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Explore 24 books like The Dwarf — Par Lagerkvist by Pär Lagerkvist — a handpicked selection united by Sweden, Renaissance, World Literature, and Literary.

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Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of The Dwarf — Par Lagerkvist.

The Last Masterpiece A Novel of World War II Italy — Laura Morelli

The Last Masterpiece A Novel of World War II Italy

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick Stories from the Harlem Renaissance — Zora Neale Hurston

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Zora Neale Hurston

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter The Continuing Adventures of Judith Shakespeare — Grace Tiffany

The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter The Continuing Adventures of Judith Shakespeare

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

The Architect’s Apprentice — Elif Shafak

The Architect’s Apprentice

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

Vivaldi’s Virgins A Novel — Barbara Quick

Vivaldi’s Virgins A Novel

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

Dulcinea A Novel — Ana Veciana-Suarez

Dulcinea A Novel

Ana Veciana-Suarez

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

The Mirror & the Light A Novel — Hilary Mantel

The Mirror & the Light A Novel

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

Sublunar — Harald Voetmann

Harald Voetmann

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

Perspectives — Laurent Binet

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

Wolf Hall A Novel — Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall A Novel

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

Boleyn Traitor A Novel — Philippa Gregory

Boleyn Traitor A Novel

Philippa Gregory

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

The Sound of Butterflies A Novel — Rachael King

The Sound of Butterflies A Novel

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

The Street — Ann Petry

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Literary

The Settlers — Vilhelm Moberg

Themes: Sweden • World Literature • Historical

When the Cranes Fly South — Lisa Ridzén

When the Cranes Fly South

Themes: Sweden • World Literature • Literary

The Singularity — Balsam Karam

The Singularity

Themes: Sweden • World Literature • Literary

A System So Magnificent it is Blinding — Amanda Svensson

A System So Magnificent it is Blinding

Amanda Svensson

Themes: Sweden • World Literature • Literary

Let the Right One In A Novel — John Ajvide Lindqvist

Let the Right One In A Novel

John Ajvide Lindqvist

Themes: Sweden • World Literature • Historical

The Winners — Fredrik Backman

Fredrik Backman

Themes: Sweden • World Literature • Literary

The Last Letter Home — Vilhelm Moberg

The Last Letter Home

Themes: Sweden • World Literature • Historical

Romeo and Juliet — William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Historical

Shadows — Pamela Taylor

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Historical

Effi Briest — Theodor Fontane

Theodor Fontane

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Historical

Swimming in the Moon A Novel — Pamela Schoenewaldt

Swimming in the Moon A Novel

Pamela Schoenewaldt

Themes: Renaissance • World Literature • Historical

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Sweden, Renaissance, World Literature — the same threads that run through The Dwarf — Par Lagerkvist by Pär Lagerkvist. Among the authors featured: Laura Morelli, Zora Neale Hurston, Grace Tiffany, Elif Shafak, and others.

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