Read-alikes and related books

Books like The New Confessions

If you loved The New Confessions by William Boyd, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in World War I, Humorous, 20th Century, and Literary.

Top related books to The New Confessions

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

The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War Translated by Cecil Parrott. With Original Illustrations by Josef Lada.

Jaroslav HASEK

Themes: World War I • Humorous • 20th Century

The Women’s March A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession

Jennifer Chiaverini

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

Palace of Flies

Walter Kappacher

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

A Perfect Explanation

Eleanor Anstruther

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

Life Class

Pat Barker

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

A Beautiful Rival A Novel of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden

Gill Paul

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

After Anne A Novel of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Life

Logan Steiner

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

The Red Collar

Jean-Christophe Rufin

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#10

The Return of Captain John Emmett

Elizabeth Speller

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#11

House of Gold

Natasha Solomons

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#12

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#13

Moonraker A James Bond Novel

Ian Fleming

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#14

Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade A Novel

Janet Skeslien Charles

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#15

Michael

Joseph Goebbels

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#16

The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights A Novel

Kitty Zeldis

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#17

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#18

All the Ways We Said Goodbye A Novel of the Ritz Paris

Beatriz Williams

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#19

When the World Goes Quiet A Novel

Gian Sardar

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#20

Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey A Novel

Kathleen Rooney

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#21

Lost Roses A Novel

Martha Hall Kelly

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#22

Mr. Standfast

John Buchan

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

#23

The Romantic

William Boyd

Themes: Humorous • 20th Century • Literary

#24

The Sojourn

Andrew Krivak

Themes: World War I • 20th Century • Literary

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of World War I, Humorous, 20th Century — the same threads that run through The New Confessions by William Boyd. Among the authors featured: Jaroslav HASEK, Jennifer Chiaverini, Walter Kappacher, Ernest Hemingway, and others.