares tags: philosophy, fantasy.

   Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince retold: a pilot, a rose, the fox, and what matters is invisible.

7. 

   Words of Radiance

   Brandon Sanderson · 2014 · The Stormlight Archive #2

   Because shares tag: fantasy.

   Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers.

8. 

   White Oleander

   Janet Fitch · 1999

   Because shares tag: literary fiction.

   Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.

9. 

   War and Peace

   Leo Tolstoy · 1869

   Because shares tag: philosophy.

   Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

10. 

    Tom Lake

    Ann Patchett · 2023

    Because shares tag: literary fiction.

    Lara tells daughters about young love with actor Peter Duke at Tom Lake.

11. 

    Things Fall Apart

    Chinua Achebe · 1958

    Because shares tag: literary fiction.

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

12. 

    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Zora Neale Hurston · 1937

    Because shares tag: literary fiction.

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

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