18 Top fiction books like Set for Life by Andrew Ewell

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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…

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1. The Bed Moved

By: Rebecca Schiff

4.34

Format: None pages, ebook

The audacious, savagely funny debut of a writer of razor-sharp wit and surprising tenderness: a col… read more

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2. Jaded

By: Ela Lee

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A young lawyer wakes up the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previo… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"I'd tell her that recovery would be like the temple: built between an enormous boulder and a cliff's edge. The construction would be perilous, with the laying of every stone risking a drop into the a…"

-Ela Lee, Jaded

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3. Worry

By: Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha meets No One Is Talking About This in a debut that follows two twenty-something siblings… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Tanner's Worry book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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4. The Road from Belhaven

By: Margot Livesey

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young wom… read more

Similar categories in Margot Livesey's The Road from Belhaven book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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5. Lucky Dogs

By: Helen Schulman

3.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The paths of two women on opposite ends of a high-profile sexual abuse scandal set them on a devast… read more

Similar categories in Helen Schulman's Lucky Dogs book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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6. Great Expectations

By: Vinson Cunningham

3.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man’s life in the highly a… read more

Similar categories in Vinson Cunningham's Great Expectations book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"For him, identity had been a kind of curation or collation—he picked up aspects as he went, freestyle."

-Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations

"It had always struck me as a place to be lost, experienced passage by passage in a series of unfolding images—not something you could take in in one possessive glance."

-Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations

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7. The Sleepwalkers

By: Scarlett Thomas

3.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From “one of the UK’s most interesting authors” (Kirkus Reviews), Patricia Highsmith meets White Lo… read more

Similar categories in Scarlett Thomas's The Sleepwalkers book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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8. Alice Sadie Celine

By: Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

3.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

It’s opening night, but Alice’s performance in the local Bay Area production of The Winter’s Tale i… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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9. Ellipses

By: Vanessa Lawrence

2.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Set in the glossy world of New York City media, this sharp and witty debut novel follows a young wo… read more

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  • fiction
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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

Similar categories in Hari Kunzru's Blue Ruin book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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11. Off the Air

By: Christina Estes

3.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Emmy Award winning reporter Christina Estes introdu… read more

Similar categories in Christina Estes's Off the Air book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • fiction
"My serial killer radar starts screaming."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"His eyes conduct a polygraph of my face."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"Might I interest you in murder and a meal?"

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

"Attention is the drug of choice in local news."

-Christina Estes, Off the Air

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12. 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

Similar categories in Andrew Ewell's Set for Life book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • marriage
  • fiction
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13. Habitations

By: Sheila Sundar

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A young academic moves from India to the United States, where she navigates first love, a green car… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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14. Here in Avalon

By: Tara Isabella Burton

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A New York City fairy tale about two sisters that fall under the spell of an underworld cabaret tro… read more

Similar categories in Tara Isabella Burton's Here in Avalon book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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15. We Are Too Many: A Memoir (Kind Of)

By: Hannah Pittard

3.69

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

“Hannah Pittard’s memoir is so exquisitely crafted ― I loved it.” ―Ann Napolitano, New York Times … read more

Similar categories in Hannah Pittard's We Are Too Many: A Memoir (Kind Of) book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • marriage
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16. Like Happiness

By: Ursula Villarreal-Moura

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a youn… read more

Similar categories in Ursula Villarreal-Moura's Like Happiness book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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17. The Switch

By: Lily Samson

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“Shocking, seductive, sexy and scandalous. The Switch is a page-turning thriller, a clever mystery,… read more

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  • fiction
" Lilly Samson, The Switch, Quotes, shameless manipulation of. Allergies disclaimer: I would like to stress that this book is not exactly for the unwashed masses: I delayed showering after the last sw…"

-Lily Samson, The Switch

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18. Ladykiller

By: Katherine Wood

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When an heiress goes missing, her best friend races to unravel the secrets behind her disappearance… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Wood's Ladykiller book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • fiction
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19. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Manguso's Liars book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • marriage
  • fiction
"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

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20. The World After Alice

By: Lauren Aliza Green

3.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Seating Arrangements and The Most Fun We Ever Had, a gorgeous and gripping story of … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Aliza Green's The World After Alice book and Andrew Ewell's Set for Life

  • literary fiction
  • marriage
  • fiction
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21. An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work

By: Charlotte Shane

3.28

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Through the lens of her years spent as a sex worker, Charlotte Shane offers a provocative and tende… read more

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