Read-alikes and related books

Books like Hunger

If you loved Hunger by Knut Hamsun, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Scandinavian, Psychological, European, and Literary Collections.

Top related books to Hunger

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Hunger.

Mysteries

Knut Hamsun

Themes: Scandinavian • Psychological • European

The Waste Land, and Other Poems

Thomas Stearns Eliot

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

Hedda Gabler and Other Plays

Henrik Ibsen

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

Letters from Klara Short Stories

Tove Jansson

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

Themes: Psychological • European • Literary Collections

The Stonecutter

Camilla Läckberg

Themes: Scandinavian • Psychological • European

The Devil’s Sanctuary

Marie Hermanson

Themes: Scandinavian • Psychological • European

The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

Miss Julie and Other Plays

Johan August Strindberg

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Classics

#10

The Stories of Odin – The All Father of Norse Mythology

W. Wagner

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#11

You Can’t Betray Your Best Friend and Learn to Sing at the Same Time

Kim Hiorthøy

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#12

The Virginia Woolf Reader

Virginia Woolf

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#13

Four Plays

Günter Grass

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#14

On the Bright Side The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 85 Years Old

Hendrik Groen

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#15

The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue

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Themes: Scandinavian • European • Classics

#16

Facing Unpleasant Facts Narrative Essays

George Orwell

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#17

Mister Palomar

Italo Calvino

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#18

Troll Magic Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway

Theodor Kittelsen

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#19

Nordic Tales Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark (Nordic Folklore and Stories, Illustrated Nordic Book for Teens and Adults)

Chronicle Books

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#20

Tales of Japan Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic (Book of Japanese Mythology, Folk Tales from Japan)

Chronicle Books

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#21

The Saga of the Volsungs

Jesse L. Byock

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Classics

#22

The Moment, and Other Essays

Virginia Woolf

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#23

Anatomy, Monotony

Edy Poppy

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

#24

Völsunga Saga the Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs, with Certain Songs from the Elder Edda. Translated from the Icelandic by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris, and Edited by H. Halliday Sparling

William Morris

Themes: Scandinavian • European • Literary Collections

Fans of Hunger by Knut Hamsun will find 24 titles here, all united by Scandinavian, Psychological, European. Authors represented include Knut Hamsun, Thomas Stearns Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, Tove Jansson, and others.