Read-alikes and related books

Books like French Braid

If you loved French Braid by Anne Tyler, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in 21st Century, City Life, Sagas, and World Literature.

21st Century City Life Sagas World Literature American Family Life Literary Historical Fiction

Top related books to French Braid

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of French Braid.

The Sins of the Father

Jeffrey Archer

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • Sagas

Moonglow A Novel

Michael Chabon

Themes: 21st Century • Sagas • World Literature

The Master Butchers Singing Club A Novel

Louise Erdrich

Themes: 21st Century • Sagas • World Literature

Ireland A Novel

Frank Delaney

Themes: 21st Century • Sagas • World Literature

Fin & Lady A Novel

Cathleen Schine

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • World Literature

Moth A Novel

Melody Razak

Themes: 21st Century • Sagas • World Literature

The Gravedigger’s Daughter

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: 21st Century • Sagas • World Literature

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

Themes: City Life • Sagas • World Literature

Good Company A Novel — Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Themes: City Life • Sagas • World Literature

#10

Someone A Novel

Alice McDermott

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • World Literature

#11

Family History

Dani Shapiro

Themes: 21st Century • Sagas • World Literature

#12

Pete and Alice in Maine A Novel

Caitlin Shetterly

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • World Literature

#13

The Sellout A Novel

Paul Beatty

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • World Literature

#14

West End Girls A Novel

Jenny Colgan

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • World Literature

#15

Fourteen Days A Collaborative Novel

The Authors Guild

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • World Literature

#16

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • World Literature

#17

Blood Fugues A Novel

Edgardo Vega Yunque

Themes: City Life • Sagas • World Literature

#18

Little Children A Novel

Tom Perrotta

Themes: 21st Century • Sagas • World Literature

#19

Only Time Will Tell

Jeffrey Archer

Themes: 21st Century • Sagas • World Literature

#20

The Hummingbird A Novel

Sandro Veronesi

Themes: 21st Century • Sagas • World Literature

#21

Olga A Novel

Bernhard Schlink

Themes: 21st Century • Sagas • World Literature

#22

The Madonnas of Leningrad A Novel

Debra Dean

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • World Literature

#23

The Reading List A Novel

Sara Nisha Adams

Themes: 21st Century • City Life • World Literature

#24

The End of the Ocean A Novel

Maja Lunde

Themes: City Life • Sagas • American

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of 21st Century, City Life, Sagas — the same threads that run through French Braid by Anne Tyler. Among the authors featured: Jeffrey Archer, Michael Chabon, Louise Erdrich, Frank Delaney, and others.