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Books Like Freedom

by Jonathan Franzen · about this book

Loved Freedom by Jonathan Franzen? If its literary fiction, contemporary fiction and marriage in trouble hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with This Is Where I Leave You, The Bee Sting and On Beauty. 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 Freedom: Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Marriage in Trouble · Character-Driven · Infidelity

1. 

   This Is Where I Leave You

   Jonathan Tropper

   Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Toxic Family Dynamics

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   The Bee Sting

   Paul Murray

   Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Infidelity · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   On Beauty

   Zadie Smith

   Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Multiple POV

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5. 

   My Name Is Venus Black

   Heather Lloyd

   Contemporary Fiction · Toxic Family Dynamics · Family Secrets · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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   The Wedding People

   Alison Espach

   Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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   Daisy Jones & the Six

   Taylor Jenkins Reid

   Marriage in Trouble · Character-Driven · Infidelity · Literary Fiction · Family Secrets

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8. 

   Truly Like Lightning

   David Duchovny

   Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Family Secrets · Multiple POV

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9. 

   And the Mountains Echoed

   Khaled Hosseini

   Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Family Secrets · Contemporary Fiction · Multiple POV

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10. 

    Gone Girl

    Gillian Flynn

    Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Multiple POV

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11. 

    Malas

    Marcela Fuentes

    Literary Fiction · Family Secrets · Character-Driven · Contemporary Fiction · Multiple POV

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12. 

    As I Lay Dying

    William Faulkner

    Literary Fiction · Toxic Family Dynamics · Character-Driven · Family Secrets · Multiple POV

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13. 

    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Rebecca Wells

    Contemporary Fiction · Toxic Family Dynamics · Family Secrets · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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14. 

    Ship of Magic

    Robin Hobb

    Toxic Family Dynamics · Character-Driven · Family Secrets · Multiple POV · Literary Fiction

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15. 

    Burnt Sugar

    Avni Doshi

    Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Marriage in Trouble · Toxic Family Dynamics

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16. 

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Economic Inequality

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17. 

    The Nanny Diaries

    Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus

    Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Contemporary Fiction · Toxic Family Dynamics · Dark Comedy

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18. 

    The Golden House

    Salman Rushdie

    Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Infidelity · Family Secrets · Satire

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19. 

    The Couple Next Door

    Shari Lapena

    Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Family Secrets · Suburbia · Multiple POV

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20. 

    The Lovely Bones

    Alice Sebold

    Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Infidelity · Contemporary Fiction · Suburbia

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