Books like Novels

12 books to read next

• The Experience of Literature Lionel Trilling, William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Bernard Shaw, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Fyodor Dostoevsky, James Joyce, William Faulkner, Edgar Allan Poe, Albert Camus 24.2 h
• Martin Eden Jack London 7.5 h
• An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser 14.5 h
• The New York Trilogy Paul Auster 6.8 h
• The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Katia Benovich 15.8 h
• Seize the Day Saul Bellow 2.3 h
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce, J. Joyce 4.6 h
• Zombie Joyce Carol Oates 3.5 h
• Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut, Martí Sales Sariola 4.2 h
• The Four Million O. Henry 4.8 h
• The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym Edgar Allan Poe 3.7 h
• The Ambassadors Henry James 8.1 h

How long each takes

The Experience of Literature Lionel Trilling, William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Bernard Shaw, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Fyodor Dostoevsky, James Joyce, William Faulkner, Edgar Allan Poe, Albert Camus 24.2 h Martin Eden Jack London 7.5 h An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser 14.5 h The New York Trilogy Paul Auster 6.8 h The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Katia Benovich 15.8 h Seize the Day Saul Bellow 2.3 h A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce, J. Joyce 4.6 h Zombie Joyce Carol Oates 3.5 h Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut, Martí Sales Sariola 4.2 h The Four Million O. Henry 4.8 h The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym Edgar Allan Poe 3.7 h The Ambassadors Henry James 8.1 h

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