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Books Like Revolutionary Road

by Richard Yates · about this book

Loved Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates? If its marriage in trouble, suburbia and literary fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Anna Karenina, The Great Gatsby and 1984. 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 Revolutionary Road: Marriage in Trouble · Suburbia · Literary Fiction · Bleak · Tragic

1. 

   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Tragic · Suicide Content · Literary Fiction

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   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Infidelity · Tragic · Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Fall From Grace

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   1984

   George Orwell

   Bleak · Tragic · Omniscient Narrator · Classics · Literary Fiction

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4. 

   This Is Where I Leave You

   Jonathan Tropper

   Infidelity · Midlife Crisis · Marriage in Trouble · Suburbia · Character-Driven

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5. 

   The Wedding People

   Alison Espach

   Suicide Content · Infidelity · Depression · Marriage in Trouble · Finding Purpose

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6. 

   Lord of the Flies

   William Golding

   Bleak · Tragic · Omniscient Narrator · Literary Fiction · Classics

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7. 

   The Lovely Bones

   Alice Sebold

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

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8. 

   The Bee Sting

   Paul Murray

   Marriage in Trouble · Tragic · Fall From Grace · Literary Fiction · Infidelity

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9. 

   The Mad Wife

   Meagan Church

   Suburbia · Depression · Marriage in Trouble · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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10. 

    Pet Sematary

    Stephen King

    Tragic · Bleak · Classics · Omniscient Narrator · Slow-Paced

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11. 

    Lolita

    Vladimir Nabokov

    Tragic · Literary Fiction · Suburbia · Classics · Character-Driven

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12. 

    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy

    Bleak · Suicide Content · Literary Fiction · Omniscient Narrator · Slow-Paced

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13. 

    The Complete Maus

    Art Spiegelman

    Suicide Content · Tragic · Bleak · Classics · Character-Driven

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14. 

    Hamnet

    Maggie O'Farrell

    Tragic · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Marriage in Trouble · Omniscient Narrator

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15. 

    Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck

    Tragic · Bleak · Literary Fiction · Classics · Male Lead

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16. 

    Girl, Interrupted

    Susanna Kaysen

    Depression · Suicide Content · Character-Driven · Classics · Literary Fiction

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17. 

    The Mirror & the Light

    Hilary Mantel

    Tragic · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Fall From Grace · Slow-Paced

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18. 

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë

    Tragic · Bleak · Literary Fiction · Classics · Dark

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19. 

    Titus Groan

    Mervyn Peake

    Omniscient Narrator · Literary Fiction · Fall From Grace · Classics · Character-Driven

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20. 

    Women

    Charles Bukowski

    Infidelity · Midlife Crisis · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Classics

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