18 books like Old Man and the Sea

What to read after Old Man and the Sea — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920 · ★ 3.9 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to… Shares Community pick

Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell · 1949 · ★ 4.2 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and… Shares Community pick

A fine dark line Joe R. Lansdale · 2003 · ★ 4.1 · 307p · ≈ 10h · Moderate It is the summer of 1958 in Dewmont, Texas, a town the great American postwar boom passed by. The kids listen idly to rockabilly on the radio and waste their weekends at the Dairy Queen. And an undetected menace simmers under the heat that clings to the skin like molasses... For thirteen-year-old Stanley Mitchell, the end of innocence comes with his discovery of the mysterious long-ago demise of… Shares Older men, Male friendship, Friendship

Signs

Signs Laura Lynne Jackson · 2019 · ★ 4.2 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned psychic medium teaches us how to recognize and interpret the life-changing messages from loved ones and spirit guides on the Other Side.“A collection of incredible stories . . . that speak to the universe’s endless capacity for magical moments.”—goop Laura Lynne Jackson is a psychic medium and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Light Between… Shares Psychology

Wanting

Wanting Luke Burgis · 2021 · ★ 4.2 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate * Financial Times Business Book of the Month * Next Big Idea Club Nominee * One of Bloomberg's "52 New Books That Top Business Leaders Are Recommending" * Aleo Review of Books 2022 Book of the Year *A groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want, and a toolkit for freeing ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires.Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there’s a… Shares Psychology

Invoke the Goddess

Invoke the Goddess Kala Trobe · 2019 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Psychology Saundra K. Ciccarelli · 2006 · ★ 3.2 · 792p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Somehow

Somehow Anne Lamott · 2024 · ★ 3.9 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Publishers Weekly’s Best Religion Books of 2024“Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” —Chicago TribuneFrom the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, a joyful celebration of love“Love is our only hope,” Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. “It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to… Shares Psychology

Sacred Energies of the Sun and Moon

Sacred Energies of the Sun and Moon Erika Buenaflor · 2020 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Voices

Voices Staroba · 2015 Shares Psychology with this book.

Hold Nothing

Hold Nothing Elena Brower · 2025 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Advances in Psychology Research Alexandra M. Columbus · 2008 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

The principles of psychology William James · 1890 · ★ 3.9 · 897p · ≈ 29h · Demanding The Principles of Psychology is a monumental text in the history of psychology, written by William James and published in 1890. There were four methods in James' psychology: analysis (i.e. the logical criticism of precursor and contemporary views of the mind), introspection (i.e. the psychologist's study of his own states of mind), experiment (e.g. in hypnosis or neurology), and comparison (the… Shares Psychology

Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self

Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self Eric Wargo · 2021 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Psychology with this book.

Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy Gerald Corey · 1977 · ★ 4.0 · 554p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Incorporating the thinking, feeling, and behaving dimensions of human experience, the tenth edition of Corey's best-selling book helps students compare and contrast the therapeutic models expressed in counseling theories. Corey introduces students to the major theories (psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, Gestalt, reality, behavior, cognitive-behavior, family systems,… Shares Open_syllabus_project, Psychology

Moby Dick Herman Melville · 1851 · ★ 3.6 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Challenging "Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death to Moby Dick!" So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession -- the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercial mission is perverted to one of vengeance. To Ahab, the monster that destroyed his body is not a… Shares American Sea stories, Sea Stories, Psychology

The Voice of the Night Dean Koontz · 1980 · ★ 4.0 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate No one could understand why Colin and Roy were best friends. They were complete opposites. Colin was fascinated by Roy--and Roy was fascinated by death. Then one day Roy asked: "You ever killed anything?" And from that moment on, the two were bound together in a game to terrifying to imagine. Shares Male friendship, Friendship

The water-witch James Fenimore Cooper · 1830 · ★ 3.7 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares American Sea stories, Sea Stories with this book.

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