18 books like Gilead

What to read after Gilead — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Home Marilynne Robinson · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Hailed as "incandescent," "magnificent," and "a literary miracle" (Entertainment Weekly), hundreds of thousands of readers were enthralled by Marilynne Robinson's Gilead. Now Robinson returns with a brilliantly imagined retelling of the prodigal son parable, set at the same moment and in the same Iowa town as Gilead. The Reverend Boughton's hell-raising son, Jack, has come home after twenty years… Shares: Iowa, Children of clergy, Conflict of generations, Clergy

Heart of the wilderness Janette Oke · 1993 · ★ 4.1 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate George McMannus traveled night and day from his wilderness cabin when the tragic news arrived that his daughter and son-in-law had died in a river accident. His only granddaughter, Kendra Marty, not yet four years old, had been left behind. McMannus was her only family, but what could a trapper, living alone in the backwoods, do to care for Kendra? She was such a tiny thing--so small to have… Shares: Grandfathers, Grandparents, Christian Fiction

The Black Prism Brent Weeks · 2010 · ★ 4.4 · 708p · ≈ 23h · Moderate Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. But Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five impossible goals. But when Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must… Shares: Father-Son relationship, Fathers and sons

City of thieves David Benioff · 2008 · ★ 4.3 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime. During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by… Shares: Reminiscing in old age, Grandparents

The way of all flesh Samuel Butler · 1900 · ★ 3.6 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Challenging I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific big-wigs to give me a shilling, I can, and I know I can, heave bricks into the middle of them.' With The Way of All Flesh, Samuel Butler threw a subversive brick at the smug face of Victorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a year after Butler's death, the novel is a thinly… Shares: Children of clergy, Conflict of generations

Ordinary heroes Scott Turow · 2005 · ★ 3.9 · 371p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Stewart Dubinsky knew his father had served in World War II. And he'd been told how he rescued Stewart's mother from the horror of the Balingen concentration camp. But when he discovers, after his father's death, a packet of wartime letters to a former fiancee, and learns of his father's court-martial and imprisonment, he is plunged into the mystery of his family's secret history and driven to… Shares: Father-Son relationship, Fathers and sons

The final beast Frederick Buechner · 1965 · ★ 4.0 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A young widowed minister's actions are misconstrued when he leaves his parish, seemingly because he is in search of a wild young matron in his congregation. Shares: Clergy, Christian Fiction

Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times Fairbank, Calvin · 1890 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Challenging This riveting autobiography tells the tales of abolitionist Reverend Calvin Fairbank, who was imprisoned for 17 years for his anti-slavery activities. Shares: Abolitionists, Clergy

Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Anansi Boys is a fantasy novel by English writer Neil Gaiman. In the novel, "Mr. Nancy" — an incarnation of the West African trickster god Anansi — dies, leaving twin sons, who in turn discover one another's existence after being separated as young children. The novel follows their adventures as they explore their common heritage. Although it is not a sequel to Gaiman's previous novel American… Shares: Father-Son relationship, Fathers and sons

Delilah Shelia M. Goss · 2011 · ★ 4.9 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Thirty and fine, Samson Judges is preacher of the Peaceful Rest Missionary Baptist Church . He's beloved by his congregation, but temptation is about to strike in the form of divalicious beauty Delilah, and only the Good Lord knows if Samson will be able to keep his head on straight with her. Especially considering he's about to be married to Julia Rivers. Julia helped shape Samson into the man… Shares: Clergy, Christian Fiction

Sons Pearl S. Buck · 1932 · ★ 3.9 · 467p · ≈ 15h · Challenging "Wang Lung lay dying." Thus the action of SONS begins immediately after that of the last chapter of THE GOOD EARTH. This new novel carries on the saga of the house of Wang, of Pear Blossom and the aging Lotus, of the three sons of Wang Lung, their wives and their children. The chief character is the youngest son, Wang The Tiger, leader of men, who through raids and sieges and pitched battles… Shares: Conflict of generations, Fathers and sons

The inheritance of loss Kiran Desai · 2005 · ★ 3.5 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judgeʼs cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desaiʼs brilliant novel,… Shares: Grandfathers, Grandparents

The Englisher Beverly Lewis · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Annie Zook, the preacher's daughter, struggles to keep her promise to her father--to abandon her art for a full six months. Will Annie's intention to join the Amish church be derailed by the attention of a handsome Englisher?"--Provided by publisher. Shares: Children of clergy, Christian Fiction

The Brethren Beverly Lewis · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The stirring conclusion to Annie's People, by New York Times bestselling author Beverly Lewis. Annie Zook, the Amish preacher's daughter, is caught between two worlds. Living with shunned friend Esther, Annie longs to return to her forbidden art and the idyllic days spent with Englisher Ben Martin, before her father ordered her never to see him again. Stunned when family secrets come to light,… Shares: Children of clergy, Christian Fiction

Goldsmith's The vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith · 1111 · ★ 3.3 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: Children of clergy, Clergy

Personal effects E. M. Kokie · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Matt has been sleepwalking through life while seeking answers about his brother T.J.'s death in Iraq, but after discovering that he may not have known his brother as well as he thought he did, Matt is able to stand up to his father, honor T.J.'s memory, and take charge of his own life. Shares: Father-Son relationship, Fathers and sons

The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill · 1922 · ★ 4.5 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Lynn Severn, beautiful daughter of a small town minister, is deeply troubled by the barrier which has come between her and her former playmate, Mark Carter. Shares: Christian Fiction

Learning Karen Kingsbury · 2011 · ★ 4.3 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Featuring members of the popular Baxter family. Learning, book 2 in the Bailey Flanigan series, picks up where Leaving ended. Bailey Flanigan and Cody Coleman are not only separated by physical distance, they are also faced with great emotional distance. While Bailey grows closer to her dream to be an actress and dancer in New York, Cody coaches a small high school football team, on and off the… Shares: Christian Fiction

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