Books like Catch-22
If you liked Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Because shares tags: classics, war, satire.
Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.
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War and Peace
Because shares tags: classics, war.
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
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The Trial
Because shares tags: classics, absurd.
Josef K. is arrested one morning on an unknown charge and pulled into an endless court he can never leave.
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The Nanny Diaries
Because shares tags: satire, humor.
NYU student Nan nannies four-year-old Grayer X on Park Avenue, caught between a demanding Mrs. X, an absent Mr. X, and a lonely child who…
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The Master and Margarita
Because shares tags: classics, satire.
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Because shares tags: classics, satire.
Jack and Algernon invent Ernest to court Gwendolen and Cecily until fiction collapses.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Because shares tags: classics, satire.
Raoul Duke and Gonzo binge Vegas covering Mint 400 and drug conference.
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A Farewell to Arms
Because shares tags: classics, war.
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
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The Sun Also Rises
Because shares tags: classics, war.
Jake Barnes drifts through Paris bars and Pamplona bullfights with Brett Ashley and a wounded generation.
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The Screwtape Letters
Because shares tags: classics, satire.
A senior devil advises his nephew Wormwood on tempting an ordinary Englishman away from faith and attention.
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The Iliad
Because shares tags: classics, war.
Achilles quits the fight over Briseis, Patroclus falls to Hector, and Troy burns toward its fate in Homer's war epic.
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The BFG
Because shares tags: classics, humor.
Orphan Sophie is taken by the Big Friendly Giant, who blows happy dreams and eats vile snozzcumbers, and helps her stop nine man eating…
