The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
1890
Books with the “Dual Identity” trope
A respectable person hides a second, darker self or lives two opposite lives.
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Plot twists · Dual Identity
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
1886
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
1844
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Gillian Flynn
2012
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Laini Taylor
2011
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins
1868
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
1955
The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson
1952
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
1996
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
1927
Captive Prince
C.S. Pacat
2013
Code Name Verity
Elizabeth Wein
2012
A Study in Scarlet Women
Sherry Thomas
2016
Heartless Hunter
Kristen Ciccarelli
2024
The Likeness
Tana French
2008
My Lovely Wife
Samantha Downing
2019
Legend
Marie Lu
2011
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
1881
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
2020
The Stars My Destination
Alfred Bester
1956
The Wife Upstairs
Rachel Hawkins
2021
Lady Audley's Secret
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
1862
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
James Hogg
1824
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Faustian Bargain
A character trades something precious, often their soul, in exchange for youth, talent, or power.
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A wronged character spends the story hunting down the people who hurt them.
Locked Room Mystery
A crime happens in a room that is apparently sealed from the inside, with no way in or out.
Portal Fantasy
Ordinary people step through a doorway into a magical other world.