Books like The Name of the Rose
If you liked The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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War and Peace
Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction, philosophy.
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.
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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The Trial
Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.
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 tags: classics, historical fiction.
Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.
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The Prince
Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.
Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.
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The Karamazov Brothers
Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.
Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Because shares tags: classics, mystery.
Holmes Watson probe spectral hound killing Baskervilles on Dartmoor.
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The Green Mile
Because shares tags: mystery, classics.
Guard Paul Edgecombe watches John Coffey show healing miracles on death row in 1932 Louisiana.
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Mexican Gothic
Because shares tags: historical fiction, mystery.
In 1950 Mexico, glamorous Noemi Taboada leaves Mexico City for High Place after a desperate letter, to rescue cousin Catalina from the…
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.
Left alone on San Nicolas Island for eighteen years, Karana builds shelter, faces wild dogs, and finds company with Rontu.
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A Farewell to Arms
Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
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The Lost Apothecary
Because shares tags: historical fiction, mystery.
A hidden 1791 apothecary poisons cruel men, and two centuries later an historian uncovers her trail.
