Books like The Mandarins

12 books to read next

• A Woman's Life Guy de Maupassant 4.7 h
• Maigret and the Bum Georges Simenon 2.8 h
• Gigi Colette 3.3 h
• A Happy Death Albert Camus 3.5 h
• Exile and the Kingdom Albert Camus 3.9 h
• Strait Is the Gate André Gide, Dorothy Bussy, Blanca Torrents 3.6 h
• Molloy Samuel Beckett 4.5 h
• Le Mur Jean-Paul Sartre 4.4 h
• Manon Lescaut Abbé Prévost 3.6 h
• The Guermantes Way Marcel Proust 10.7 h
• Eugénie Grandet Honoré de Balzac 4.5 h
• Mistress to an Age J. Christopher Herold 9.2 h

How long each takes

A Woman's Life Guy de Maupassant 4.7 h Maigret and the Bum Georges Simenon 2.8 h Gigi Colette 3.3 h A Happy Death Albert Camus 3.5 h Exile and the Kingdom Albert Camus 3.9 h Strait Is the Gate André Gide, Dorothy Bussy, Blanca Torrents 3.6 h Molloy Samuel Beckett 4.5 h Le Mur Jean-Paul Sartre 4.4 h Manon Lescaut Abbé Prévost 3.6 h The Guermantes Way Marcel Proust 10.7 h Eugénie Grandet Honoré de Balzac 4.5 h Mistress to an Age J. Christopher Herold 9.2 h

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