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Books like Sphinx

If you loved Sphinx by Anne Garreta, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Contemporary Women, Lesbian, and Literary.

Contemporary Women Lesbian Literary Fiction

Top related books to Sphinx

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Sphinx.

The Price of Salt — Patricia Highsmith

The Price of Salt

Patricia Highsmith

Themes: Contemporary Women • Lesbian • Literary

Maiden Railways — Asumiko Nakamura

Maiden Railways

Asumiko Nakamura

Themes: Contemporary Women • Lesbian

Snapshots of a Girl — Beldan Sezen

Snapshots of a Girl

Themes: Contemporary Women • Lesbian

Slab — Selah Saterstrom

Selah Saterstrom

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

Red Hook Road A Novel — Ayelet Waldman

Red Hook Road A Novel

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

Best Served Frozen — Gerald Hansen

Best Served Frozen

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

Faces in the Crowd — Valeria Luiselli

Faces in the Crowd

Valeria Luiselli

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

Flight Behavior LP A Novel — Barbara Kingsolver

Flight Behavior LP A Novel

Barbara Kingsolver

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

House Rules A Novel — Jodi Picoult

House Rules A Novel

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

In A Graphic Novel — Will McPhail

In A Graphic Novel

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

Turtle Bread: A Graphic Novel About Baking, Fitting In, and the Power of Friendship — Kim-Joy

Turtle Bread: A Graphic Novel About Baking, Fitting In, and the Power of Friendship

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

The Bean Trees A Novel — Barbara Kingsolver

The Bean Trees A Novel

Barbara Kingsolver

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

Are You God Or His Mailman — Chibuzor Obasi

Are You God Or His Mailman

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

All You Could Ask For A Novel — Mike Greenberg

All You Could Ask For A Novel

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

The Handmaid’s Tale — Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Atwood

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

Mind of Winter A Novel — Laura Kasischke

Mind of Winter A Novel

Laura Kasischke

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

The Fountain of St. James Court; Or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman A Novel — Sena Jeter Naslund

The Fountain of St. James Court; Or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman A Novel

Sena Jeter Naslund

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

March Comes in Like a Lion, Volume 2 — Chica Umino

March Comes in Like a Lion, Volume 2

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 1 — Emil Ferris

My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 1

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

The Ghost of Greenwich Village A Novel — Lorna Graham

The Ghost of Greenwich Village A Novel

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

The Lace Makers of Glenmara LP A Novel — Heather Barbieri

The Lace Makers of Glenmara LP A Novel

Heather Barbieri

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

Bird in Hand — Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

The Houseguest and Other Stories — Amparo Dávila

The Houseguest and Other Stories

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

A Career in Books A Novel about Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun — Kate Gavino

A Career in Books A Novel about Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun

Themes: Contemporary Women • Literary

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Sphinx by Anne Garreta. Connected by Contemporary Women, Lesbian, Literary. Authors featured include Patricia Highsmith, Asumiko Nakamura, Beldan Sezen, Selah Saterstrom, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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