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Books Like Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray · about this book

Loved Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray? If its classics, satire and satirical hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Pride and Prejudice, Gone with the Wind and Anna Karenina. 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 Vanity Fair: Classics · Satire · Satirical · Regency Era · Historical Fiction

1. 

   Pride and Prejudice

   Jane Austen

   Satirical Humor · Classics · Satire · Wealthy Families · Historical Fiction

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   Gone with the Wind

   Margaret Mitchell

   Fall From Grace · Classics · Wealthy Families · Historical Fiction · Anti-Hero

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   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Classics · Fall From Grace · Classism · Wealthy Families · Omniscient Narrator

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   Candide

   Voltaire

   Satirical · Satire · Classics · Satirical Humor · Omniscient Narrator

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5. 

   Titus Groan

   Mervyn Peake

   Classics · Rags to Riches · Fall From Grace · Omniscient Narrator · Anti-Hero

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6. 

   Animal Farm

   George Orwell

   Satirical · Satire · Classics · Class Struggle · Omniscient Narrator

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7. 

   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Rags to Riches · Fall From Grace · Classics · Historical Fiction · Classism

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8. 

   Fall of Giants

   Ken Follett

   Class Struggle · Omniscient Narrator · Classism · Historical Fiction · Wealthy Families

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9. 

   The Seamstress

   Frances de Pontes Peebles

   Class Struggle · Classism · Rags to Riches · Historical Fiction · Wealthy Families

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10. 

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas

    Classics · Rags to Riches · Historical Fiction · Omniscient Narrator · Anti-Hero

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11. 

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Charles Dickens

    Classics · Class Struggle · Historical Fiction · Sprawling Epic · Omniscient Narrator

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12. 

    Les Misérables

    Victor Hugo

    Classics · Historical Fiction · Class Struggle · Classism · Omniscient Narrator

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13. 

    The Hitch Hiker's guide to the galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    Satire · Satirical · Classics · Omniscient Narrator · Dry Humor

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14. 

    Perfume

    Patrick Süskind

    Rags to Riches · Historical Fiction · Classics · Satirical · Anti-Hero

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15. 

    The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild

    Mathias Énard

    Satirical Humor · Satire · Omniscient Narrator · Ensemble Cast · Sprawling Epic

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16. 

    Fight Club

    Chuck Palahniuk

    Satire · Satirical Humor · Classics · Classism · Anti-Hero

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17. 

    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke

    Satirical Humor · Historical Fiction · Dry Humor · Omniscient Narrator · Sprawling Epic

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18. 

    The Viscount Who Loved Me

    Julia Quinn

    Regency Era · Historical Fiction · Wealthy Families · Female Lead · Love Triangle

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19. 

    Lies and Weddings

    Kevin Kwan

    Satire · Satirical Humor · Classism · Ensemble Cast · Wealthy Families

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20. 

    A Most Agreeable Murder

    Julia Seales

    Satirical · Satirical Humor · Historical Fiction · Classism · Wealthy Families

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