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If you loved Herzog by Saul Bellow, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Epistolary, Classics, and Literary.

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Each title here shares meaningful common ground with Herzog — in theme, mood, or literary style.

Dangerous Liaisons — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Dangerous Liaisons

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

The Color Purple A Special 40th Anniversary Edition of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel — Alice Walker

The Color Purple A Special 40th Anniversary Edition of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

I Capture the Castle — Dodie Smith

I Capture the Castle

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

Last Days of Summer — Steve Kluger

Last Days of Summer

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

Black Box — Amos Oz

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

Pamela Or Virtue Rewarded — Samuel Richardson

Pamela Or Virtue Rewarded

Samuel Richardson

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

Dracula A Novel — Bram Stoker

Dracula A Novel

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

The Sorrows of Young Werther — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

The Ides of March — Thornton Wilder

The Ides of March

Thornton Wilder

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

Possession A Romance — A. S. Byatt

Possession A Romance

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

Address Unknown: A Novel — Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Address Unknown: A Novel

Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Themes: Epistolary • Classics • Literary

Dangling Man — Saul Bellow

Themes: Epistolary • Literary

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch — Melinda Taub

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch

Themes: Epistolary • Classics

Dracula — Bram Stoker

Themes: Epistolary • Classics

Little Women The Complete Novel, Featuring the Characters’ Letters and Manuscripts, Written and Folded by Hand — Barbara Heller

Little Women The Complete Novel, Featuring the Characters’ Letters and Manuscripts, Written and Folded by Hand

Themes: Epistolary • Classics

Adrian Mole The Wilderness Years — Sue Townsend

Adrian Mole The Wilderness Years

Themes: Epistolary • Classics

Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy — Jean Webster

Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy

Themes: Epistolary • Classics

Pride and Prejudice The Complete Novel, with Nineteen Letters from the Characters’ Correspondence, Written and Folded by Hand — Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice The Complete Novel, with Nineteen Letters from the Characters’ Correspondence, Written and Folded by Hand

Themes: Epistolary • Classics

The Moonstone — Wilkie Collins

Themes: Epistolary • Classics

Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction — Sue Townsend

Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction

Themes: Epistolary • Classics

The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet A Novel — Melinda Taub

The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet A Novel

Themes: Epistolary • Classics

The Lost Diary of M — Paul Wolfe

The Lost Diary of M

Themes: Epistolary • Literary

Beautiful World, Where Are You — Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Themes: Epistolary • Literary

Agua Viva — Clarice Lispector

Clarice Lispector

Themes: Epistolary • Literary

If Herzog by Saul Bellow is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Epistolary, Classics, Literary and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Alice Walker, Dodie Smith, Steve Kluger, and others.

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