Readalike Fiction
For Harry Potter lists, see our page on Harry Potter Readalikes.
- If You Like (Christchurch City Libraries, NZ)
- Many lists here, most suggesting books, but some suggesting music!
Book lists are grouped in these general categories -- Fiction, Detective and
Mystery Fiction, New Zealand Fiction, Biographies and Non-Fiction,
and Contemporary women writers -- but there are numerous lists within most of
those. For example, the fiction lists include suggestions for readers
who like: Anita Brookner, Bill Bryson, Tom Clancy, Jackie Collins,
Catherine Cookson, Patricia Cornwell, Cult fiction, C S Forester,
Dick Francis, John Grisham, The Horse Whisperer,
Marian Keyes, Stephen King, Latin American fiction writers in English,
William Stuart Long, Longitude by Dava Sobel (narrative
non-fiction), Stories about marriage and relationships, Nice books,
Sagas, and Westerns for those who don't necessarily like westerns, among many others. Enjoy.
- If You Like ... (Kent District Library, Kent County, MI)
- If you like Barbara Bradford, Lilian Braun, Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark, Patricia Cornwell,
Clive Cussler, Diane Mott Davidson, John Grisham, Linda Howard, Jan Karon,
Stephen King, Janette Oke, Nora Roberts, Nicholas Sparks, Lavyrle Spencer,
or Robert Parker, look for other books like theirs here. All are in PDF format. Provides
recommended authors, titles, and summaries of series/books.
- If You Like (Statesboro Regional Library System, GA)
- Interesting lists, which pop up in Java windows. Some list titles include
Action and Adventure novels; Angels; Animals; At Home in Mitford - Jan Karon;
Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding; Civil War novels; Amateur Sleuths;
Female Sleuths; Sleuths by Occupation; Espionage; Family Sagas;
Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews; Dick Francis; Historical Fiction - Colonial America;
Jewish Fiction; Lord of the Rings - Tolkien; Music and Musicians;
Older Adults; Eugenia Price; Science Fiction Classics; Wilbur Smith;
Sea Stories; Westerns. More. Some list just authors, others list authors and titles of suggested
readalikes.
- The Fiction_L List of Lists Readalikes (Fiction-L)
- Many lists of "books by, or similar to, a particular author." Lists authors
and/or titles. Includes Anita Shreve Readalikes;
Lilian Jackson Braun Readalikes;
Bridget Jones Readalikes;
Janet Evanovich Readalikes (some with
explanation for their place on the list); Mitford series
readalikes; Nicholas Sparks
Readalikes; Oke, Wick, and Snelling
readalikes; Ruth Rendell readalikes;
and many more!
- Readalike Service (State Library of Tasmania)
- From this page, click on the first letter of the author's surname,
and then click on the author's name in the alphabetical listing. You'll
receive a short list of titles and/or authors similar to the author you like.
Some authors listed include Ruth Rendell, Tony Hillerman, Maeve Binchy,
Dale Brown, David Eddings, Nicholas Evans, Lori Wick, Minette Walters,
Jostein Gaarder, WEB Griffin, Armistead Maupin, Miss Read (under M),
Barbara Pym, Ellis Peters, Rosamunde Pilcher, Belva Plain, etc.
- If You Like (Bettendorf Public Library, IA)
- Numerous 'if you like' lists, most listing simply authors, some listing
titles and relevant websites: Matt Groening; the science fiction
of Ursula K. LeGuin (other Nebula Award winners); classics continued;
Agatha Christie; Mary Higgins Clark (lists titles); the alphabet mysteries of Sue
Grafton (lists similar detectives to Millhone and authors' names);
Victoria Holt; Danielle Steel; Dave Barry; Tom Clancy;
John Grisham (lists titles); Robert Ludlum; Sidney Sheldon; R. L.
Stine's Fear Street and Goosebumps series; J.R.R. Tolkien;
cat-related fiction (lists titles); Louis L'Amour; Janette Oke; horror stories (Bram Stoker award winners);
Stephen King; Anne Rice (lists titles); Sandra Brown; Caroline Cooney; Lois Lowry;
Anne McCaffrey; Robert B. Parker; Gary Paulsen (lists titles);
mysteries (lists Edgar winners).
- If You Like... (Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, MA)
- Just lists authors similar to others, although in a few cases also recommended specific series or
titles; the section on Janet
Evanovich is especially good. If you like ...
Sandra Brown, Dorothy Cannell, Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark, Jackie Collins,
Amanda Cross, Diane Mott Davidson, Dominick Dunne, Janet Evanovich,
Dick Francis, Diana Gabaldon, Sue Grafton, Martha Grimes, John Grisham,
Faye Kellerman, Jonathan Kellerman, William X. Kienzle, Ed McBain,
Terry McMillan, Robert B. Parker, Rosamunde Pilcher, Lisa Scottoline, or
Danielle Steel, then try this site.
- Read-A-Like Lists (San Antonio Public Library, TX)
- Author, title, summary, and publication year for all books suggested if you
like: Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark, Robin Cook, Lilian Jackson Braun,
Robert Jordan, Diana Gabaldon, Terry McMillan, Richard North Patterson,
Jan Karon, James Patterson, Jean Auel, or John Grisham.
- If You Like... (Kitchener Public Library, Ontario, Canada)
- Recommends other authors only (no titles) if you like:
Jean Auel, Maeve Binchy, Sandra Brown, Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark,
Catherine Cookson, Patricia Cornwell, Nelson DeMille, Joy Fielding,
Helen Fielding, Financial Intrigue, Diana Gabaldon, Sue Grafton,
John Grisham, John Irving, Stephen King, Louis L'Amour,
Robert Ludlum, Larry McMurtry, Oprah, Ellis Peters,
Harry Potter, Nora Roberts, John Sandford, Serial Killers [presumably,
books about], Danielle Steel, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stuart Woods,
or Victorian Mysteries.
- The Read-a-likes Page (Monroe County Public Library, IN)
- Suggests other authors and titles similar to: Jean M. Auel (Novels with prehistoric settings),
Robin Cook (Medical thrillers), Patricia Cornwell (The cheery world
of forensic science), C.S. Forester (Sea stories, individual and
in series), Helen Fielding (The lighter side of living single),
John Grisham (Lawyer, lawyers, lawyers!), Jan Karon (Good folks, small communities),
Tim Lahaye/Jerry Jenkins (Christian novels about the end of the world),
Terry McMillan (Savvy African-American characters coping with the modern world),
James Patterson (Tough guys/girls bravely pursuing vicious criminals),
J. K. Rowling (Meet Harry's competition), and Danielle Steel (Beautiful people,
glamorous romances).
- Thunder Bay Reader's Advisory: If You Like... (Thunder Bay Public Library, Ontario, Canada)
- List of authors similar to Danielle Steel, Robert Ludlum, Stephen King, Anne Tyler, Faith
Baldwin, David Eddings, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Victoria Holt,
and Mary Higgins Clark.
- If You Like Tear Jerkers... (West Bloomfield Township Library, MI)
- Lists authors and titles for over 20 books that will make you cry,
from Jeannie Brewer's A Crack in Forever to Robert James Waller's Bridges of Madison County.
Links to webcat descriptions.
Click here for mystery, crime novel, suspense, and thriller readalikes.
- If You Like [Romance] (All About Romance)
- Provides suggestions of other authors to read if you like Mary Balogh, Jill Barnett, Sandra
Brown, Catherine Coulter, Jude Deveraux, Jane Feather, Janet
Evanovich, Diana Gabaldon, Julie Garwood, Virginia Henley,
Georgette Heyer, Sandra Hill, Linda Howard, Iris Johansen,
Laura Kinsale, Jayne Ann Krentz, Jill Marie Landis, Johanna Lindsey,
Elizabeth Lowell, Debbie Macomber, Judith McNaught, Teresa
Medeiros, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Mary Jo Putney, Amanda Quick,
Nora Roberts, Bertrice Small, or LaVyrle Spencer.
- If you liked ... The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Hennepin County Library, MN)
- Author, title, publication year, cover image, summary, and webcat link for a dozen books
featuring time travel, and/or books that are "clever contemporary love stor[ies] or full-blown heart-breaker[s]."
From Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights to Anita Shreve's The Last Time They Met. Updated Sept. 2004.
- Waiting for Danielle (St. Charles Public Library, IL)
- If you enjoy Danielle Steel novels, you might enjoy one of the 15 titles listed here,
from Her Sister's Keeper by Linda Barlow to Lipstick On His Collar by Elizabeth Villars.
- If You Like This, You'll Like That - SF (Magic Dragon)
- Extensive list of books grouped by theme: aliens, alternate worlds, antigravity, bambi's children (animals
that act like humans), beam me up, beyond the fields we know, cities of the future, clones,
cyberpunk, dystopia, ecology, esp, faster than light, feminist, hard science fiction,
heroic fantasy (aka Swords and Sorcery), horror, immortality, invisibility, lost lands/lost race,
math, mythology, politics, sex, space opera, space travel,
supermen, theology/religion, there and back again, time travel,
TV and movie spin-offs, under the sea, unicorns in the garden, utopia,
world comes to an end. Special section to check "if you can only remember what the
cover looks like."
- If You Like Jean Auel (Addison Public Library, IL)
- Author, title, summary, webcat link for about 10 books, from
Joseph Bruchac's Dawn Land to Joan Wolf's Daughter of the Red Deer. June 2002.
- IF YOU LIKE JEAN AUEL, then you might like ... (San Antonio Public Library, TX)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for about a dozen books similar to Auel's,
from Piers Anthony's Isle of Woman to Joan Wolf's Daughter of the Red Deer.
- If You Like Jean Auel... (Multnomah County Library, OR)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for over 15 books similar to Auel's, from
Brian Wilson Aldiss's Helliconia Spring to Penina Keen Spinka's
Picture Maker.
- If You Like Diana Gabaldon... (Seattle Public Library)
- Author, title, short summary for about 15 novels where close attention is paid to "period detail and historical
accuracy, combined with the imaginative use of time travel
and the concept of individual influence on history, skillfully
blending historical fiction with fantasy." From Victoria Barrett's Maybe This Time
to Anya Seton's Green Darkness.
- IF YOU LIKE DIANA GABALDON, then you might like ... (San Antonio Public Library, TX)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for over 15 books similar to Gabaldon's,
from Madeline Baker's The Spirit Path to Judith O'Brien's Ashton's Bride.
- IF YOU LIKE ROBERT JORDAN, then you might like ... (San Antonio Public Library, TX)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for over 15 books similar to Jordan's,
from Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara to Janny Wurts' Curse of the Mistwraith.
- If You Like Harry Potter, You May Like... (Waterboro Public Library)
- Annotated list of dozens of books for fans of Harry Potter, chosen for their similarities to
the characters, events, style, etc., of the Potter series.
- Tolkien Read-Alikes (Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA)
- Lists 18 series, with author, series name, book titles and descriptions,
from Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain to Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn.
- What Should I Read Now? Talking Tolkien: Epic Fantasy Favorites (Tulsa City-County Library, OK)
- Provides authors, titles and webcat links for epic fantasies, including
books and series by Lloyd Alexander, Terry Brooks, David Eddings, JV Jones,
Tad Williams, Dennis McKiernan, Patricia McKillip, and others.
In alphabetical order by author's last name.
See also specific mystery readalikes
- If you liked Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven ... (Springfield City Library, MA)
- List of 6 fiction and 4 non-fiction books similar to Mitch Albom's books. Only author and title listed. Updated Oct. 2004.
- If You Like V.C. Andrews, You Might Also Enjoy These Books (Mount Prospect Public Library, IL)
- Author and title only for 16 books similar to Andrews', from Margaret Bingley's Seeds of Evil
to Thomas Tryon's The Other.
- If You Like Nicholson Baker ... (John Walkenbach's Nicholson Baker Fan Page)
- Author, title, and Amazon link for about 35 fiction titles similar to Baker's work, including
Perfume: The Story of a Murder by Patrick Suskind, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn,
Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance by Richard Powers, and Edwin Mullhouse: The Life
and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright by Steven Milhauser.
- If You Like Maeve Binchy... (Multnomah County Library, OR)
- Author, title, publication year, book cover image, and summary for about 15 books similar to Binchy's, from
Clare Boylan's Beloved Stranger to Joanna Trollope's The Brass Dolphin.
- Maeve Binchy Read-a-Likes (Skokie Public Library, IL)
- The titles listed are "similar to Maeve Binchy's character-centered, leisurely tales
of women in their relationships with lovers, friends, and family."
Author, title, pub. year, webcat link for about 20 books, from
Anjana Appachana's Listening Now to Sarah Woodhouse's Meeting Lily. Updated Feb. 2006.
Click here for Da Vinci Code readalikes and similar.
- If You Like Bill Bryson ... (Arapahoe Library District, Englewood, CO)
- Author, title, summary for 5 books, including One Year Off: Leaving It All Behind for a Round-the-World Journey with Our Children
by David Cohen and The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train through Asia by Paul Theroux.
- IF YOU LIKE TOM CLANCY, then you might like ... (San Antonio Public Library, TX)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for over 15 books similar to Clancy's, from
Larry Bond's The Enemy Within to Robin A. While's Flight from Winter's Shadow.
- Read-alikes: Tom Clancy (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA)
- Author, title, summary, webcat link for 5 books.
- Medical Suspense (If You Like ROBIN COOK, Try ...) (Northbrook Public Library, IL)
- Lists about 25 titles, with author and summary of each title,
from Greg Bear's Darwin’s Radio to F. Paul Wilson's The Select.
- Cussler-Like (Reader's Advice)
- 'Suspense/thrillers with a sea connection (e.g. Clive Cussler).' Author, title, and
Amazon link for about 70 titles, from Peter Benchley's Beast to
Peter Tonkin's Richard Mariner series.
- If You Like Anita Diamant's The Red Tent (Leane Ellis - Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, MA)
- Books listed by aspect of the novel that might have appealed: Sisterhood (9 books),
Worshipping the Goddess (4 books), and Biblical Overtones and Characters (19 books). Authors,
titles, publication dates, and summaries of each book.
- If You Liked Eric Jerome Dickey's The Other Woman ... (Gary Public Library, IN)
- Author, title, summary for about 20 similar novels.
- Peace Like A River Readalikes (Robin Youngerman, Fiction-L)
- Author and title for about 30 books similar to Leif Enger's Peace Like A River,
from Wish You Well by David Baldacci to The Hairstons:
An American Family in Black and White by Henry Wiencek. Compiled Nov. 2002.
- If you liked ... Peace Like A River by Leif Enger (Hennepin County Library, MN)
- Author, title, publication year, cover image, summary, and webcat link for 10 books similar to Enger's.
From Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides to Larry Watson's Montana 1948. Updated Feb. 2006.
- If You Like ... Peace Like A River by Leif Engler (Daniel Boone Regional Library, MO)
- Authors and titles listed only for 10 books, from Atticus by Ron Hansen
to Wish You Well by David Baldacci.
- Beyond Bridget Jones (Des Plaines Public Library, IL)
- Combines 3 lists: Calling all Singletons!, Return of the
Singletons, Even More Singletons. Title, author, summary
for about 60 novels about the single life. Compiled 2001 and 2002.
- Singles -- If you liked Bridget Jones's Diary try... (Northbrook Public Library, IL)
- Author, title, summary for over 35 book about the single life, from
Karl Ackerman's The Patron Saint of Unmarried Women to Laura Zigman's Dating Big Bird,
plus a list of 12 videos on the same theme.
- If You Liked Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary... (Multnomah County Library, OR)
- Author, title, publication year, and summary for about 45 similar books,
from Juliann Baggott's Girl Talk to Laura Zigman's Dating Big Bird.
- Chick Lit (Enoch Pratt Free Library - Baltimore)
- More than 20 books listed, with author, title, and summary,
from Emily Barr's Backpack to Laura Zigman's Her. Compiled 2002.
Also: Chick Lit 2004,
with another 23 titles published in 2003 and 2004.
- If You Like Bridget Jones... (Portland Public Library, ME)
- Author, title, and webcat summary for about 20 titles similar to Bridget Jones's Diary,
including books by Marian Keyes, Elinor Lipman, Anna Maxted,
Elliot Perlman, Caroline Preston, Amy Sohn, and others.
- What Should I Read Now? Chick Lit: If you like Bridget Jones' Diary and watch Sex
in the City (Tulsa City-County Library, OK)
- Provides authors, titles and webcat links for over 12 books similar to
Fielding's book and the popular TV show, including books by
Marian Keyes, Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees, Sue Townsend, Diane Johnson,
Sarah Bird, Jill Conner Browne, etc.
- Fiction for Singletons, or, If You Liked Bridget Jones's Diary (Kansas City Public Library)
- Lists author, title, and webcatalog link for 15 similar books.
- Spotlight On Bridget Jones's Clones (Montgomery County Public Libraries, MD)
- Author, title, summary for about 10 books "that explore the
shallows of modern life -- with style." From Karen Brichoux's Coffee and Kung Fu to
Jennifer Weiner's In Her Shoes, published from 2001-2003.
- Beyond Bridget Jones (Park Ridge Public Library, IL)
- Author, title, publication year, and summary for about 10 novels,
by Melissa Bank, Christina Bartolomeo, Mike Gayle, Jane Green, Jane Heller,
Wendi Holden, Judy Mackey, Sophie Kinsella, Robyn Sisman, and Laura Zigman.
- If You Like Bridget Jones' Diary... (Kitchener Public Library, Ontario, Canada)
- Author, title, summary for over 15 similar books, including books by
Gail Storey, Amy Sohn, and Marian Keyes.
- If You Like ... Tales of a
Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Goldman Gelman (Daniel Boone Regional Library, MO)
- Non-fiction book with some fiction and travel-essay readalikes. Author and
title listed only for 15 books, from An Ocean To Cross: Daring
The Atlantic, Claiming A New Life by Liz Fordred to A Year By The Sea: Thoughts of An Unfinished Woman
by Joan Anderson.
- If You Like Donald Goines... (Seattle Public Library)
- Author, title, short summary for about 25 novels similar to "Goines' fast-paced
thrillers with their unsentimental depiction of America's mean streets."
From Iceberg Slim (Beck)'s Trick Baby to Richard Wright's Native Son.
- If You Liked Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha... (Multnomah County Library, OR)
- Author, title, publication year, and summary for about 20 books similar to Arthur Golden's novel,
from Fiona Cheong's The Scent of the Gods to Mako Yoshikawa's One Hundred and One Ways.
- If You Liked Memoirs of a Geisha, Try ... (Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System, NM)
- Author, title, summary for 18 fiction titles and 6 non-fiction books.
- If You Liked Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, you might like these (Salina Public Library, KS)
- Author and title only for 15 novels.
- If You Liked Lord of the Flies ... (Kingston Frontenac Public Library, Ontario)
- Author, title, webcat link, brief summary for 20 books that fans of William Golding's Lord of the Flies
may enjoy, from Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood to Random acts of senseless violence by Jack Womack.
- Legal Thrillers (Northbrook Public Library, IL)
- If You Like John Grisham, Try... Lists about 80 titles, with author and summaries of each title,
from Reed Arvin's The Will to Shelby Yastrow's Undue Influence.
- If You Like John Grisham ... (West Bloomfield Township Library, MI)
- Lists authors and titles for about 20 books similar to John Grisham's,
from Jay Brandon's Executive Privilege to Gallatin Warfield's State v. Justice.
Links to webcat descriptions.
- If you liked ... The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Hennepin County Library, MN)
- Author, title, publication year, cover image, summary, and webcat link for 8 books (fiction and nonfiction) that
are about autism or are "personal accounts featuring people with disabilities." Updated Nov. 2005.
- If You Like E. Lynn Harris... (Seattle Public Library)
- Author, title, short summary for about 15 novels similar to "Harris' dynamic
writing [that] puts readers directly into the high-powered
world of young African American professionals." From Connie Briscoe's P.G. County
to Jervey Tervalon's All the Trouble You Need.
- If You Liked E. Lynn's Harris's A Love of My Own ... (Gary Public Library, IN)
- Author, title, summary for about 10 similar novels.
- If You Liked Thomas Harris' Silence Of The Lambs... (Multnomah County Library, OR)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for about 30 similar books, from
Ethan Black's Irresistible to Donald E. Westlake's The Ax.
- If You Like Alice Hoffman ... (West Bloomfield Township Library, MI)
- Lists authors and titles for about 20 books similar to Alice Hoffman's, from
Elizabeth Berg's Ordinary Life to Carol Shields' Unless. Links to webcat descriptions.
- If You Liked The Kite Runner ( )
- Author, title, detailed summary, webcat link for 6 books similar to Khaled Hosseini's book about Afghanistan.
- If You Liked Brave New World ... (Kingston Frontenac Public Library, Ontario)
- Author, title, webcat link, brief summary for about 40 books that fans of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
may enjoy, from The Cockatrice boys by Joan Aiken to The day of the triffids by John Wyndham.
- If You Like John Irving... (Seattle Public Library)
- Author, title, short summary for more than 20 novels similar to John Irving's "novels[, which] feature
wonderfully quirky characters that somehow typify those memorable people in our
own lives; Irving also explores complex social and historical themes in his
books, as well as looking at how people's choices and circumstances
shape who they are over time. Many of the authors below combine unique, unforgettable
characters with stories that explore life's poignancy and hilarity. From
Larry Baker's Flamingo Rising to Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five.
- John Irving Read-a-Likes (Lukie Marriott, Skokie Public Library, IL)
- Books similar to Irving's presentation of life as comically absurd and inescapably tragic;
with frequent confrontation of contemporary issues, an embrace of humane impulses,
and believable characters. Author, title, pub. year, webcat link for about 35 books, from
Larry Baker's Flamingo Rising to Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Updated Feb. 2006.
- If You Like Jan Karon's Mitford series... (Multnomah County Library, OR)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for more than 25 single titles and series similar to
the Mitford books, from Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity series (mysteries) to
Jane Roberts Wood's Lucinda Richards trilogy.
- Neighbors of Mitford (Central Rappahannock Public Library, VA)
- Author, title, summary, webcat link for 24 books with quirky characters living through
miracles and misery in small towns, from A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry to
The Cape Ann by Faith Sullivan.
- IF YOU LIKE JAN KARON, then you might like ... (San Antonio Public Library, TX)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for over 25 books similar to Karon's, from F. Benson's Make Way for Lucia
to Effie Wilder's Out to Pasture (but not over the hill). These
are more gentle reads than Christian fiction.
- Jan Karon Read-a-Likes (Michaela Haberkern, Skokie Public Library, IL)
- Books that appeal to a "longing for community, for kindness, for
faith, and for simplicity in life," featuring "quietly quirky, friendly, honest characters."
Author, title, pub. year, webcat link for about 25 books, from
Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin to Katherine Valentine's Grace
Will Lead Me Home. Updated Feb. 2006.
- If You Like Jan Karon's Mitford Books ... (Duluth Public Library, MN)
- Author and title only for about 50 novels/series similar to the Mitford series
books, from Bess Aldrich's Mother Mason to
Vinita Hampton Wright's Velma Still Cooks in Leeway.
- If You Like Jan Karon ... (Glen Ellyn Public Library, IL)
- Author and title listed for 11 books similar to Karon's Mitford series,
from Clyde Edgerton's Walking Across Egypt to Beverly Lewis's The Crossroad.
- There's No Place Like Jan Karon's Mitford... (St. Charles Public Library, IL)
- ...but some of these come close. List of about two dozen books (series noted) with ambiance
similar to the Mitford series, from Make Way for Lucia by E. F. Benson
to Out to Pasture by Effie Wilder. Compiled May 1999.
- Read-alikes: Sue Monk Kidd (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA)
- Author, title, summary, webcat link for 10 books with the 'diversity and magic of The Secret
Life of Bees.
- If You Like Barbara Kingsolver... (Multnomah County Library, OR)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for more than 35 books similar
to Kingsolver's, from Jonis Agee's South of Resurrection
to Mako Yoshikawa's One Hundred and One Ways.
- Barbara Kingsolver Read-a-Likes (Cecilia Cygnar, Skokie Public Library, IL)
- "Realistic women and their situations, solid well-thought-out plots, vivid Southern locations, and strong writing sum up Barbara Kingsolver’s novels."
Author, title, pub. year, webcat link for about 30 books, from
Janis Agee's South of Resurrection to Nancy Willard's Sister Water. Updated Feb. 2006.
- If You Like Tim LaHaye (Kansas City Public Library)
- Lists author, title, and webcat link for about 15 similar books, from
Hal Lindsey's Blood Moon to Frank Peretti's Visitation.
- If You Like ... Terry McMillan (Multnomah County Library, OR)
- Author, title, publication year, book cover image, summary for 16 short story
collections and novels similar to McMillan's fiction,
from Connie Briscoe's Sisters & Lovers to Omar
Tyree's For the Love of Money: A Novel. Compiled Sept. 2002.
- If You Like Terry McMillan... (Seattle Public Library)
- Author, title, short summary for over 15 "dialogue-driven stories portraying
the lives and loves of contemporary middle class black women," from
Tina Ansa's You Know Better to Omar Tyree's A Do Right Man.
- IF YOU LIKE TERRY MCMILLAN, then you might like ... (San Antonio Public Library, TX)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for 20 books similar to McMillan's,
from Tina McElroy Ansa's Ugly Ways to Van Whitfield's Something's Wrong with Your Scale.
- Terry McMillan Readalikes (Jennifer Mahnken, Fiction-L)
- Over 45 novels similar to McMillan's listed. Nov. 1996.
- If You Like Terry McMillan ... (West Bloomfield Township Library, MI)
- Lists authors and titles for about 20 books similar to McMillan's,
from Alice Adams' Second Chance to April Sinclair's Coffee Will Make You Black.
Links to webcat descriptions.
- If You Like Larry McMurtry... (Seattle Public Library)
- Author, title, short summary for about 25 historical westerns "ranging from
gentle family sagas to nonstop bloodbaths. They all share an interest in men and
women released from the props and buffers of city life to
confront the nature within and without them." From Thomas Berger's Little Big Man
to Richard S. Wheeler's Second Lives: A Novel of the Gilded Age.
- If you liked ... The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Hennepin County Library, MN)
- Author, title, publication year, cover image, summary, and webcat link for a dozen books
featuring time travel, and/or books that are "clever contemporary love stor[ies] or full-blown heart-breaker[s]."
From Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights to Anita Shreve's The Last Time They Met. Updated Sept. 2004.
- Napoleonic War Fiction ... If You Like Patrick O'Brian (Northbrook Public Library, IL)
- Lists about 20 titles, with author and summaries, from Tom Connery's A Shred of Honour
to Richard Woodman's Decision at Trafalgar.
- If You Like ... Living With Saints by Mary O'Connell (Daniel Boone Regional Library, MO)
- Authors and titles only for about 10 books, fiction and
non-fiction, from Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation
Of The Wives Of Henry VIII by Karen Lindsey to Zigzagging Down A Wild Trail: Stories
by Bobbie Ann Mason.
- If You Like Oprah's Picks, Try ... (Northbrook Public Library, IL)
- Title, author, summary for about 45 novels similar to the ones Oprah Winfrey has chosen for her TV show book group,
from Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina
to Sarah Willis's Some Things That Stay.
- After Oprah (Denver Public Library, CO)
- If you liked various books chosen by Oprah on her TV show, you might like these similar books.
Author, title, summary, webcat link for two readalikes each for: Fall On Your Knees by
Ann-Marie MacDonald, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Cane River
by Lalita Tademy, Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat, and about 25 others.
Updated Jan. 2006.
- Oprahlikes (Leane Ellis - Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, MA)
- "Books that Oprah has recommended and other books that are similar in theme or style."
Author, title, webcat link, summaries.
- If You Liked Delores Phillips' The Darkest Child ... (Gary Public Library, IN)
- Author, title, summary for about a dozen similar novels.
- If You Like ... ROSAMUNDE PILCHER (Manchester Public Library, Manchester, CT)
- Author, title, brief summary for books by a dozen similar authors,
from several by Maeve Binchy to Marcia Willett's A Week in Winter. Updated June 2004.
- Did you like The god of small things by
Arundhati Roy? Try One of These ... (Stonnington Library, Victoria, Australia)
- Fiction about India. Author, title, and webcat link for about 15
books, from Anita Rau Badami's The hero’s walk to
The death of Vishnu by Manil Suri.
- If you liked ... The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Hennepin County Library, MN)
- Author, title, publication year, cover image, summary, and webcat link for 9 books
similar to Sebold's. (Seem to be bittersweet books narrated by or focused on a child, and/or about death) From Russell Banks' The
Sweet Hereafter to Anne Ursu's Spilling Clarence. Updated Feb. 2006.
- If You Liked David Sedaris... (Multnomah County Library, OR)
- Author, title, publication year, summary for both fiction (17 books) and non-fiction (19) similar to
Sedaris's, from Chris Bachelder's Bear v. Shark: The Novel (fiction)
to David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments.
- Anita Shreve Readalikes (Nancy Peel, Fiction-L)
- Lists 14 authors similar to Shreve, with some titles noted. May 2001.
- If you like The Sopranos: Life in the Mob (Winfield Public Library, IL)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for more than 6 fiction titles and 6 non-fiction titles about
organized crime.
- If You Liked Sister Souljah's The Coldest Winter Ever ... (Gary Public Library, IN)
- Author, title, summary for about 20 similar novels.
- If You Like Amy Tan... (Seattle Public Library)
- "Amy Tan explores issues of cultural and generational traditions and misunderstandings, often
using the 'talk story' style in which characters speak in present tense
narrative. ... Tan is an expert at portraying the steadiness of women's
relationships, especially mothers and daughters, through the generations."
Offered here are author, title, and summary for 20 books similar to hers,
from Pearl Buck's Kinfolk to Belle Yang's Baba: a Return to China Upon my Father's Shoulders.
- If You Like ... Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri (Daniel Boone Regional Library, MO)
- Authors and titles only for 8 books, from Bombay Time by Thrity N. Umrigar
to The Unknown Errors Of Our Lives by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
- If You Liked Omar Tyree's Flyy Girl ... (Gary Public Library, IN)
- Author, title, summary for about 8 similar novels.
- If you liked ... The Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland (Hennepin County Library, MN)
- Author, title, publication year, cover image, summary, and webcat link for about a dozen books similar to Vreeland's.
From Robert Begiebing's The Adventures of Allegra Fullerton to another book by Vreeland,
The Passion of Artemesia. Updated Feb. 2006.
- Jennifer Weiner Read-Alikes (C. L. Quillen, Fiction-L)
- Author and title for books by more than 20 authors, similar to Jennifer
Weiner's (e.g., Good in Bed). From
Raffaella Barker's Hens Dancing to Laura Zigman's books.
- If You Liked Rebecca Wells' The Divine Secrets
of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, You Might Enjoy ... (Multnomah County Library, OR)
- Author, title, publication year (no summaries) for more than 25 simular novels, from
Lisa Alther's Kinflicks to Bailey White's Quite a Year for Plums.
- If You Liked Zane's The Sex Chronicles ... (Gary Public Library, IN)
- Author, title, summary for 9 similar novels. And another list, Spicy
Romance: Erotic Stories for Adult Readers, lists same (plus cover illustration) for 11 more books.
general readalike lists