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Books like The Brothers Karamazov
The best books like The Brothers Karamazov are Crime and Punishment, The Myth of Sisyphus, and Man's Search for Meaning. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is about faith and doubt, fathers and sons, free will and moral responsibility. 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.
- Crime and Punishment
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Fyodor Dostoevsky · Literary fiction
Raskolnikov is a former student living in desperate poverty in St.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - 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 → - Gilead
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Marilynne Robinson · Literary fiction
Gilead is written as a long letter from John Ames, a 76-year-old Congregationalist minister in Iowa, to his seven-year-old son — a letter the boy will not read until he is grown and his father is long dead.
Both dig into faith and doubt.
Read the summary → - Home
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Marilynne Robinson · Literary fiction
Jack Boughton has spent twenty years away from his family's home in Gilead, Iowa, in what amounts to an extended flight from himself — from the shame of an illegitimate child he abandoned, from his father's religion that he cannot believe but cannot stop needing, from a life that has accumulated more wreckage than repair.
Both dig into faith and doubt.
Read the summary → - Life of Pi
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Yann Martel · Literary fiction
Life of Pi opens in Pondicherry, India, where Pi Patel grows up as the son of a zookeeper, accumulating an unorthodox religious education — he practices Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam simultaneously, to the bafflement of the adults around him.
Both dig into faith and doubt.
Read the summary → - Lila
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Marilynne Robinson · Literary fiction
Lila is the third novel set in Gilead, Iowa, and it arrives as a prequel and companion to both Gilead and Home.
Both dig into faith and doubt.
Read the summary → - The Sparrow
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Mary Doria Russell · Literary fiction
The Sparrow opens with its ending: Father Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit priest and linguist, has returned to Earth as the sole survivor of humanity's first contact mission to the planet Rakhat, broken in body and will in ways the novel withholds until the final chapters.
Both dig into faith and doubt.
Read the summary → - Elantris
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Brandon Sanderson · Fantasy
Elantris was once a city of gods — a place where ordinary people were spontaneously transformed into magical beings of light and power, capable of healing and creation.
Both dig into faith and doubt.
Read the summary → - Oscar and Lucinda
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Peter Carey · Historical fiction
Oscar Hopkins is an English Anglican minister with a gambling compulsion and a terror of almost everything.
Both dig into faith and doubt.
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Books like The Brothers Karamazov: quick answers
What are the best books like The Brothers Karamazov?
The best books like The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky are Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 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, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Brothers Karamazov, such as faith and doubt, fathers and sons, free will and moral responsibility.
What should I read after The Brothers Karamazov?
A natural next read after The Brothers Karamazov is Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. A kindred literary fiction read. Other strong choices are The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom.
What books are similar to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky?
The Brothers Karamazov centers on faith and doubt, fathers and sons, free will and moral responsibility. Books with a similar feel include Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 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, Gilead by Marilynne Robinson — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
