18 books like Inferno

What to read after Inferno — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin · 1968 · ★ 4.0 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The first novel of Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Earthsea Cycle. "The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as wise, and as necessary as anyone could dream." (Neil Gaiman) Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible… Shares: Community pick

Left Behind Tim F. LaHaye · 1995 · ★ 3.9 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun Shares: Community pick

Il Paradiso Dante Alighieri · 1595 · ★ 4.8 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Demanding The Divine Comedy stands as one of the towering creations of world literature, and its climactic section, the Paradiso, is perhaps the most ambitious poetic attempt ever made to represent the merging of individual destiny with universal order. Having passed through Hell and Purgatory, Dante is led by his beloved Beatrice to the upper sphere of Paradise, wherein lie the sublime truths of Divine… Shares: Italian literature, Pictorial works, Bibliography, Classics

The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll · 1876 · ★ 4.0 · 90p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A nonsense poem recounting the adventures of the Bellman and his crew and their challenges hunting a Snark. Shares: Illustrations, Bibliography, History and criticism, Poetry

La Divina Commedia Dante Alighieri · 1472 · ★ 4.1 · 502p · ≈ 16h · Demanding De goddelijke komedie is de beschrijving van een denkbeeldige tocht door het hiernamaals. Zij heeft drie delen: de hel, het vagevuur en het paradijs en ieder van deze delen heeft drieëndertig zangen van niet geheel gelijke lengte, terwijl aan het eerste deel nog een inleidende zang voorafgaat, waardoor het totale aantal van de zang honderd bedraagt. Dit aantal is geen toevalligheid. Het getal… Shares: Hell, Illustrations, Poetry, History

In memoriam Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1850 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging craftsmanship of tennyson in In Memorium Shares: Illustrations, History and criticism, Poetry

Evangeline Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1847 · ★ 4.3 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging An epic poem set during the expulsion of the Acadians from Acadie, following the fictional Evangeline and her search for her lost love, Gabriel. Shares: Illustrations, History and criticism, Poetry, History

Tracks in the snow Ruthven Campbell Todd · 1946 · 133p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares: Knowledge, History and criticism, History

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging It is a poetry book. Sir Walter Scott’s love of the country induced him, after his marriage in 1797, to settle in a cottage at the pretty village of Lasswade, near Edinburgh. Four years after leaving this district he took Mr. Morritt of Rokeby to see the little dwelling, telling him that, though not worth looking at, ‘it was our first house when newly married, and many a contrivance it had to… Shares: Poetry, History

Diana Jorge de Montemayor · 1580 · 302p · ≈ 10h · Demanding Los siete libros de la Diana, de Jorge de Montemayor, se publicó por vez primera en 1559, aunque las ediciones posteriores ampliaron el texto original. Esta obra tiene como precedente las églogas de Garcilaso de la Vega y la poesía pastoril española. Se distingue por estar escrita en una mezcla de verso y prosa y por unificar diversos «ambientes» en la misma historia. Entre otros, incluye:el… Shares: Knowledge, Bibliography, Poetry, History

East of Eden John Steinbeck, David Wyatt & Susan Shillinglaw Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of… Shares: Classics

Lord of the Flies William Golding, Lois Lowry & Jennifer Buehler Lord of the Flies is the 1954 debut novel of British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery. The novels themes include morality, leadership, and the tension between civility and chaos. Shares: Classics

The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas · 1964 · ★ 4.5 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Shares: Classics

The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov · 141p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The Master and Margarita () is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in Moscow magazine in 1966–1967 by his widow Elena Bulgakova. The manuscript was first published as a book in 1967, in Paris, France. A samizdat version circulated that included parts cut out by official… Shares: Classics

Les Misérables Christine Donougher & Victor Hugo Les Misérables (, ) is a French epic historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Les Misérables has been popularized through numerous adaptations for film, television, and the stage, including a musical. Shares: Classics

The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin & Charlie Jane Anders The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Published in 1969, its popularity established Le Guins status as a major author of science fiction. The novel is set in the fictional universe of the Hainish Cycle, a series of novels and short stories by Le Guin, which she introduced in the 1964 short story "The Dowry of Angyar". It was fourth in… Shares: Classics

Crossing to Safety Wallace Stegner, Terry Tempest Williams & T.H. Watkins Crossing to Safety is a 1987 semi-autobiographical novel by "The Dean of Western Writers", Wallace Stegner. One of his works set in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, it gained broad literary acclaim and commercial popularity. Shares: Classics

The World of Yesterday - An Autobiography Stefan Zweig, Helmut Ripperger & B.W. Huebsch Stefan Zweig's autobiography Shares: Classics

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