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Books Like Atonement

by Ian McEwan · about this book

Loved Atonement by Ian McEwan? If its literary fiction, historical fiction and emotional hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with All the Light We Cannot See, The Great Gatsby and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Atonement: Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Writer Protagonist · Wrongful Conviction

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   All the Light We Cannot See

   Anthony Doerr

   Loss of Innocence · Tragic · World War II · Haunting · Literary Fiction

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   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Tragic · Literary Fiction · Haunting · Unreliable Narrator · Lyrical Prose

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   A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

   Anthony Marra

   Tragic · Literary Fiction · Haunting · Lyrical Prose · Historical Fiction

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   Wuthering Heights

   Emily Brontë

   Haunting · Tragic · Literary Fiction · Unreliable Narrator · Classism

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   Memoirs of a Geisha

   Arthur Golden

   Frame Story · World War II · Lyrical Prose · Historical Fiction · Classism

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   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Literary Fiction · Tragic · Classism · Emotional · Slow-Paced

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   The Listeners

   Maggie Stiefvater

   World War II · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced

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8. 

   All the Broken Places

   John Boyne

   World War II · Haunting · Tragic · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction

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   The Nightingale

   Kristin Hannah

   World War II · Tragic · Haunting · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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10. 

    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

    Loss of Innocence · World War II · Tragic · Lyrical Prose · Historical Fiction

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    Corrag

    Susan Fletcher

    Haunting · Frame Story · Lyrical Prose · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction

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12. 

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

    Wrongful Conviction · Loss of Innocence · Literary Fiction · Classism · Historical Fiction

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13. 

    The Seamstress

    Frances de Pontes Peebles

    Tragic · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Classism · Wealthy Families

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14. 

    Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Loss of Innocence · Literary Fiction · Tragic · Haunting · Unreliable Narrator

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15. 

    Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

    Laura Ruby

    World War II · Haunting · Lyrical Prose · Historical Fiction · Sisters

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16. 

    Strange the Dreamer

    Laini Taylor

    Lyrical Prose · Forbidden Love · Emotional · Tragic · Slow-Paced

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17. 

    The Bronze Horseman

    Paullina Simons

    World War II · Tragic · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Sisters

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18. 

    Human Acts

    Han Kang

    Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Tragic · Historical Fiction · Haunting

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19. 

    The Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini

    Tragic · Literary Fiction · Classism · Writer Protagonist · Historical Fiction

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20. 

    Night Watch

    Jayne Anne Phillips

    Haunting · Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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