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Across Classics, Literary, and Historical — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.

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Top related books to Les Miserables

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Les Miserables.

A Room With a View — E. M. Forster

A Room With a View

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Mr. Midshipman Easy — Frederick Marryat

Mr. Midshipman Easy

Frederick Marryat

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Mansfield Park — Jane Austen

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite — Anthony Trollope

Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite

Anthony Trollope

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Wuthering Heights — Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights — Emily Bronte

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

The Painted Veil — W Somerset Maugham

The Painted Veil — W Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close — Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Anna Karenina Backgrounds and Sources Criticism — graf Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina Backgrounds and Sources Criticism

graf Leo Tolstoy

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

The Scarlet Letter and the House of Seven Gables — Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter and the House of Seven Gables

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

For Whom the Bell Tolls — Ernest Hemingway

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” — William Hodgson

The Boats of the “Glen Carrig&#8221

William Hodgson

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Cousin Phillis — Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

A Simple Soul — Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Grimms’ Fairy Tales — Jacob Grimm

Grimms’ Fairy Tales

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

The Man in the Iron Mask — Alexandre Dumas

The Man in the Iron Mask

Alexandre Dumas

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Lady Susan — Jane Austen

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

The Scarlet Letter — Nathanial Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathanial Hawthorne

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Orphia and Eurydicius — Elyse John

Orphia and Eurydicius

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

The Moon Field — Judith Allnatt

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

North and South — Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

Inseparable A Novel — Simone de Beauvoir

Inseparable A Novel

Simone De Beauvoir

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

A Farewell to Arms The Hemingway Library Edition — Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms The Hemingway Library Edition

Ernest Hemingway

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

The Shadow of the East — E. M. Hull

The Shadow of the East

Themes: Classics • Literary • Historical

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Classics, Literary, Historical — the same threads that run through Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Among the authors featured: E. M. Forster, Frederick Marryat, Jane Austen, Anthony Trollope, and others.

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