Books like…

Books Like Bel Canto

by Ann Patchett · about this book

Loved Bel Canto by Ann Patchett? If its kidnapping plot, literary fiction and musician hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Daisy Jones & the Six, Edge of Eternity and And Then There Were None. 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 Bel Canto: Kidnapping Plot · Literary Fiction · Musician · Ensemble Cast · Locked In Together

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   Daisy Jones & the Six

   Taylor Jenkins Reid

   Musician · Ensemble Cast · Multiple POV · Literary Fiction · Forbidden Love

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   Edge of Eternity

   Ken Follett

   Musician · Ensemble Cast · Omniscient Narrator · Multiple POV · Forbidden Love

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   And Then There Were None

   AGATHA CHRISTIE

   Locked In Together · Omniscient Narrator · Ensemble Cast

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4. 

   A River Enchanted

   Rebecca Ross

   Musician · Kidnapping Plot · Multiple POV · Slow Burn Romance · Romance

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5. 

   Blue Lily, Lily Blue

   Maggie Stiefvater

   Ensemble Cast · Omniscient Narrator · Multiple POV · Literary Fiction · Forbidden Love

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6. 

   Shrines of Gaiety

   Kate Atkinson

   Ensemble Cast · Omniscient Narrator · Literary Fiction · Multiple POV

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7. 

   On Beauty

   Zadie Smith

   Literary Fiction · Ensemble Cast · Omniscient Narrator · Multiple POV · Contemporary Fiction

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8. 

   The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur

   Lev Grossman

   Ensemble Cast · Omniscient Narrator · Literary Fiction · Multiple POV

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9. 

   The Map of Time

   Félix J. Palma

   Omniscient Narrator · Ensemble Cast · Literary Fiction · Multiple POV · Forbidden Love

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10. 

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Charles Dickens

    Omniscient Narrator · Literary Fiction · Ensemble Cast · Forbidden Love · Romance

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11. 

    My Friends

    Fredrik Backman

    Ensemble Cast · Omniscient Narrator · Literary Fiction · Multiple POV · Contemporary Fiction

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12. 

    Speaking Bones

    Ken Liu

    Ensemble Cast · Omniscient Narrator · Multiple POV · Literary Fiction

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13. 

    A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles

    Locked In Together · Literary Fiction · Omniscient Narrator

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14. 

    Malas

    Marcela Fuentes

    Musician · Literary Fiction · Multiple POV · Contemporary Fiction

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15. 

    Anna Karenina

    Leo Tolstoy

    Literary Fiction · Omniscient Narrator · Multiple POV · Forbidden Love · Romance

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16. 

    Les Misérables

    Victor Hugo

    Ensemble Cast · Literary Fiction · Omniscient Narrator · Romance

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17. 

    Orbital

    Samantha Harvey

    Ensemble Cast · Omniscient Narrator · Literary Fiction

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18. 

    The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

    James McBride

    Ensemble Cast · Literary Fiction · Omniscient Narrator

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19. 

    Titus Groan

    Mervyn Peake

    Literary Fiction · Ensemble Cast · Omniscient Narrator

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20. 

    Lair of Dreams

    Libba Bray

    Ensemble Cast · Omniscient Narrator · Multiple POV · Forbidden Love

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