Please help me and recommend books you think are as good. I have about ten pages left of The Count of Monte Cristo and I’m lost as to what to read next. There will never be a book as good as this, and I’m broken inside that it’s ending. 😂
by Reasonable-Fig-2445
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Posting this might as well be free Karma on this sub, but Lonesome Dove is the best book I have read as an adult. I thought I knew because of the TV series but the book is so much better.
Obligatory other recommendation for Dungeon Crawler Carl which hits perfect for a 40yr old and was a super fun read.
Working my way through On the Road right now. It’s good but not great thus far but I recognize it for its influence on American Culture.
Probably going to re-read Last of the Mohicans next, it was my go-to best before Lonesome Dove
The Long Ships – Frans Bengtsson
I’m about 25% into The Count of Monte Cristo. Looking forward to that sweet sweet revennnnnge…
Read all Larry McIurty lonesome dove in chronological order.. fantastiz
Shogun
A Tale Of Two Cities
Loved that book.
I would read – or better yet reread – something short, easier and different as a palate cleanser before jumping into another amazing book like this one. This year I had reading slumps after both Middlemarch and Ulysses, and found rereading some favorites like A Room With A View helped.
When you’re ready for the next book like this take a look at Victor Hugo – Les Miserables or Notre Dame De Paris/Hunchback of Notre Dame (I just read Hunchback it was wonderful, the ending broke me on that one too). Or look at Russian classics like War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment, or Dr Zhivargo. You could try Dickens – Great Expectations, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, or if you want faster paced – Treasure Island or Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson are a lot of fun.
Hope you find your next amazing read!
I’ve read about half of your suggestions. I’m not a huge Tolstoy fan-read War and Peace and AK. Recently read Crime and Punishment again-amazing book. Love Dostoevsky. Thank you so much for the thoughtful reply. I’ll definitely look into your suggestions.
I read Count of Monte Cristo (CMC), and am currently reading Les Miserables. I find it a little similar to CMC and it is 1000+ pages too.
Given how much you’ve loved the Count of Monte Cristo, how about The Three Musketeers, by the same author, Alexandre Dumas?
A modern book series with the swashbuckling feel of Dumas that suggest is the Captain Alatriste novels by Arturo Perez-Reverte. Former Spanish soldier, now sword-for-hire, in the golden age of the Spanish empire.
Throw a dart in a library and read whatever it hits. Will probably be better than The Count of Monte Cristo.
Check out Captain Blood books by Rafael Sabatini. As a huge fan of Count of Monte Cristo, I enjoyed those just as much.
Shōgun by James Clavell. An Englishman shipwrecked in 1600s Japan. Politics, betrayal, culture clash, strategy, slow-burning revenge, and an immersive world that swallows you whole.
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*Papillon* by Henri Charrière
*Kidnapped* and *Treasure Island* by Robert Louis Stevenson
*The Moonstone* by Wilkie Collins
Dumas wrote three Three Musketeers novels that are just as good: The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Man In The Iron Mask.
War and Peace is my favorite.
Crime and Punishment
Les Miserable
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet or if you want a super long one, Malazan Book of The Fallen. The Count is peak literature though its hard to match!