Historical fiction · Similar reads
Books like The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco is about knowledge and its suppression, religious power and heresy, signs, symbols, and interpretation. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Trial
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Franz Kafka · Literary fiction
On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, Josef K.
Read the summary → - The Castle
- Crime and Punishment
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Fyodor Dostoevsky · Literary fiction
Raskolnikov is a former student living in desperate poverty in St.
Read the summary → - The Brothers Karamazov
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Fyodor Dostoevsky · Literary fiction
Three brothers — Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov — orbit around their contemptible, sensuous father Fyodor, who is also a rival with Dmitri for the affections of a local woman.
Read the summary → - The Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho · Religion & Spirituality
The Alchemist is a Brazilian novel first published in 1988 and translated into 80 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history.
Read the summary → - A Gentleman in Moscow
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Amor Towles · Historical fiction
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced by a Bolshevik tribunal — not to death, but to permanent house arrest in Moscow's Metropol Hotel.
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