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24 titles for readers of The Vagabond by Colette, selected for shared themes: Film, Television & Radio, Performing Arts, and Literary.

Film, Television & Radio Performing Arts Literary Fiction

Top related books to The Vagabond

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

The Deer Park — Norman Mailer

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

The Last Tycoon The Authorized Text — F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Last Tycoon The Authorized Text

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

Mr Toppit — Charles Elton

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

Sweet Sorrow — David Nicholls

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

Hayley Aldridge Is Still Here A Novel — Elissa R. Sloan

Hayley Aldridge Is Still Here A Novel

Elissa R. Sloan

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

The Silver Book — Olivia Laing

The Silver Book

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

Foregone A Novel — Russell Banks

Foregone A Novel

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

Valley of the Dolls — Jacqueline Susann

Valley of the Dolls

Jacqueline Susann

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

The Lawgiver A Novel — Herman Wouk

The Lawgiver A Novel

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

Horror Movie A Novel — Paul Tremblay

Horror Movie A Novel

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

The Secret Keeper — Kate Morton

The Secret Keeper

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

When Da Silva Breaks the Rules — Abby Green

When Da Silva Breaks the Rules

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

American Dream Machine — Matthew Specktor

American Dream Machine

Matthew Specktor

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

The Day of the Locust — Nathanael West

The Day of the Locust

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

Actress — Anne Enright

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece A Novel — Tom Hanks

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece A Novel

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gómez A Novel — John Rechy

The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gómez A Novel

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

Down for the Count A Toby Peters Mystery — Stuart M. Kaminsky

Down for the Count A Toby Peters Mystery — Stuart M. Kaminsky

Stuart M Kaminsky

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

In a Lonely Place — Dorothy B. Hughes

In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

The Englishman’s Boy — Guy Vanderhaeghe

The Englishman’s Boy

Guy Vanderhaeghe

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

Loving Pedro Infante — Denise Chavez

Loving Pedro Infante

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

The Actress A Novel — Amy Sohn

The Actress A Novel

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood A Novel — Quentin Tarantino

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood A Novel

Quentin Tarantino

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

A Mummer’s Wife — George Moore

A Mummer’s Wife

Themes: Film, Television & Radio • Performing Arts • Literary

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Film, Television & Radio, Performing Arts, Literary — the same threads that run through The Vagabond by Colette. Among the authors featured: Norman Mailer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Elton, David Nicholls, and others.

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