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Books like Time Regained

Across Classics and Literary — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Time Regained by Marcel Proust.

Classics Literary Fiction

Top related books to Time Regained

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Time Regained.

Lazarillo de Tormes and the Swindler Two Spanish Picaresque Novels

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Themes: Classics • Literary

Red Strangers

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Themes: Classics • Literary

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Themes: Classics • Literary

Kusamakura

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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales

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Themes: Classics • Literary

The Driver’s Seat

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Themes: Classics • Literary

W Or The Memory of Childhood

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The Western Lands

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Themes: Classics • Literary

Vanishing Acts

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#10

The History of Mr Polly

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#11

Rabbit at Rest

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#12

The Spectator Bird

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#13

Crime and Punishment

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#14

The Scarlet Letter

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#15

The Complete Short Stories Of Thomas Wolfe

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#16

The Angelic Avengers

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Themes: Classics • Literary

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The Great Gatsby

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#18

Six Stories

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#19

The Thief of Always A Fable

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#20

Notes from Underground and the Double

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#21

The End of the Affair (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#22

Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night A Novel

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Themes: Classics • Literary

#23

I, Claudius

Robert Graves

Themes: Classics • Literary

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The Voyage Out

Virginia Woolf

Themes: Classics • Literary

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Time Regained by Marcel Proust. Connected by Classics, Literary. Authors featured include Michael Alpert, Elspeth Huxley, Robertson Davies, Natsume Soseki, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.