Read-alikes and related books

Books like Ulysses

Readers who finished Ulysses by James Joyce and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Ireland, Marriage & Divorce, Urban, and Sagas.

Ireland Marriage & Divorce Urban Sagas Erotica World Literature Psychological 20th Century Family Life Friendship Classics Fantasy Literary Historical Romance Fiction

Top related books to Ulysses

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

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • World Literature • Psychological

The Light Years

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Sagas • World Literature

The Gravedigger’s Daughter

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Sagas • World Literature • Psychological

Small Pleasures

Clare Chambers

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • World Literature • Psychological

Ireland A Novel

Frank Delaney

Themes: Ireland • Sagas • World Literature

My Mortal Enemy — Willa Cather

WILLA. CATHER

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • World Literature • Psychological

I Know This Much Is True

Wally Lamb

Themes: Sagas • Psychological • 20th Century

The Stepmothers’ Support Group

Sam Baker

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Sagas • 20th Century

The House of Eve

Sadeqa Johnson

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Sagas • World Literature

#10

The Master Butchers Singing Club A Novel

Louise Erdrich

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Sagas • World Literature

#11

Lady Chatterley’s Lover — D. H Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Erotica • 20th Century

#12

The Coast Road A Novel

Alan Murrin

Themes: Ireland • Marriage & Divorce • World Literature

#13

Love and Ghost Letters

Chantel Acevedo

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Sagas • Psychological

#14

Burmese Days — George. Orwell

George Orwell

Themes: Ireland • Erotica • World Literature

#15

The Painted Veil — W Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Psychological • 20th Century

#16

Bright Burning Things A Novel

Lisa Harding

Themes: Ireland • Marriage & Divorce • World Literature

#17

Dark Laughter

Sherwood Anderson

Themes: Erotica • World Literature • Psychological

#18

Little Children A Novel

Tom Perrotta

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Sagas • World Literature

#19

The Boy in the Field A Novel

Margot Livesey

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • World Literature • Psychological

#20

Between the Lines

Jodi Picoult

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Psychological • Family Life

#21

Good Company A Novel — Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Sagas • World Literature

#22

By the Grand Canal

William Rivière

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Psychological • 20th Century

#23

The Financier Volume 1

Theodore Dreiser

Themes: Sagas • World Literature • Psychological

#24

Miss Buncle’s Book

Dorothy Emily Stevenson

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Sagas • 20th Century

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Ulysses by James Joyce — spanning Ireland, Marriage & Divorce, Urban and featuring authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Joyce Carol Oates, Clare Chambers, and others.