Books Like The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje · about this book

Loved The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje? If its literary fiction, world war ii and nonlinear narrative hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Night Watch, The Nightingale and The Night Circus. 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 The English Patient: Literary Fiction · World War II · Nonlinear Narrative · Multiple POV · Historical Fiction

Night Watch
Jayne Anne Phillips

War Trauma · Hospital · Amnesia Plot · Literary Fiction · Haunting

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The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah

World War II · War Trauma · Haunting · Espionage · Historical Fiction

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The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern

Nonlinear Narrative · Forbidden Love · Haunting · Ensemble Cast · Historical Fiction

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Atonement
Ian McEwan

World War II · Hospital · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Haunting

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The Listeners
Maggie Stiefvater

World War II · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V E Schwab

Nonlinear Narrative · Historical Fiction · Haunting · Lyrical Prose · Forbidden Love

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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra

Nonlinear Narrative · Hospital · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Haunting

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The Kingdoms
Natasha Pulley

Amnesia Plot · Historical Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Forbidden Love · Soldiers and Warfare

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Winter of the World
Ken Follett

World War II · War and Its Aftermath · Espionage · Infidelity · Historical Fiction

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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Infidelity · Literary Fiction · Haunting · Historical Fiction · Hidden Identity

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Life After Life
Kate Atkinson

World War II · Nonlinear Narrative · War and Its Aftermath · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction

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Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell

Healer · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Haunting · Historical Fiction

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The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel

Literary Fiction · Haunting · Historical Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced

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The Shadowed Land
Signe Pike

War and Its Aftermath · Historical Fiction · Soldiers and Warfare · Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced

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All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr

World War II · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Haunting

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The Barman of the Ritz
Philippe Collin

World War II · Historical Fiction · Espionage · Hidden Identity · Character-Driven

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The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker

Historical Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Literary Fiction · Slow-Paced · Hidden Identity

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The Weight of Ink
Rachel Kadish

Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Slow-Paced · Forbidden Love · Dense Prose

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And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini

Nonlinear Narrative · War and Its Aftermath · Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Multiple POV

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The White Lady
Jacqueline Winspear

War Trauma · World War II · Espionage · Historical Fiction · War and Its Aftermath

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