Literary fiction · Similar reads
Books like Of Mice and Men
The best books like Of Mice and Men are The Grapes of Wrath, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Man's Search for Meaning. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about dreams and their failure, loneliness, friendship. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Grapes of Wrath
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John Steinbeck · Literary fiction
The Grapes of Wrath is Steinbeck's 1939 novel about the Joad family, Oklahoma sharecroppers forced off their land by the Dust Bowl and bank foreclosure, who load everything they own onto a truck and drive Route 66 to California in search of work and a decent life.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - All Quiet on the Western Front
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque · History
All Quiet on the Western Front follows Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier who enlists with his classmates during the First World War after being swept up in patriotic speeches.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor E. Frankl · Psychology
Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's account of his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and the psychological theory he developed from that experience.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Angela's Ashes
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Frank McCourt · Memoir
Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt's memoir of a catastrophically impoverished Irish Catholic childhood, first in Brooklyn and then in Limerick, during the 1930s and 1940s.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Between the World and Me
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Ta-Nehisi Coates · Memoir
Between the World and Me is a letter from Ta-Nehisi Coates to his teenage son, Samori, about what it means to live in a Black body in the United States.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - A Moveable Feast
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Ernest Hemingway · Memoir
A Moveable Feast is Hemingway's posthumously published account of his years in Paris during the 1920s, when he and his first wife Hadley lived cheaply in Montparnasse while he apprenticed himself to the work of becoming a writer.
Both dig into friendship.
Read the summary → - Flowers for Algernon
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Daniel Keyes · Science fiction
Flowers for Algernon is narrated through progress reports written by Charlie Gordon, a 32-year-old man with an intellectual disability who becomes the first human subject in an experimental surgery designed to dramatically increase intelligence.
Both dig into loneliness.
Read the summary → - Just Kids
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Patti Smith · Memoir
Just Kids is Patti Smith's National Book Award-winning memoir of her relationship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, from their first meeting in New York in 1967 through their years of shared poverty, artistic development, and eventual celebrity, to Mapplethorpe's death from AIDS in 1989.
Both dig into friendship.
Read the summary → - Lab Girl
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Hope Jahren · Memoir
Lab Girl is Hope Jahren's memoir of becoming a scientist, told alongside a parallel account of plant biology that is one of the most original structural decisions in recent nonfiction.
Both dig into friendship.
Read the summary → - Letters from a Stoic
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Seneca · Philosophy
Letters from a Stoic collects a selection of 124 letters that Seneca wrote to his friend Lucilius in the final years of his life, around 65 AD.
Both dig into friendship.
Read the summary → - Life
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Keith Richards · Memoir
Keith Richards's Life was written with journalist James Fox and published when Richards was 66, after more than fifty years with the Rolling Stones.
Both dig into friendship.
Read the summary → - Nicomachean Ethics
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Aristotle · Philosophy
The Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle's systematic inquiry into what makes a human life go well.
Both dig into friendship.
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Books like Of Mice and Men: quick answers
What are the best books like Of Mice and Men?
The best books like Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck are The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Of Mice and Men, such as dreams and their failure, loneliness, friendship.
What should I read after Of Mice and Men?
A natural next read after Of Mice and Men is The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. A kindred literary fiction read. Other strong choices are All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.
What books are similar to Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck?
Of Mice and Men centers on dreams and their failure, loneliness, friendship. Books with a similar feel include The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
