Books like…

Books Like The Glass Menagerie

by Tennessee Williams · about this book

Loved The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams? If its classics, stage play and toxic family dynamics hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Of Mice and Men, Carrie and As I Lay Dying. 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 Glass Menagerie: Classics · Stage Play · Toxic Family Dynamics · Disabled Protagonist · Nostalgic

1. 

   Of Mice and Men

   John Steinbeck

   Disabled Protagonist · Classics · Dialogue-Heavy · Working-Class Protagonist · Bittersweet

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   Carrie

   Stephen King

   Toxic Family Dynamics · Single Mother · Classics · Tragic · Emotional

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3. 

   As I Lay Dying

   William Faulkner

   Toxic Family Dynamics · Classics · Tragic · Working-Class Protagonist · American South

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4. 

   All the Light We Cannot See

   Anthony Doerr

   Disabled Protagonist · Absent Parent · Tragic · Bittersweet · Emotional

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5. 

   Little Women

   Louisa May Alcott

   Nostalgic · Classics · Absent Parent · Bittersweet · Emotional

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6. 

   The Notebook

   Nicholas Sparks

   Nostalgic · Working-Class Protagonist · American South · Frame Story · Bittersweet

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7. 

   The Four Winds

   Kristin Hannah

   Leaving Home · Single Mother · Absent Parent · Bittersweet · Emotional

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8. 

   Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

   Rebecca Wells

   Nostalgic · Toxic Family Dynamics · American South · Bittersweet · Emotional

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9. 

   Of Human Bondage

   W. Somerset Maugham

   Disabled Protagonist · Classics · Absent Parent · Bittersweet · Emotional

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10. 

    The Stone Sky

    N.K. Jemisin

    Disabled Protagonist · Tragic · Frame Story · Bittersweet · Emotional

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11. 

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

    Nostalgic · Classics · Bittersweet · American South · Emotional

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12. 

    Daisy Jones & the Six

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Nostalgic · Frame Story · Dialogue-Heavy · Bittersweet · Emotional

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13. 

    Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

    Laura Ruby

    Working-Class Protagonist · Absent Parent · Toxic Family Dynamics · Bittersweet · Emotional

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14. 

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Nostalgic · Classics · Bittersweet · Tragic · Emotional

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15. 

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë

    Toxic Family Dynamics · Classics · Frame Story · Tragic · Emotional

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16. 

    The Little Prince

    Antoine de Saint-Exupery

    Nostalgic · Classics · Frame Story · Bittersweet · Emotional

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17. 

    Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

    J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany

    Stage Play · Nostalgic · Dialogue-Heavy

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18. 

    Les Misérables

    Victor Hugo

    Single Mother · Classics · Working-Class Protagonist · Tragic · Emotional

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19. 

    Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Nostalgic · Classics · Tragic · Bittersweet · Emotional

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20. 

    Assassin's Apprentice

    Robin Hobb

    Frame Story · Classics · Absent Parent · Bittersweet · Emotional

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