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Which books are similar to dark souls

>> No.13864102

The Demon Soul manga

>> No.13864105

Dead Souls by Gogol obviously

>> No.13864117

Butterfly only stops talking when she is happy and doesn't have something negative to say.

She is basically an irl tsundere :3

>> No.13864133

>>13864101
try out clark ashton smith http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/2/the-abominations-of-yondo

>> No.13864162

Try The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, or Exile by R. A. Salvatore.

These were the inspiration for the majority of The Tower of Latria in Demons Souls. Right down to the mindflayers and shit.

>> No.13865574

I too would like to know this

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13865586

Ulysses is like, the dark souls of books bro

>> No.13865598

>>13864101
The works of Edgar Allan Poe were an influence of the developers.

>> No.13865599

>>13864101
Finnegan's Wake.

>> No.13866615

>>13864101
As far as the aesthetic and characters go, I'd say Hermann Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund.

>> No.13866626

Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath and the rest of the dream cycle
more applicable to Bloodborne though

>> No.13866630

>>13864101
Overrated? Harry Potter.

>> No.13867065

Titus Groan

>> No.13867357

>>13864101
Fighting Fantasy, actually. The books were a big influence. I can see it, especially in the older ones. They always had a good amount of detail NOT written into the books.
Titus Groan and King in Yellow are good recs. Also check out Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, Dante's Inferno (specifically Inferno), and various horrible myths from Greece, Mesopotamia, and the Aztecs.