Philosophical fiction books
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
The Stranger
Albert CamusA concise exploration of the absurd, emotional detachment, and societal expectations of conformity.
Nausea
Jean-Paul SartreA key existentialist text detailing an individual's sudden confrontation with the contingency and raw existence of matter.
The Trial
Franz KafkaAn examination of guilt, bureaucratic alienation, and incomprehensible authority.
The Glass Bead Game
Hermann HesseAnalyzes the conflict between pure intellectual contemplation and direct moral action in human society.
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- Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche - The Magic Mountain
The Magic MountainThomas Mann - Ficciones
FiccionesJorge Luis Borges - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMilan Kundera - Solaris
SolarisStanisław Lem - The Mandarins.
The Mandarins.Simone de Beauvoir - Pincher Martin
Pincher MartinWilliam Golding - Disgrace
DisgraceJ. M. Coetzee - O Alquimista
O AlquimistaPaulo Coelho1988 - 人間失格
人間失格太宰 治1948 - Metamorphosis
MetamorphosisFranz Kafka1915 - Brave New World
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley1932