Readalike Fiction


General Read-Alikes Booklists

For Harry Potter lists, see my 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.

Read-a-Likes (Harris County PL, TX): Each list provides author, title, webcat link and summary for each book. Jane Austen Reimagined; Elizabeth Berg and Barbara Delinsky; Marion Zimmer Bradley; Tom Clancy; Jennifer Crusie; The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown; John Grisham; Stephen King; Louis L'Amour; James Patterson; Nora Roberts; and Sherlock Holmes Returns.

If You Liked ... (Hennepin County Library, MN): Provides author, title, webcat link, cover image, and summary for each book on each list: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon; The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown; Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland; The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini; The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien; The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold; Peace Like a River by Leif Enger; and The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

If You Like (Seattle Public Library, WA): Author, title, cover image, webcat link, and summary for each book on each list: If you like ... Amy Tan; Anne Perry; Arturo Perez-Reverte; Diana Gabaldon; Donald Goines; E. Lynn Harris; John Irving; Larry McMurtry; Terry McMillan; The Da Vinci Code.

If You Like ... (Kent District Library, Kent County, MI): Lists author, title, webcat link and summary for readalikes for A Child Called It, The Da Vinci Code, Jodi Picoult, and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

'If You Like' (Wake County PL, NC): Author, title, webcat link and summary for each title on each list: Very long list of readalikes that includes: Alice Hoffman (magical realism), Amanda Quick (historical romances set in Regency England), Amy Tan (multicultural novels featuring strong women and family relationships), Ann B. Ross (humor and small-town life), Anne River Siddons (novels about the lives of Southern women), Barbara Kingsolver (complexity of human relationships), Catherine Coulter (romantic suspense), Clyde Edgerton (down-home humor and compassion), Cold Mountain by Charles Frasier, Diana Gabaldon (love stories set in historical periods/time travel), Jodi Picoult (multilayered novels of family), Jude Deveraux (romantic fiction including historical and contemporary with elements of paranormal, time travel), Kurt Vonnegut (quirky, postmodern or counterculture novels), Michael Crichton (high-tech or exotic-locale adventure/thrillers), Philippa Gregory (detailed historical novels full of intrigue), more.

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: Jean Auel, Lilian Jackson Braun, Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark, Robin Cook, Diana Gabaldon, John Grisham, Robert Jordan, Jan Karon, Terry McMillan, James Patterson, Richard North Patterson.

If You Like... (Kitchener Public Library, Ontario, Canada): Recommends other authors only (no titles) if you like: Jean Auel, Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Sandra Brown, Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark, Catherine Cookson, Patricia Cornwell, Nelson DeMille, Diane Mott Davidson, Janet Evanovich, Joy Fielding, Helen Fielding, Financial Intrigue, Diana Gabaldon, Sue Grafton, John Grisham, Linda Howard, John Irving, Jan Karon, Stephen King, Louis L'Amour, Robert Ludlum, Larry McMurtry, Janette Oke, Oprah (-type books), Robert B. Parker, Ellis Peters, Kathy Reichs, Nora Roberts, John Sandford, Serial Killers (presumably, books about), Danielle Steel, J.R.R. Tolkien, Victorian Mysteries, or Stuart Woods.

The Read-a-likes Page (Monroe County Public Library, IN): Suggests other authors and titles similar to: Jean M. Auel (Novels with prehistoric settings), Dan Brown (books of legend, intrigue and action that span time), Agatha Christie (lighthearted mysteries that will make you chuckle!), 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).

If You Liked (Prince Rupert Library, B.C., Canada): Extensive list of about 150 authors, from Douglas Adams to Lois Wyse, with other authors (no titles) suggested as readalikes for each.

Thunder Bay Reader's Advisory: If You Like... (Thunder Bay Public Library, Ontario, Canada): If You like Dan Brown, Khaled Hosseini, ChickLit, or Marley and Me, take a peek. Author, title, summary, publication year, and webcat link for each.

Mystery Readalike BookLists

Click here for mystery, crime novel, suspense, and thriller readalikes.

Romance Readalike BookLists

If You Like [Romance] (All About Romance): Provides suggestions of other authors to read if you like Mary Balogh, Suzanne Brockmann, Sandra Brown, Jennifer Crusie, Janet Evanovich, Christine Feehan, Helen Fielding, Diana Gabaldon, Julie Garwood, Laurell K. Hamilton, Lorraine Heath, Georgette Heyer, Linda Howard, Carla Kelly, Laura Kinsale, Lisa Kleypas, Jayne Ann Krentz, Johanna Lindsey, Elizabeth Lowell, Judith McNaught, Pamela Morsi, Betty Neels, Diana Palmer, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Mary Jo Putney, Julia Quinn, J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts, Deborah Smith, LaVyrle Spencer, Ruth Wind, Joan Wolf, or Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. They also have an If You Like (by Setting/Genre), with authors listed in categories like Medieval Romance - Serious, Traditional Regency Romance - Light, American Historical, Romantic Suspense, Series Romance - Hot, Chick Lit, Paranormal, and so on. Updated 2006.

If You Like Sandra Brown (Wake County PL, NC): Romantic suspense novels. Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about a dozen books, from Now You See Him by Stella Cameron to the Eve Dallas Series by J.D. Robb.

If You Like Catherine Coulter ... (Wake County PL, NC): Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about 15 books, by JD Robb, Iris Johansen, Sandra Brown, Nelson DeMille, Tammy Hoag, and others. Compiled March 2006, updated June 2008.

If You Like ... Jennifer Cruisie (Harris County PL, TX): Author, title, cover image, webcat link, and summary for about 15 books, by Carly Phillips, Rachel Gibson, Millie Criswell and others.

If You Like Jennifer Cruisie (Arapahoe Library District, Englewood, CO): Author, title, cover image, summary for 7 novels, by Nancy Warren, Meg Cabot, Alisa Kwitney, and others.

If You Like Jude Deveraux (Wake County PL, NC): A list of historical romances, and contemporary romance with elements of the paranormal, featuring feisty heroines. Style of romance is noted. Author, title, webcat link, and summary for a dozen books. July 2006.

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.

If You Like Amanda Quick... (Wake County PL, NC): Author, title, webcat link, and summary for 10 books from When We Meet Again by Victoria Alexander to It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn.

If You Like ... Nora Roberts (Harris County PL, TX): Author, title, cover image, webcat link, and summary for about 15 books, by Kay Hooper, Judith Krantz, Debbie Macomber, Katherine Stone, and others.

If You Like Danielle Steel or Nora Roberts (Wake County PL, NC): Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about a dozen books, from The Bay at Midnight by Diane Chamberlain to The Girlfriends Club by Judith Henry Wall. Compiled July 2005.

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.

Zane Read-a-Likes (Mary Corbett, Skokie PL, IL): 'If you enjoy the novels of Zane, these exceptional authors also keep the intrigue, intensity, and sensuality sizzling.' Author, title, and webcat link for about 25 titles, from Rochelle Alers' Secrets Never Told to Shay Youngblood's Soul Kiss.

If You Like Zane (Multnomah County Library, OR): Author, title, publication year, summary for about 15 books of African-American erotic fiction.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Readalike Booklists

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.' Last updated 2004.

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 ... Marion Zimmer Bradley (Harris County PL, TX): Author, first title, cover image, webcat link, and summary for about 20 series.

Philip K. Dick Read-a-Likes (Michaela Haberkern, Skokie Public Library, IL): 'Philip K. Dick was one of the most influential science fiction writers of the mid-20th century and his dark, cynical, suspicious stories continue to appeal.' Lists 5 of his books, with several readalikes for each (author, title, pub. year, webcat link).

'Never Let Me Go' Read-a-Likes (Michaela Haberkern, Skokie PL, IL): 'If you liked Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, or other books about clones, you might enjoy these titles.' Author, title, and webcat link for about 12 titles, from David Brin's Kiln People to Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's Channeling Cleopatra.

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... (M. Williams): 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.

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.

If You Liked ...The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Hennepin County Library, MN): Author, title, webcat link, cover image, and summary for 18 similar titles.

Tolkien Readalikes (Salina Public Library, KS): Author and title only for 12 series that are similar to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series.

Specific Readalikes (not Romance, Mystery, or Science Fiction)

In alphabetical order by author's last name.

See also specific mystery readalikes

If You Like ... Douglas Adams (Overbooked): 'Books packed with outrageous, zany fun and/or an out of the world sense of humor.' Author, title, publication info, and summary for 10 novels and 2 non-fiction titles.

If you liked Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven ... (Springfield City Library, MA): List of 7 fiction and 4 non-fiction books similar to Mitch Albom's books. Only author and title listed. Updated Jan. 2008.

If You Like Mary Kay Andrews ... (Wake County PL, NC): 'Novels with funny, strong women.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about 15 books, from Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot to The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger. Created July 2008.

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 Elizabeth Berg (Wake County PL, NC): Books in which 'characters face domestic issues and overcome adversity in voyages of growth and self-discovery.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about 10 books.

If You Like Maeve Binchy... (Multnomah County Library, OR): Author, title, publication year, summary for over 15 books similar to Binchy's, from Clare Boylan's Beloved Stranger to Marcia Willett's A Summer in the Country.

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.

If You Like Maeve Binchy (Wake County PL, NC): 'Stories about women's lives and relationships.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about 10 books. Nov. 2005.

Click here for Da Vinci Code readalikes and similar.

Fiction That Reads Like Fahrenheit 451 (Springfield City Library, MA): Books similar to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Author, title, summary for 15 novels. Updated Jan. 2008.

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.

Readalikes for Possession by A.S. Byatt (Marie Field and Becky Rohr - Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, MA): 'If the many-layered story of A.S. Byatt's Possession is a favorite of yours because of the quality of the writing, the intertwining story lines and the different historical periods, then the following novels may be for you.' Author, title, pub. year, webcat link and summary for 6 novels. Compiled Sept. 2007.

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.

Tom Clancy Readalikes (Waterford Township PL, MI): Author, title, pub. year, webcat link for 8 books. Updated July 2005.

If You Like Clive Cussler (Overbooked): 'Novels (mostly crime fiction) which may include seagoing action and adventure, over the top excitement, an ongoing archetypal series character AKA a James Bond clone, a very fast pace, the lure of treasure and historical or technological detail.' Author, title, publication info, and summary for 17 novels.

Cussler-Like (Reader's Advice): 'Suspense/thrillers with a sea connection (e.g. Clive Cussler).' Author, title, and Amazon link for about 130 titles, from Steve Alten's The Trench to Peter Tonkin's Richard Mariner series. Compiled Sept. 1999, updated regularly.

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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 the Novels of Eric Jerome Dickey ... (Springfield City Library, MA): Author, title, summary for 8 novels. Updated May 2007.

Downton Abbey-esque Books (Goodreads) Goodreads members' list of book that remind them of the TV series Downton Abbey. Author, title, cover image and reviews for more than 200 books as of Jan. 2013.

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.

Click here for Bridget Jones Readlikes and Chick Lit.

Like James Bond (Readers Advice): Author, title, and Amazon link for the James Bond books (by Ian Fleming, John Gardner, and others) and about 150 books similar to James Bond (including parodies). Compiled Nov. 1999, regularly updated.

If You Like Ken Follett (Arapahoe Library District, Englewood, CO): Author, title, cover image, summary for 11 novels, by Frederick Forsyth, David Morrell, Gayle Lynds, Robert Littell, Robert Ludlum, et al.

If You Like Dorothea Benton Frank ... (Wake County PL, NC): 'Southern-based novels that explore family relationships.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about 10 books, from Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews to Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells. Created July 2008.

If You Like Diana Gabaldon... (Seattle Public Library): Author, title, short summary for about 25 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 Mary Balogh's Slightly Married to Connie Willis's The Doomsday Book.

If You Like Diana Gabaldon (Wake County PL, NC): 'Love stories set in historical periods, many featuring time travel.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about 15 books, from Possession: a Romance by A.S. Byatt to Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton.

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 Kaye Gibbons (Wake County PL, NC): Author, title, webcat link, and summary for 10 books, from Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg to Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler.

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 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer (Tompkins County PL, Ithaca NY): Author, title, pub. info, cover image, summary for 7 books, from And They Didn't Die by Lauretta Ngcobo to Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda.

If You Like Philippa Gregory (Wake County PL, NC): 'Detailed historical novels full of intrigue.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about 10 books, by Jean Plaidy, Margaret George, Sara Donati, Posie Graeme-Evans, and others. Compiled March 2007.

The Other Boleyn Girl Read-a-Likes (Steven Jablonski, Skokie Public Library, IL): 'Fans of Philippa Gregory’s novels of passion and intrigue in the royal courts of the past will find plenty to enjoy in these stories of queens, consorts, and noblewomen.' Author, title, pub. year, webcat link for about 30 books, from Margaret Ball's Duchess of Aquitaine: A Novel of Eleanor to Debbie Taylor's The Fourth Queen.

If You Like Marley and Me (Lincoln City Libraries, NE): (Non-Fiction). Books similar to John Grogan's Marley and Me, 'a sentimental, humor-filled look at the relationship between humans and the pets who adopt them.' Author, title, and webcat link for about 20 non-fiction titles. Compiled Sept. 2007.

If you liked the novels of E. Lynn Harris (Springfield City Library, MA): Author, title, summary for 8 novels. Updated March 2007.

If You Like Alice Hoffman (Wake County PL, NC): Magical realism. Author, title, webcat link, and summary for 6 books. Compiled May 2005.

If You Enjoyed The Kite Runner (Lincoln City Libraries, NE): Fiction and non-fiction titles similar to Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, which contains these elements: 'Afghan culture and society or the theme of friendship, betrayal and redemption.' Author, title, pub. year, and (sometimes) webcat link for about 15 adult fiction titles, 4 fiction titles set in Afghanistan, about 15 'novels of family, friendship, exile and war-torn lands,' about 10 books about the lives of Afghan women, about 15 memoirs and travel tales set in the same part of the world, about 20 books about the history of Afghanistan, and about 10 children's books.

The Kite Runner Read-a-Likes (Skokie Public Library, IL): Author, title, publication year, webcat link for about 15 fiction and 15 non-fiction titles.

If You Liked The Kite Runner (Hennepin County Library, MN): Author, title, detailed summary, webcat link for 6 books similar to Khaled Hosseini's book about Afghanistan.

If you liked A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Tompkins County PL, Ithaca NY): Author, title, pub. info, cover image, summary for 10 books, from Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje to Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson.

If You Like Khaled Hosseini (Kingston Frontenac Public Library, Ontario): Author, title, webcat link, brief summary for 6 books.

If You Liked Brave New World ... (Kingston Frontenac Public Library, Ontario): Author, title, webcat link, brief summary for about 35 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.

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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 liked the Secret Life of Bees (Portland PL, ME): Author, title, summary for about 20 novels similar to Sue Monk Kidd's 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.

If You Like Barbara Kingsolver (Wake County PL, NC): 'novels exploring the complexity of human relationships.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about a dozen books, from Before You Know Kindness by Christopher Bohjalian to Brother and Sister by Joanna Trollope. Compiled Dec. 2005, updated June 2008.

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 Dean Koontz (Wake County PL, NC): Suspenseful thrillers. Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about 10 books, by Peter Straub, Bentley Little, Stephen King, Greg Bear, Richard Laymon, and others. Compiled Nov. 2005.

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 To Kill A Mockingbird (Lincoln City Libraries, NE): Books similar to Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, which contains these elements: 'History, Racism, the Legal System, Southern setting, Mystery, Courtroom Drama, Morality, The Father as Hero, and a strong youthful narrative voice.' Author, title, webcat link, and short summary for about 15 titles, from William Armstrong's Sounder to Mildred D. Taylor's Let the Circle Be Unbroken. Compiled June 2006.

If you liked The Road by Cormac McCarthy: Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Novels (Tompkins County PL, Ithaca NY): Author, title, pub. info, cover image, summary for about 15 books; quite a variety from Blindness by Jose Saramago, to Cell by Stephen King, to Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins!

If You Like ... Terry McMillan (Multnomah County Library, OR): Author, title, publication year, summary for about 15 short story collections and novels similar to McMillan's fiction, from Connie Briscoe's Sisters and Lovers to Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's The Dirty Girls Social Club. 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 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.

What to Read Next If You Like Toni Morrison (Tulsa City-County Library, OK): Author, title, pub. year, webcat link and summary for about 20 books, from Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits to Dorothy West's The Living is Easy.

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.

If you liked The Time Traveler's Wife (Springfield-Greene County Library, MO): Author, title, webcat link, cover image, and summary for 7 novels.

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 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.

If You Liked Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (Arapahoe Library District, Englewood, CO): Author, title, cover image, summary for 7 novels, by Jose Saramago, Janette Turner Hospital, Lily Tuck, Ha Jin, et al.

If You Like Jodi Picoult (Arapahoe Library District, Englewood, CO): Author, title, cover image, summary for 11 novels, by Kauzo Ishiguro, Dara Horn, Sue Miller, Chris Bohjalian, and others.

If You Like Jodi Picoult... (Wake County PL, NC): 'Other "multi-layered" novels of families, relationships and controversy.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for 8 books from Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg to Digging to America by Anne Tyler.

Jodi Picoult Readalikes (Waterford Township PL, MI): Author, title, pub. year, webcat link for about 12 books, by Lisa Gardner, Eileen Goudge, Lori Lansens, Anna Quindlen, and others. Updated May 2006.

If You Like Jodi Picoult (Arapahoe Library District, Englewood, CO): Author, title, cover image, summary for 11 novels, by Chris Bohjalian, Jane Hamilton, Yona Zeldis McDonough, Dara Horn, etc.

What Should I Read Now? If you like Rosamunde Pilcher... (Tulsa City-County Library, OK): Provides titles, short summaries, and webcat links for books by over 25 authors similar to Pilcher's The Shell Seekers, including Annabel Davis-Goff, Sarah Woodhouse, Mary Wesley, Eugenia Price, Patricia Veryan, Grace Livingston Hill, Hazel Hucker, Elizabeth Cadell, Katie Fforde, and others.

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.

If You Like Jeanne Ray (Wake County PL, NC): 'Books featuring strong and often very funny women.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about 15 books, by Edna Buchan, Clair Cook, Kristin Hannah, Kathleen Eagle, Marsha Moyer, and others. Compiled Nov. 2005.

If You Like Ann Ross (Wake County PL, NC): Books with the 'humor and small-town life in the Miss Julia books.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about 10 books, by Pamela Duncan, Jennifer Chiaverini, Sandra Dallas and others.

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.

If You Like ... The Thirteenth Tale (Overbooked): 'Literary Gothics ... secrets and dark mysteries abound.' Author, title, publication info, and summary for about 15 novels similar to Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale.

Anita Shreve Readalikes (Nancy Peel, Fiction-L): Lists 14 authors similar to Shreve, with some titles noted. May 2001.

If You Like Anne Rivers Siddons (Wake County PL, NC): 'Novels about the lives of Southern women.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for 10 books, from Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews to The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty. Updated June 2008.

If You Like Lee Smith (Wake County PL, NC): 'Novels set in the South.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for more than 15 books, from My Old True Love by Sheila Kaye Adams to Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani.

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 (Springfield City Library, MA): Author, title, summary for 9 novels, by Danielle Santiago, Shannon Holmes, Chunichi, Mia Edwards, others. Updated March 2007.

Nicholas Sparks Read-a-Likes (Mary Corbett, Skokie PL, IL): 'Known for his heartwarming and gentle novels of love and loss, Sparks always leaves readers wanting more. To read other tales about the power of love,' try this list. Author, title, and webcat link for about 25 titles, from Mitch Albom's For One More Day to Christopher Wilkins' The Measure of Love.

Nicholas Sparks Readalikes (Waterford Township PL, MI): Author, title, pub. year, webcat link for about 15 books. Updated Sept. 2005.

Titles Similar to The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Heidi Rodriguez, Wake County Library, NC): Author, title, webcat link,cover image, and summary for about 18 titles, from The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker to Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar. Compiled July 2010.

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 Amy Tan (Wake County PL, NC): 'Multicultural novels featuring strong women and family relationships.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for about a dozen books. Updated Dec. 2007.

If You Like Anne Tyler (Wake County PL, NC): 'Novels that focus on women as they struggle to find their place in the world.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for 7 books, by Ellen Gilchrist, Gail Goodwin, Lee Smith, Marge Piercy, Sue Miller, Jodi Picoult, and Alice Hoffman. Compiled Feb. 2006, updated June 2008.

If You Liked Omar Tyree's Flyy Girl ... (Gary Public Library, IN): Author, title, summary for about 8 similar novels.

If You Liked John Updike's Terrorist (Multnomah County Library, OR): Author, title, publication year, webcat link, summary for about a dozen novels, from Lorraine Adams' Harbor to Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the clown: a novel.

If You Like Kurt Vonnegut (Wake County PL, NC): 'Quirky, post-modern or counter-culture novels.' Author, title, webcat link, and summary for a dozen books, by John Kennedy Toole, Tom Robbins, Dave Eggers, Christopher Moore, Andrei Codrescu, and others. June 2006.

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.

The Glass Castle Readalikes (Ricki Nordmeyer, Skokie PL, IL): Non-Fiction. Readlikes for Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle (non-fiction), a 'tale of an extremely dysfunctional family.' Author, title, publication year, webcat link for about 30 books, from Kim Barnes's In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country to Koren Zailckas's Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood.

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.