Books like The Candy House

12 books to read next

• The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.4 h
• Being There Jerzy Kosinski 2.2 h
• The Portrait of a Lady Henry James 11.2 h
• The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes 2.8 h
• A Ladder to the Sky John Boyne 7.3 h
• The New York Trilogy Paul Auster 6.8 h
• Ignorance Milan Kundera 3.6 h
• Child of God Cormac McCarthy 3.6 h
• Nightwood Djuna Barnes 3.5 h
• Vanishing Acts Jodi Picoult 7.7 h
• Rabbit, Run John Updike 5.7 h
• V. Thomas Pynchon, Carlos Martín 9.0 h

How long each takes

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.4 h Being There Jerzy Kosinski 2.2 h The Portrait of a Lady Henry James 11.2 h The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes 2.8 h A Ladder to the Sky John Boyne 7.3 h The New York Trilogy Paul Auster 6.8 h Ignorance Milan Kundera 3.6 h Child of God Cormac McCarthy 3.6 h Nightwood Djuna Barnes 3.5 h Vanishing Acts Jodi Picoult 7.7 h Rabbit, Run John Updike 5.7 h V. Thomas Pynchon, Carlos Martín 9.0 h

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