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Books Like Othello

by William Shakespeare · about this book

Loved Othello by William Shakespeare? If its classics, stage play and tragic hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Anna Karenina and The Kite Runner. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Othello: Classics · Stage Play · Tragic · Dark · Friendship and Betrayal

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   The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

   Suzanne Collins

   Villain Protagonist · Fall From Grace · Friendship and Betrayal · Tragic · Psychological Manipulation

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   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Fall From Grace · Tragic · Classics · Forbidden Love · Emotional

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   The Kite Runner

   Khaled Hosseini

   Friendship and Betrayal · Tragic · Racism · Classics · Male Lead

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   Ruination

   Anthony Reynolds

   Fall From Grace · Tragic · Friendship and Betrayal · Violent · Forbidden Love

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   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Fall From Grace · Tragic · Classics · Male Lead · Forbidden Love

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   The Complete Maus

   Art Spiegelman

   Tragic · Classics · Racism · Dark · Male Lead

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7. 

   1984

   George Orwell

   Psychological Manipulation · Classics · Tragic · Male Lead · Forbidden Love

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   Wuthering Heights

   Emily Brontë

   Tragic · Classics · Forbidden Love · Villain Protagonist · Dark

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   Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

   R.F. Kuang

   Tragic · Friendship and Betrayal · Male Lead · Racism · Emotional

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    Lolita

    Vladimir Nabokov

    Villain Protagonist · Psychological Manipulation · Classics · Tragic · Dark

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11. 

    Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck

    Tragic · Classics · Racism · Male Lead · Dark

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12. 

    Gone Girl

    Gillian Flynn

    Villain Protagonist · Psychological Manipulation · Gaslighting · Dark · Male Lead

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13. 

    Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell

    Classics · Fall From Grace · Racism · Tragic · Emotional

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14. 

    Blood Over Bright Haven

    M.L. Wang

    Tragic · Racism · Dark · Emotional · Violent

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15. 

    Brother

    Ania Ahlborn

    Tragic · Psychological Manipulation · Male Lead · Dark · Emotional

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16. 

    The Song of Achilles

    Madeline Miller

    Tragic · Forbidden Love · Male Lead · Classics · Violent

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17. 

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas

    Classics · Friendship and Betrayal · Male Lead · Emotional · Dark

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18. 

    Vicious

    V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab

    Villain Protagonist · Friendship and Betrayal · Male Lead · Dark · Violent

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19. 

    Romeo and Juliet

    Shakespeare

    Tragic · Classics · Forbidden Love · Emotional · Suicide Content

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20. 

    Frankenstein

    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

    Tragic · Classics · Male Lead · Dark · Emotional

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