Literary fiction · Similar reads
Books like Crime and Punishment
The best books like Crime and Punishment are The Myth of Sisyphus, Man's Search for Meaning, and When Nietzsche Wept. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is about guilt and conscience, ideology and its limits, poverty and dehumanization. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Myth of Sisyphus
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Albert Camus · Philosophy
The Myth of Sisyphus begins with what Camus calls the only truly serious philosophical question: why not commit suicide?
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor E. Frankl · Psychology
Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's account of his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and the psychological theory he developed from that experience.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - When Nietzsche Wept
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Irvin D. Yalom · Philosophy
When Nietzsche Wept is a philosophical novel by psychiatrist Irvin Yalom set in Vienna in 1882.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Steppenwolf
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Hermann Hesse · Philosophy
Steppenwolf is Hermann Hesse's most psychologically intense and formally inventive novel, published in 1927 at a time of personal crisis.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Homage to Catalonia
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George Orwell · Memoir
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's firsthand account of fighting in the Spanish Civil War, which he joined in late 1936 as a volunteer with the POUM militia — a Trotskyist revolutionary organization that was later suppressed by the Soviet-backed Stalinist wing of the Republican forces.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Grant
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Ron Chernow · Biography
Ron Chernow's biography of Ulysses S.
Both dig into redemption.
Read the summary → - Les Misérables
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Victor Hugo · Classics
Jean Valjean is paroled after nineteen years in prison — five for stealing bread, fourteen more for escape attempts — and finds that the law, in the person of the relentless Inspector Javert, will never truly release him.
Both dig into redemption.
Read the summary → - Open: An Autobiography
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Andre Agassi · Memoir
Andre Agassi's autobiography opens with one of the most famous confessions in sports memoir: he hates tennis.
Both dig into redemption.
Read the summary → - Reminders of Him
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Colleen Hoover · Contemporary fiction
Kenna Rowan is released from prison after serving five years for a drunk driving accident that killed her boyfriend Scotty.
Both dig into redemption.
Read the summary → - Seabiscuit: An American Legend
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Laura Hillenbrand · History
Seabiscuit is the story of the undersized, knobby-kneed racehorse who became the most celebrated American athlete of the late 1930s — drawing larger newspaper audiences than Franklin Roosevelt or Joe DiMaggio at his peak.
Both dig into redemption.
Read the summary → - The Bible
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Various · Religion & Spirituality
The Bible is a collection of texts assembled over roughly fifteen centuries, written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek by dozens of authors across wildly different genres: law, history, poetry, prophecy, wisdom literature, apocalypse, and letters.
Both dig into redemption.
Read the summary → - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand · Biography
Unbroken follows Louis Zamperini from his juvenile delinquency in Depression-era California to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he ran the 5,000 meters at nineteen and briefly caught Hitler's attention.
Both dig into redemption.
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Books like Crime and Punishment: quick answers
What are the best books like Crime and Punishment?
The best books like Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky are The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom, Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Crime and Punishment, such as guilt and conscience, ideology and its limits, poverty and dehumanization.
What should I read after Crime and Punishment?
A natural next read after Crime and Punishment is The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus. A kindred literary fiction read. Other strong choices are Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom, Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse.
What books are similar to Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky?
Crime and Punishment centers on guilt and conscience, ideology and its limits, poverty and dehumanization. Books with a similar feel include The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom, Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, Grant by Ron Chernow — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
