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Great Books Based on Other Great Books - Flavorwire

Literature is a never-ending, overlapping, sometimes circular conversation — between writers, between readers, between books themselves. Especially when viewed from a vantage, and despite what Vonnegut said, this fact can make for some fascinating and rewarding reading. After all, what's more interesting than listening in on one genius talking to another? And in story form, no less. There are some novels that are better if you have a little bit of background going in — and sometimes that background is nothing more or less than another great novel. Here are a few books you should pair the way you would a fine wine with an excellent cheese — each enhancing the other and making for a very satisfying evening.
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
1
Homer
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
2
James Joyce
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Bronte
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
4
Jean Rhys
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
5
Charles Dickens
Jack Maggs (Peter Carey)
Jack Maggs
6
Peter Carey
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
7
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
8
Mikhail Bulgakov
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
9
Miguel De Cervantes
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
10
Gustave Flaubert
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
11
Henry James
Foreign Bodies (Cynthia Ozick)
Foreign Bodies
12
Cynthia Ozick
The Song of Geryon (Stesichorus)
The Song of Geryon
13
Stesichorus
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red
14
Anne Carson
Three Tales (Gustave Flaubert)
Three Tales
15
Gustave Flaubert
Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
Flaubert's Parrot
16
Julian Barnes
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
17
Lewis Carroll
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
18
James Joyce
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
19
Lewis Carroll
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
20
Vladimir Nabokov
Genesis
Genesis
21
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
22
John Milton
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
23
Virgil
Lavinia (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Lavinia
24
Ursula K. Le Guin
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
25
Sir Thomas Malory
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
26
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Snow White (Brothers Grimm)
Snow White
27
Brothers Grimm
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
28
Helen Oyeyemi
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
29
William Shakespeare
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
30
Jane Smiley
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
31
L. Frank Baum
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
32
Gregory Maguire
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
33
William Shakespeare
Warm Bodies (Isaac Marion)
Warm Bodies
34
Isaac Marion
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Great (Sara Benincasa)
Great
36
Sara Benincasa
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
37
E. M. Forster
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
38
Zadie Smith
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
39
Winterspell (Claire Legrand)
Winterspell
40
Claire Legrand
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