Books like The Great Gatsby
If you liked The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Madame Bovary
Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction, tragedy.
Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary for romance, then seeks lovers and luxury until debts ruin them both.
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Wuthering Heights
Because shares tags: classics, tragedy, literary fiction.
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights retold: Heathcliff and Cathy on the moors, two houses, two generations.
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Of Mice and Men
Because shares tags: classics, american literature, tragedy.
Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men retold: George and Lennie on a California ranch, the dream farm, and why mercy ends it.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Because shares tags: classics, american literature, literary fiction.
To Kill a Mockingbird through the eyes of Scout Finch: Maycomb's slow days, Atticus's defense of Tom Robinson, the Boo Radley mystery, and…
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White Oleander
Because shares tags: literary fiction, tragedy.
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
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The Virgin Suicides
Because shares tags: literary fiction, tragedy.
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
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The Master and Margarita
Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
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The Karamazov Brothers
Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.
Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.
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Mansfield Park
Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.
Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.
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A Farewell to Arms
Because shares tags: classics, tragedy.
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
