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Books Like The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway · about this book

Loved The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway? If its sparse prose, literary fiction and classics hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Post Office, The Stranger and Of Mice and Men. 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 Sun Also Rises: Sparse Prose · Literary Fiction · Classics · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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   Post Office

   Charles Bukowski

   Sparse Prose · Substance Abuse · Literary Fiction · Classics · Dialogue-Heavy

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   The Stranger

   Albert Camus

   Sparse Prose · Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator

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   Of Mice and Men

   John Steinbeck

   Sparse Prose · Classics · Literary Fiction · Dialogue-Heavy · Male Lead

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   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Dialogue-Heavy · Male Lead

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5. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Classics · Sparse Prose · Character-Driven · Male Lead · First Person Narrator

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6. 

   Fight Club

   Chuck Palahniuk

   Sparse Prose · Classics · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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7. 

   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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8. 

   Roadside Picnic

   Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

   Sparse Prose · Classics · Substance Abuse · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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9. 

   The Dog Stars

   Peter Heller

   Sparse Prose · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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10. 

    The Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini

    War and Its Aftermath · Literary Fiction · Classics · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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11. 

    Of Human Bondage

    W. Somerset Maugham

    Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Male Lead · Paris

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12. 

    Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Love Triangle · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Classics · First Person Narrator

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13. 

    The Other Side of the Bridge

    Mary Lawson

    Literary Fiction · Love Triangle · Character-Driven · Sparse Prose · Male Lead

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14. 

    A Far Better Thing

    H.G. Parry

    Character-Driven · Substance Abuse · Male Lead · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    This Is Where I Leave You

    Jonathan Tropper

    Dialogue-Heavy · Character-Driven · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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16. 

    Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens

    Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Male Lead · First Person Narrator

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17. 

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Male Lead · First Person Narrator

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18. 

    Daisy Jones & the Six

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Substance Abuse · Character-Driven · Dialogue-Heavy · Literary Fiction · Infidelity

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19. 

    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy

    Sparse Prose · Literary Fiction · Dialogue-Heavy · Male Lead · Slow-Paced

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20. 

    The Maltese Falcon

    Dashiell Hammett

    Sparse Prose · Classics · Dialogue-Heavy · Male Lead · Infidelity

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