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Books like Les Misérables

24 books recommended for fans of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, tied together by themes of Classic Adaptation, City Life, Epic, and Classics.

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Top related books to Les Misérables

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

The River of Silver Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy

S. A. Chakraborty

Themes: City Life • Epic • Fantasy

V. A Novel

Thomas Pynchon

Themes: City Life • Classics • Fantasy

The Last Days of New Paris

China Miéville

Themes: City Life • Epic • Fantasy

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

Themes: Epic • Classics • Comics & Graphic Novels

Fugitive Prince

Janny Wurts

Themes: Epic • Classics • Fantasy

Alice, Secret Agent of Wonderland A Graphic Novel

Katie Schenkel

Themes: Classic Adaptation • Classics • Comics & Graphic Novels

The Queen of the Night

Alexander Chee

Themes: City Life • Epic • Fantasy

H.G. Well’s The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

Themes: Classic Adaptation • Classics • Comics & Graphic Novels

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes

LRW Lee

Themes: Epic • Classics • Fantasy

#10

A Fistful of Charms

Kim Harrison

Themes: City Life • Epic • Classics

#11

The Hobbit Or, There and Back Again

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Themes: Epic • Classics • Fantasy

#12

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Clive Staples Lewis

Themes: Epic • Classics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#13

The Lady and the Unicorn

Tracy Chevalier

Themes: City Life • Classics • Fantasy

#14

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Themes: City Life • Classics • Literary

#15

Lavinia

Ursula K. Le Guin

Themes: City Life • Classics • Fantasy

#16

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer

Themes: City Life • Classics • Literary

#17

Les Miserables (Movie Tie-In)

Victor Hugo

Themes: City Life • Classics • Literary

#18

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

Themes: Classic Adaptation • Classics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#19

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

Themes: Classic Adaptation • Classics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#20

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

Themes: Classic Adaptation • Classics • Comics & Graphic Novels

#21

Forever A Novel

Pete Hamill

Themes: City Life • Epic • Fantasy

#22

The Lord of the Rings Box Set The Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers, the Return of the King

J. R. R. Tolkien

Themes: Epic • Classics • Fantasy

#23

The Nature of Middle-Earth — J R R Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

Themes: Epic • Classics • Fantasy

#24

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Themes: Epic • Classics • Fantasy

If Les Misérables by Victor Hugo is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Classic Adaptation, City Life, Epic and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by S. A. Chakraborty, Thomas Pynchon, China Miéville, Miguel de Cervantes, and others.