Read-alikes and related books

Books like Sweet Thursday

Looking for read-alikes for Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck? These 24 titles overlap in 20th Century, Classics, Literary, and Historical and overall literary texture.

20th Century Classics Literary Historical Romance Fiction

Top related books to Sweet Thursday

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Sweet Thursday.

America and Americans, and Selected Nonfiction — John Steinbeck

America and Americans, and Selected Nonfiction

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

An Unsuitable Attachment — Barbara Pym

An Unsuitable Attachment

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

The Kindly Ones — Jonathan Littell

The Kindly Ones

Jonathan Littell

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

I Know This Much Is True — Wally Lamb

I Know This Much Is True

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

The Voyage Out — Virginia Woolf

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

Inseparable A Novel — Simone de Beauvoir

Inseparable A Novel

Simone De Beauvoir

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

The Kashmir Shawl — Rosie Thomas

The Kashmir Shawl

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

Sons and Lovers — D.H. Lawrence

Sons and Lovers

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

Offshore — Penelope Fitzgerald

Penelope Fitzgerald

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

The Crimson Petal and the White — Michel Faber

The Crimson Petal and the White

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

Country Place — Ann Petry

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

I Capture the Castle — Dodie Smith

I Capture the Castle

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

Inseparable A Never-before-published Novel — Simone de Beauvoir

Inseparable A Never-before-published Novel

Simone De Beauvoir

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

Sister Carrie — Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

The Great Gatsby and Other Works — F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby and Other Works

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

Stella Fregelius A Tale of Three Destinies — H. Rider Haggard

Stella Fregelius A Tale of Three Destinies

H. Rider Haggard

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

The Age of Innocence — Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

A Sportsman’s Notebook Stories — Ivan Turgenev

A Sportsman’s Notebook Stories

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

A Thousand Ships A Novel — Natalie Haynes

A Thousand Ships A Novel

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

Olga A Novel — Bernhard Schlink

Bernhard Schlink

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

The Painted Veil — W. Somerset Maugham

The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

Women in Love — D.H. Lawrence

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

The Devil in the Flesh — Raymond Radiguet

The Devil in the Flesh

Raymond Radiguet

Themes: 20th Century • Classics • Literary

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of 20th Century, Classics, Literary — the same threads that run through Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck. Among the authors featured: John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Barbara Pym, Jonathan Littell, and others.

More by John Steinbeck

Cup of Gold A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History — John Steinbeck

Cup of Gold A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History

The Short Reign of Pippin IV A Fabrication — John Steinbeck

The Short Reign of Pippin IV A Fabrication

The Winter of Our Discontent — John Steinbeck

The Winter of Our Discontent

Of Mice and Men — John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

The Grapes of Wrath Text and Criticism; Revised Edition — John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath Text and Criticism; Revised Edition

Of Mice and Men — John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

Explore more

More by John Steinbeck More books tagged 20th Century Explore Classics

An informational database of English-language books