What to Read After Doctor Faustus
Readers who loved Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Doctor Faustus is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Doctor Faustus
Der Steppenwolf
Faust
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Mephisto
The notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The confusions of young Torless
The death of Virgil
Buddenbrooks
Confessions of Felix Krull, confidence man
Billiards at half-past nine
The life and opinions of the Tomcat Murr
German Lesson
Simplicissimus (Dedalus European Classics)
Steppenwolf
Wilhelm Meister's years of apprenticeship
Death in Rome
Tonio Kröger
Franz Kafka's The castle
Joseph and his Brothers
Amerika
Homo Faber
The beloved returns
The Guermantes way
Gargantua et Pantagruel