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Books like The Screwtape Letters

If you liked The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley · 1932

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy, satire.

    Huxley's Brave New World retold: hatcheries, soma, Bernard and Lenina, John the Savage, and the lighthouse.

  2. Prince Caspian

    C.S. Lewis · 1951 · Chronicles of Narnia #2

    Because also by C.S. Lewis; shares tags: classics, christian.

    The Pevensies return to ruins at Cair Paravel and help Caspian take back Narnia from Miraz.

  3. War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy · 1869

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

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

  4. The Trial

    Franz Kafka · 1925

    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.

  5. The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

    Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.

  6. The Name of the Rose

    Umberto Eco · 1980

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

    Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.

  7. The Master and Margarita

    Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

    Because shares tags: classics, satire.

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

  8. The Karamazov Brothers

    Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

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

  9. The Importance of Being Earnest

    Oscar Wilde · 1895

    Because shares tags: classics, satire.

    Jack and Algernon invent Ernest to court Gwendolen and Cecily until fiction collapses.

  10. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson · 1971

    Because shares tags: classics, satire.

    Raoul Duke and Gonzo binge Vegas covering Mint 400 and drug conference.

  11. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    Milan Kundera · 1984

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

    Surgeon Tomas loves Tereza yet keeps mistresses, while artist Sabina and professor Franz test freedom around the 1968 Soviet invasion of…

  12. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick · 1968

    Because shares tags: philosophy, classics.

    Bounty hunter Rick Deckard retires escaped androids in ruined San Francisco while doubting what empathy still means.

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