18 books like The Sound and the Fury

What to read after The Sound and the Fury — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Town William Faulkner · 1957 · 371p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Flem Snopes goes on to higher things in Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha's county seat. Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Family

As I Lay Dying William Faulkner · 1915 · ★ 3.7 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Written in stream-of-consciousness style with multiple narrators, the story follows a journey wherein the family of a dead woman try to transport her body to her birthplace in Mississippi in accordance with her wishes. When a ford across a river is flooded they are forced to take a roundabout route and it becomes a desperate race to complete their mission before the body begins to decompose. Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Death

The Europeans Henry James · 1878 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The Europeans concerns an expatriate American, Eugenia, and her artist brother, Felix Young. Eugenia is the morganatic wife of a German prince, but she is to be repudiated in favor of a state marriage; thus she leaves for Boston to make an appropriate match of her own. Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Brothers and sisters

Tender Is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1933 · ★ 3.8 · 399p · ≈ 13h · Challenging A psychiatrist, Dick Diver, treats and eventually marries a wealthy patient, Nicole. Eventually, this marriage destroys him. Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Intruder in the Dust William Faulkner · 1948 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Using his preferred stream-of-consciousness style the author tells a story of a black farmer in Mississippi accused of murdering a white man. Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Absalom, Absalom! William Faulkner · 1936 · ★ 4.1 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The story of Thomas Sutpen, an enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson in the early 1830s to wrest his mansion out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. He was a man, Faulkner said, "who wanted sons and the sons destroyed him." Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy · 1895 · ★ 3.8 · 488p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are trapped by forces beyond their control. Jude Fawley, a poor villager, wants to enter the divinity school at Christminster. Sidetracked by Arabella Donn, an earthy country girl who pretends to be pregnant by him, Jude marries her and is then deserted. He earns a… Shares: Illegitimate children, Death, Social life and customs

Sanctuary William Faulkner · 1931 · ★ 3.6 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Lee Goodwin es acusado de asesinato. El escenario del crimen es una casa oculta entre los árboles que alberga una destilería ilegal. Allí viven, entre otros, Ruby, una mujer que ha renunciado a todo por Lee, y Popeye, un sádico gánster marcado por una infancia terrible. El abogado Horace Benbow lucha para que Goodwin no sea juzgado por ser quien es, sino por los actos de los que le acusan. Para… Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts

The American Henry James · 1877 · ★ 3.7 · 473p · ≈ 15h · Challenging A reprint of Henry James' "The America" that includes a textual history of the novel, background and source materials, and critical articles by James and others. Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Aristocracy

This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920 · ★ 3.6 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semi-autobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Now, readers can enjoy the newly edited, authorized version of this early classic of the… Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Proserpine & Midas Mary Shelley · 1922 · ★ 3.4 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Mary Shelley was an English writer best known for the classic gothic novel Frankenstein which has been adapted into film many times.  This edition of Proserpine & Midas includes a table of contents.  Shares: Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw · 1919 · ★ 3.7 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Published in 1919, Heartbreak House is an examination of the failings of the European leisure classes before World War I—failings that author George Bernard Shaw blamed for the war, and that he predicted would quickly lead to another, longer war. The play is set in an English country house, where representatives of every type of English society have gathered at the home of the seemingly-mad… Shares: Facsimiles, Manuscripts

The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane · 1855 · ★ 3.3 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound, a "red badge of courage," to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment once again faces the enemy, Henry acts as… Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles

The Beautiful and Damned F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Challenging First published in 1922, The Beautiful and Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their… Shares: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles

Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw · 1909 · ★ 3.7 · 136p · ≈ 4h · Challenging This is a play with the theme of societal salvation and salvation of the human soul brought out in characters representing the rich versus the poor. Shares: Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Adam Bede George Eliot · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 548p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Adam Bede is a hardy young carpenter who cares for his aging mother. His one weakness is the woman he loves blindly: the trifling town beauty, Hetty Sorrel, whose only delights are her baubles-and the delusion that the careless Captain Donnithorne may ask for her hand. Betrayed by their innocence, both Adam and Hetty allow their foolish hearts to trap them in a triangle of seduction, murder, and… Shares: Illegitimate children, Social life and customs

The rose and the ring William Makepeace Thackeray · 1854 · ★ 3.8 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The Rose and the Ring is one of those special literary treats which happen when a writer for adults turns his attention to the world of children. It's a classic fairy tale, told with Thackeray's customary insight into characters, an excellent story for reading aloud to children. Shares: Facsimiles, Manuscripts

Sons and Lovers D. H. Lawrence · 1913 · ★ 3.6 · 510p · ≈ 17h · Challenging Sons and Lovers, a story of working-class England, is D. H. Lawrence’s third novel. It went through various drafts, and was titled “Paul Morel” until the final draft, before being published and met with an indifferent reaction from contemporary critics. Modern critics now consider it to be D. H. Lawrence’s masterpiece, with the Modern Library placing it ninth in its “100 Best English-Language… Shares: Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Social life and customs

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