Books like…

Books Like Ulysses

by James Joyce · about this book

Loved Ulysses by James Joyce? If its classics, stream of consciousness and dense prose hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Anna Karenina, As I Lay Dying and The Mists of Avalon. 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 Ulysses: Classics · Stream of Consciousness · Dense Prose · Slow-Paced · Sprawling Epic

1. 

   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Faith Crisis · Classics · Sprawling Epic · Literary Fiction · Slow-Paced

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   As I Lay Dying

   William Faulkner

   Stream of Consciousness · Classics · Dense Prose · Literary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative

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   The Mists of Avalon

   Marion Zimmer Bradley

   Infidelity · Faith Crisis · Sprawling Epic · Classics · Slow-Paced

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4. 

   Menewood

   Nicola Griffith

   Sprawling Epic · Dense Prose · Literary Fiction · Religious Identity · Slow-Paced

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5. 

   The Mirror & the Light

   Hilary Mantel

   Literary Fiction · Dense Prose · Sprawling Epic · Religious Identity · Slow-Paced

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6. 

   There Are Rivers in the Sky

   Elif Shafak

   Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Religious Identity · Sprawling Epic · Mythology Retelling

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7. 

   Les Misérables

   Victor Hugo

   Dense Prose · Classics · Sprawling Epic · Literary Fiction · Slow-Paced

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8. 

   Of Human Bondage

   W. Somerset Maugham

   Faith Crisis · Classics · Literary Fiction · Slow-Paced · Sprawling Epic

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9. 

   The Weight of Ink

   Rachel Kadish

   Faith Crisis · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose · Slow-Paced · Religious Identity

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10. 

    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    Literary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Religious Identity · Cultural Identity · Death of a Parent

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11. 

    Tom's Crossing

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    Dense Prose · Sprawling Epic · Literary Fiction · Slow-Paced · Religious Identity

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12. 

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Classics · Slow-Paced · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose

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13. 

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    Classics · Sprawling Epic · Colonialism · Dense Prose · Death of a Parent

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14. 

    Titus Groan

    Mervyn Peake

    Slow-Paced · Classics · Dense Prose · Literary Fiction · Sprawling Epic

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15. 

    Middlesex

    Jeffrey Eugenides

    Sprawling Epic · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Big City

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16. 

    American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

    Mythology Retelling · Cultural Identity · Sprawling Epic · Slow-Paced · Classics

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17. 

    The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Faith Crisis · Literary Fiction · Religious Identity · Colonialism · Dense Prose

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18. 

    The Odyssey

    Homer, E.V. Rieu

    Classics · Sprawling Epic · Nonlinear Narrative · Greek Mythology · Infidelity

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19. 

    Daughter of the Empire

    Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts

    Marriage in Trouble · Death of a Parent · Classics · Cultural Identity · Slow-Paced

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20. 

    1Q84

    Haruki Murakami

    Slow-Paced · Sprawling Epic · Literary Fiction · Big City · Male Lead

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