Books like Bel-Ami

12 books to read next

• Against the Grain J.-K. Huysmans 3.5 h
• Bouvard and Pécuchet Gustave Flaubert 7.3 h
• Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett 2.1 h
• Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky 9.5 h
• The Old Man and the Medal Ferdinand Oyono 3.1 h
• The Beggars' Strike Aminata Sow Fall 2.2 h
• Cousin Bette Honoré de Balzac 8.1 h
• Eugénie Grandet Honoré de Balzac 4.5 h
• Paul and Virginia Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 3.4 h
• Jean-Christophe Romain Rolland 9.2 h
• Rigadoon Louis-Ferdinand Céline 5.6 h
• Toward the African Revolution Frantz Fanon 3.7 h

How long each takes

Against the Grain J.-K. Huysmans 3.5 h Bouvard and Pécuchet Gustave Flaubert 7.3 h Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett 2.1 h Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky 9.5 h The Old Man and the Medal Ferdinand Oyono 3.1 h The Beggars' Strike Aminata Sow Fall 2.2 h Cousin Bette Honoré de Balzac 8.1 h Eugénie Grandet Honoré de Balzac 4.5 h Paul and Virginia Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 3.4 h Jean-Christophe Romain Rolland 9.2 h Rigadoon Louis-Ferdinand Céline 5.6 h Toward the African Revolution Frantz Fanon 3.7 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.