What should I read if I liked Jonathan Franzen and Michael Lewis
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Long story short, I’ve been reading very little for the past 13 or so years but I am slowly coming back to my reading habits.
It’s hard to figure out what I like and what I don’t like anymore, but I’ve read half of Franzen’s books and also recently enjoyed Going Infinite by Michael Lewis. Besides other books by the same two authors what else should I give a try? Thank you! |
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Michael Chabon
Enjoy Franzen (read Freedom in one night before kids) and love Lewis and Chabon is the top of my pantheon. Antithesis of their style, but I also like Hemingway. |
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| John Irving |
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| Malcolm gladwell |
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OP here, thank you for your suggestions!
The Corrections was my favorite, probably because of the theme of parents getting old (and weird!) |
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| Nonfiction, but everyone I know who has read Bad Blood absolutely could not put it down |
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| Empire Falls |
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| OP here, thanks again, I will report back in a few months! |
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You might like John Jeremiah Sullivan and David Foster Wallace for their non-fiction stuff. Very smart and very funny. So that would be Pulphead and A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. Essays. Stupid-smart.
Mary Karr too. Liar's Club and Lit are good books. David Sedaris, particularly earlier things like Me Talk Pretty One Day. For fiction, if you like Franzen you'd probably like Richard Ford. And Donna Tartt - The Goldfinch. |
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The Foldfinch - I’ve seen the movie and I loved it. I’ll check out the rest, thank you! -OP |