Books like…

Books Like The Marriage Plot

by Jeffrey Eugenides · about this book

Loved The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides? If its literary fiction, contemporary fiction and college campus hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Catcher in the Rye, The Magicians and The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing. 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 Marriage Plot: Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · College Campus · Love Triangle · Multiple POV

1. 

   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Bildungsroman · Depression · Literary Fiction · Nostalgic · Dry Humor

   ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
2. 

   The Magicians

   Lev Grossman

   College Campus · Depression · Bookish · Coming of Age · Self-Discovery

   ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
3. 

   The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

   Melissa Bank

   Contemporary Fiction · Dry Humor · Literary Fiction · First Love · Self-Discovery

   ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
4. 

   Will Grayson, Will Grayson

   John Green, David Levithan

   First Love · Depression · Contemporary Fiction · Self-Discovery · Multiple POV

   ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
5. 

   On Beauty

   Zadie Smith

   College Campus · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Marriage in Trouble · Coming of Age

   ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
6. 

   Of Human Bondage

   W. Somerset Maugham

   Bildungsroman · Literary Fiction · First Love · Self-Discovery · Coming of Age

   ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
7. 

   The Summer I Turned Pretty

   Jenny Han

   Love Triangle · Contemporary Fiction · Nostalgic · First Love · Coming of Age

   ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
8. 

   Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

   Gabrielle Zevin

   Nostalgic · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · College Campus · Multiple POV

   ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
9. 

   The Other Bennet Sister

   Janice Hadlow

   Bookish · Coming of Age · Dry Humor · Self-Discovery · Literary Fiction

   ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
10. 

    Little Women

    Louisa May Alcott

    Bildungsroman · Nostalgic · First Love · Coming of Age · Character-Driven

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
11. 

    Where the Crawdads Sing

    Delia Owens

    Bildungsroman · First Love · Love Triangle · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
12. 

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

    Bildungsroman · Nostalgic · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Character-Driven

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
13. 

    Lirael

    Garth Nix

    Depression · Bookish · Self-Discovery · Coming of Age · Character-Driven

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
14. 

    Death of a Bookseller

    Alice Slater

    Depression · Contemporary Fiction · Multiple POV · Bookish · Literary Fiction

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
15. 

    The Wedding People

    Alison Espach

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

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
16. 

    Firefly Lane

    Kristin Hannah

    Contemporary Fiction · Nostalgic · Coming of Age · Marriage in Trouble · Character-Driven

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
17. 

    Daisy Jones & the Six

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

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

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
18. 

    Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens

    Bildungsroman · Literary Fiction · Self-Discovery · Coming of Age · Character-Driven

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
19. 

    The Proof of My Innocence

    Jonathan Coe

    Bookish · Dry Humor · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla
20. 

    Ham On Rye

    Charles Bukowski

    Bildungsroman · Literary Fiction · Dry Humor · Coming of Age · Emotional

    ➕ Add Buy Libby Hoopla