Read-alikes and related books

Books like Mysteries

Explore 24 books like Mysteries by Knut Hamsun — a handpicked selection united by Scandinavian, Psychological, European, and Literary Collections.

Top related books to Mysteries

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Mysteries.

Hunger

Knut Hamsun

Themes: Scandinavian • Psychological • European

Letters from Klara Short Stories

Tove Jansson

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

Selected Poems

Thomas Stearns Eliot

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

Hedda Gabler and Other Plays

Henrik Ibsen

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

Themes: Psychological • European • Literary Collections

The Stonecutter

Camilla Läckberg

Themes: Scandinavian • Psychological • European

The Devil’s Sanctuary

Marie Hermanson

Themes: Scandinavian • Psychological • European

Troll Magic Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway

Theodor Kittelsen

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

The Stories of Odin – The All Father of Norse Mythology

W. Wagner

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#10

Nordic Tales Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark (Nordic Folklore and Stories, Illustrated Nordic Book for Teens and Adults)

Chronicle Books

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#11

The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#12

The Moment, and Other Essays

Virginia Woolf

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#13

Mister Palomar

Italo Calvino

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#14

Anatomy, Monotony

Edy Poppy

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#15

The Saga of the Volsungs

Jesse L. Byock

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Classics

#16

Four Plays

Günter Grass

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#17

Miss Julie and Other Plays

Johan August Strindberg

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Classics

#18

Facing Unpleasant Facts Narrative Essays

George Orwell

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#19

You Can’t Betray Your Best Friend and Learn to Sing at the Same Time

Kim Hiorthøy

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#20

The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue

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Themes: Scandinavian • European • Classics

#21

On the Bright Side The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 85 Years Old

Hendrik Groen

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#22

The Second Common Reader

Virginia Woolf

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#23

Abriss Der Altnordischen (Altisländischen) Grammatik

Adolf Gotthard Noreen

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#24

Orkneyinga Saga The History of the Earls of Orkney

Anonymous

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Scandinavian, Psychological, European — the same threads that run through Mysteries by Knut Hamsun. Among the authors featured: Knut Hamsun, Tove Jansson, Thomas Stearns Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, and others.