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Books Like East of Eden

by John Steinbeck · about this book

Loved East of Eden by John Steinbeck? If its multigenerational family, sibling rivalry and literary fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Pachinko, The Other Side of the Bridge and Cutting for Stone. 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 East of Eden: Multigenerational Family · Sibling Rivalry · Literary Fiction · Classics · Brothers

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   Pachinko

   Min Jin Lee

   Multigenerational Family · Omniscient Narrator · Brothers · Literary Fiction · Tragic

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   The Other Side of the Bridge

   Mary Lawson

   Sibling Rivalry · Brothers · Father and Son · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   Cutting for Stone

   Abraham Verghese

   Brothers · Multigenerational Family · Father and Son · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Omniscient Narrator · Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Sprawling Epic

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Multigenerational Family · Omniscient Narrator · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Classics

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   The Bee Sting

   Paul Murray

   Brothers · Toxic Family Dynamics · Father and Son · Tragic · Literary Fiction

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   Wuthering Heights

   Emily Brontë

   Multigenerational Family · Classics · Literary Fiction · Tragic · Toxic Family Dynamics

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8. 

   As I Lay Dying

   William Faulkner

   Tragic · Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Toxic Family Dynamics

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   Hamnet

   Maggie O'Farrell

   Multigenerational Family · Omniscient Narrator · Literary Fiction · Tragic · Character-Driven

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10. 

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Charles Dickens

    Omniscient Narrator · Classics · Literary Fiction · Tragic · Sprawling Epic

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    And the Mountains Echoed

    Khaled Hosseini

    Multigenerational Family · Literary Fiction · Sibling Rivalry · Character-Driven · Emotional

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12. 

    Spare

    Prince Harry

    Sibling Rivalry · Brothers · Father and Son · Toxic Family Dynamics · Emotional

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13. 

    The Complete Maus

    Art Spiegelman

    Multigenerational Family · Classics · Father and Son · Character-Driven · Tragic

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    Ship of Magic

    Robin Hobb

    Multigenerational Family · Toxic Family Dynamics · Character-Driven · Sprawling Epic · Emotional

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    The Mirror & the Light

    Hilary Mantel

    Literary Fiction · Father and Son · Tragic · Sprawling Epic · Character-Driven

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16. 

    Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell

    Omniscient Narrator · Tragic · Classics · Literary Fiction · Sprawling Epic

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17. 

    Les Misérables

    Victor Hugo

    Literary Fiction · Classics · Omniscient Narrator · Tragic · Sprawling Epic

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    The Seamstress

    Frances de Pontes Peebles

    Tragic · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Sprawling Epic · Emotional

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19. 

    Of Human Bondage

    W. Somerset Maugham

    Classics · Literary Fiction · Sprawling Epic · Omniscient Narrator · Character-Driven

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    Sense and Sensibility

    Jane Austen

    Omniscient Narrator · Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Emotional

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