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24 books recommended for fans of Irretrievable by Theodor Fontane, tied together by themes of Sagas, Classics, and Literary.

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The Iliad — Homer

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

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Miss Buncle’s Book

Dorothy Emily Stevenson

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

Daniel Isn’t Talking — Marti Leimbach

Daniel Isn’t Talking

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

I Know This Much Is True — Wally Lamb

I Know This Much Is True

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

The Family — Mario Puzo

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

To the Lighthouse — Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

East of Eden (Penguin Orange Collection) — John Steinbeck

East of Eden (Penguin Orange Collection)

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

The Guest Book — Sarah Blake

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

The Sound and the Fury The Corrected Text with Faulkner’s Appendix — William Faulkner

The Sound and the Fury The Corrected Text with Faulkner’s Appendix

William Faulkner

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

Ulysses — James Joyce

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

Tolkien Myths and Legends Box Set Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, the Fall of Arthur, Beowulf — J. R. R. Tolkien

Tolkien Myths and Legends Box Set Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, the Fall of Arthur, Beowulf

J. R. R. Tolkien

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

Nicholas Nickleby — Charles Dickens

Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

The Space Between Us A Novel — Thrity N. Umrigar

The Space Between Us A Novel

Thrity N. Umrigar

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

The Known World LP — Edward P. Jones

The Known World LP

Edward P. Jones

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

I Capture the Castle — Dodie Smith

I Capture the Castle

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

Don Quixote Deluxe Edition — Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote Deluxe Edition

Miguel de Cervantes

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

The Light Years — Elizabeth Jane Howard

The Light Years

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

Persuasion — Jane Austen

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

Doctor Thorne — Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

The Hurly Burly and Other Stories — Alfred Edgar Coppard

The Hurly Burly and Other Stories

Alfred Edgar Coppard

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

The Saga of Gosta Berling — Selma Lagerlof

The Saga of Gosta Berling — Selma Lagerlof

Selma Lagerlöf

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman — Herbert George Wells

The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman

Herbert George Wells

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

The Story of an African Farm — Olive Schreiner

The Story of an African Farm

Olive Schreiner

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

Lucky Girls Stories — Nell Freudenberger

Lucky Girls Stories

Nell Freudenberger

Themes: Sagas • Classics • Literary

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