Find a (Sort of) Sequel to Your Favorite Book
Some follow-up suggestions for couldn't-put-it-down books you've already read.
If you like Jonathan Franzen...
Follow
Freedom, Jonathan Franzen's stunner about life as we know it, with Julia Glass's
Three Junes, another great American novel. Or try
A Small Hotel, Robert Olen Butler's shorter but no less encompassing tale of loss.
If you like Kathryn Stockett...
Follow Kathryn Stockett's
The Help, set in the 1960s South, with Ellen Feldman's
The Space Between Us, by Thrity Umrigar, about a high-born Indian lady and her maid.
If you like Sara Gruen...
Follow Sara Gruen's big top blockbuster
Water for Elephants, with John Irving's
The World According to Garp, for its circus-like family. Or try Siobahn Fallon's
You Know When the Men Are Gone, about life on an army base.
If you like Stieg Larsson...
Follow Stieg Larsson's
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with
The Troubled Man, by Henning Mankell, who many say is the heir to the Swedish-thriller-writer throne, or Jo Nesbo's
The Snowman, a gripping tale of Norwegian origin.
Published 09/06/2011
