Read-alikes
Books like The Count of Monte Cristo, according to Reddit
Not an algorithm's guess and not an editor's opinion: these are the books Redditors bring up in the same discussions as The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It appears in 84 indexed threads — the overlap below happens mostly in r/printSF.
The read-alike list
Ranked by co-mention strength — how often each book shares a thread with The Count of Monte Cristo, normalized so ubiquitous books don't dominate.
#1 The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A father is murdered, three sons are suspects, and the real defendant is whether God exists.
#2 The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie
Nine-Fingers the barbarian just wants to survive one more winter, but a torturer's investigation and a prince's war have other plans.
#3 Neuromancer
William Gibson
A burned-out hacker banned from cyberspace takes one last job to breach the AI that might already own a piece of him.
#4 Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
Two aging Texas Rangers drive a stolen cattle herd a thousand miles north, hauling four decades of friendship and regret with them.
#5 Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
A man with a low IQ undergoes surgery that turns him into a genius, and has to watch the intelligence, and everyone's honesty, fade back out.
#6 The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
An aging butler drives across England to see an old colleague, insisting the whole way that he has no regrets about the life, or love, he didn't choose.
#7 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
An envoy is sent alone to a planet where everyone is genderless most of the month, and he has to unlearn who he assumes is in charge.
#8 Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A broke ex-student murders a pawnbroker to prove a theory about great men, then spends 500 pages failing to live with it.
#9 Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
A pizza-delivery samurai and a skateboard courier chase a mind-hacking virus through a franchised, corporate America.
#10 Red Rising
Pierce Brown
A miner's son fakes his way into the ruling class's brutal war-games academy to bring down the system that executed his wife.
#11 Dune
Frank Herbert
A duke's son survives his family's betrayal on a desert planet and becomes the prophet who leads its people to war.
#12 East of Eden
John Steinbeck
Two families retrace Cain and Abel across three generations in California's Salinas Valley, and one brother begs God to make him good.
The overlap, in numbers
Where each pairing actually shows up. Click through for the full Reddit verdict on each book.
- #1 The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky — 5 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #2 The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie — 14 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #3 Neuromancer by William Gibson — 28 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #4 Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry — 4 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #5 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes — 16 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #6 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro — 5 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #7 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin — 24 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #8 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky — 3 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #9 Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson — 21 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #10 Red Rising by Pierce Brown — 18 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #11 Dune by Frank Herbert — 30 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #12 East of Eden by John Steinbeck — 3 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
Books like The Count of Monte Cristo — frequently asked
What do Redditors read after The Count of Monte Cristo?+
The books most often brought up in the same discussions as The Count of Monte Cristo are: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky; The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie; Neuromancer by William Gibson. This ranking counts 171 shared thread appearances across 84 threads — it reflects what commenters actually pair together, not editorial picks.
How is this list ranked?+
We scan Reddit comments for book mentions and count how often two titles appear in the same thread. Books that keep showing up alongside The Count of Monte Cristo — mostly in r/printSF — rank higher. A minimum of 3 shared threads is required, so one viral thread can't fabricate a match.