Books Like The Great Gatsby
Based on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Literary fiction about wealth, ambition, disillusionment, and the American Dream.
If you loved The Great Gatsby, try these:
Tender Is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Why it's similar: Fitzgerald's semi-autobiographical novel about a psychiatrist's decline among the wealthy expatriates.
312 pages
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
Why it's similar: Lost Generation expatriates drink, travel, and search for meaning in post-war Europe.
272 pages
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
Why it's similar: A man trapped by New York high society's rigid conventions must choose between duty and passion.
366 pages
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
Why it's similar: A middle-class man is enchanted by an aristocratic Catholic family and their crumbling estate.
The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Why it's similar: A young couple's descent from glamorous promise to alcoholism while waiting for an inheritance.
439 pages
Atonement
Ian McEwan
Why it's similar: A false accusation shatters lives across decades in this meditation on guilt and storytelling.
416 pages
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates
Why it's similar: A suburban couple's dreams of escape slowly collapse under the weight of conformity.
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
Why it's similar: A butler reflects on a life of repressed emotion and missed opportunities for connection.
0A Room with a View
E.M. Forster
Why it's similar: A young woman must choose between convention and passion during an Italian journey.
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