20 Best fiction books like The Great Man Theory by Teddy Wayne

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The Great Man Theory

By: Teddy Wayne

3.79

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed, Whiting Award-winning author Teddy Wayne, comes the hilarious, incisive, yet deeply…

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1. The Girl in Green

By: Derek B. Miller

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Norwegian by Night,and Short Listed for the 2017 CWA Gold Dagger Award, a novel … read more

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2. Help Wanted

By: Adelle Waldman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the … read more

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  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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3. The Angel of Rome and Other Stories

By: Jess Walter

4.01

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions comes a stun… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. The Fetishist

By: Katherine Min

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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5. The Unfolding

By: A.M. Homes

3.36

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From a writer who is always "razor sharp and furiously good" (Zadie Smith), a darkly comic politica… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • american
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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6. Sleepwalk

By: Dan Chaon

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a big hearted mercenary,… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"There's a rare few that are able to drift through life without being owned by someone."

-Dan Chaon, Sleepwalk

"It was disconcerting to live in a time in which accepting reality required a suspension of disbelief."

-Dan Chaon, Sleepwalk

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7. Mania

By: Lionel Shriver

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my b… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Mobility

By: Lydia Kiesling

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive novel about class, power, politics, and desire by the celebrated author of The Golden … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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9. No One Left to Come Looking for You

By: Sam Lipsyte

3.23

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

A darkly comic mystery by the author of Hark and The Ask set in the vibrant music scene of early 19… read more

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  • new york
  • humor
  • fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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10. Blue Ruin

By: Hari Kunzru

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From one of the sharpest voices in fiction today, a profound and enthralling novel about beauty, po… read more

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  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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11. Victim

By: Andrew Boryga

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bald-faced lies, and Javier Perez is will… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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12. Last Acts

By: Alexander Sammartino

3.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, satirical debut novel about a gun-store-owning father and son forced to live together… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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13. Sugar Street

By: Jonathan Dee

3.51

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Publishing for the first time with Grove Atlantic, Pulitzer Prize finalist and celebrated author of… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • american
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
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14. The Book of Ayn

By: Lexi Freiman

3.22

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An original and hilarious satire of both our political culture and those who rage against it, The B… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"I met Ming at an old run-down bistro in Santa Monica. My friend had been writing her great McLuhanesque horror film for the last nine years—"The Medium Is the Monster." Each time she finished a draft…"

-Lexi Freiman, The Book of Ayn

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15. The Great Man Theory

By: Teddy Wayne

3.79

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed, Whiting Award-winning author Teddy Wayne, comes the hilarious, incisive, yet deeply… read more

Similar categories in Teddy Wayne's The Great Man Theory book and Teddy Wayne's The Great Man Theory

  • audiobook
  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • american
  • academia
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • campus
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16. Set for Life

By: Andrew Ewell

3.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A wryly funny and moving novel that captures the complexities of marriage, art, friendship, and the… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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17. Mother Doll

By: Katya Apekina

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic novel about the shadow of trauma in Russian history that follows four generations o… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

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  • new york
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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19. Godwin

By: Joseph O'Neill

3.60

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might cha… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Banal Nightmare

By: Halle Butler

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, th… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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21. Cyclorama

By: Adam Langer

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The deeply moving, propulsive story of ten teenagers brought together by a high school production o… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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Adelle Waldman

3.62

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The Angel of Rome and Other Stories

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4.01

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3.71

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