Books Like Flight Behavior

by Barbara Kingsolver · about this book

Loved Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver? If its climate change, female lead and literary fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Gather, The Wedding People and Anna Karenina. 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 Flight Behavior: Climate Change · Female Lead · Literary Fiction · Self-Discovery · Rural Farm

Gather
Kenneth M. Cadow

Working-Class Protagonist · Rural Farm · Self-Discovery · Starting Over · Contemporary Fiction

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The Wedding People
Alison Espach

Starting Over · Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy

Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Rural Farm · Infidelity · Character-Driven

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The Bookbinder
Pip Williams

Working-Class Protagonist · Self-Discovery · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced

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The Seamstress
Frances de Pontes Peebles

Class Struggle · Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Rural Farm · Character-Driven

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The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
Sarah Brooks

Ecology · Environmental Collapse · Lyrical Prose · Scientist Protagonist · Slow-Paced

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The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding
Holly Ringland

Self-Discovery · Lyrical Prose · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction

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This Is Where I Leave You
Jonathan Tropper

Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Starting Over · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction

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Beautyland
Marie-Helene Bertino

Working-Class Protagonist · Lyrical Prose · Literary Fiction · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven

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The Dead Don't Dance
Charles Martin

Rural Farm · Lyrical Prose · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Marriage in Trouble

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There Are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak

Scientist Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Environmental Collapse · Working-Class Protagonist · Lyrical Prose

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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler

Climate Change · Environmental Collapse · Class Struggle · Literary Fiction · Female Lead

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Wild Dark Shore: Reese's Book Club Pick
Charlotte McConaghy

Climate Change · Environmental Collapse · Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Contemporary Fiction

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2312
Kim Stanley Robinson

Ecology · Climate Change · Environmental Collapse · Slow-Paced · Female Lead

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Sabrina & Corina
Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Working-Class Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction · Lyrical Prose

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The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah

Rural Farm · Class Struggle · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced · Literary Fiction

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Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell

Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced · Lyrical Prose

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The Bee Sting
Paul Murray

Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Literary Fiction · Climate Change · Character-Driven

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Becoming Ted
Matt Cain

Starting Over · Self-Discovery · Marriage in Trouble · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven

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The Second Life of Mirielle West
Amanda Skenandore

Starting Over · Self-Discovery · Marriage in Trouble · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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