12 best-selling fiction books like This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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This Side of Paradise

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.64

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the a…

"A squalid phantasmagoria of breath"

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"A squalid phantasmagoria of breath"

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

If you liked the fiction plot in This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway

1. Across the River and into the Trees

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.31

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber! A poignant tale of a revitalizing love … read more

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"Ma che cosa posso raccontare a questa ragazza, ora, in questa fredda mattina ventosa al Gritti Palace Hotel? “Che cosa vorresti sapere, Figlia?"

-Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and into the Trees

"In America, they make such things of wire and of sponge-rubber, such as you use in the sets of tanks. You never know there, whether there is any truth in the matter, unless you are a bad boy as I am."

-Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and into the Trees

"I don't know. I guess the cards we draw are those we get. You wouldn't like to re-deal would you, dealer? No. They only deal to you once and then you pick them up and play them. I can play them, if I…"

-Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and into the Trees

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2. To the Lighthouse

By: Virginia Woolf

3.80

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more

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  • classics
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  • 20th century
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"I have had my vision."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"Well, we must wait for the future to show."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

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3. On the Road

By: Jack Kerouac

3.61

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more

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"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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4. A Moveable Feast

By: Ernest Hemingway

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Begun in the autumn of 1957 and published posthumously in 1964, Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
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5. The Age of Innocence

By: Edith Wharton , Maureen Howard

2.64

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocenceis Edith Wharton's masterful portrait of des… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • american
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  • historical fiction
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6. Save Me the Waltz

By: Zelda Fitzgerald , Harry T. Moore

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

One of the great literary curios of the 20th century, Save Me the Waltzis the first and only novel … read more

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  • classics
  • american
  • literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
  • novels

7. Franny and Zooey

By: J.D. Salinger

4.10

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The short story, Franny, takes place in an unnamed college town and tells the tale of an undergradu… read more

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8. The Sound and the Fury

By: William Faulkner

3.86

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: bea… read more

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"I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune"

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

9. For Whom the Bell Tolls

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Sp… read more

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10. A Farewell to Arms

By: Ernest Hemingway , نجف دریابندری

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the war to end all wars. He volunteered for ambulance serv… read more

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11. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane

3.64

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more

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"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Cover of This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

12. This Side of Paradise

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.64

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the a… read more

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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • american
  • literature
  • classic literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
  • novels
"A squalid phantasmagoria of breath"

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Amory: I love you. Rosalind: I love you- now."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

"Good luck to you and bad luck to your theories."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

Cover of The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, Patricia Crick

13. The Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James , Patricia Crick

3.79

Format: 797 pages, Paperback

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more

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  • romance
  • classic literature
  • american
"She has only one fault; too many ideas."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

14. Dubliners

By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more

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Cover of Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville, Tom Quirk, Andrew Delbanco

15. Moby-Dick or, The Whale

By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco

3.55

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more

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  • american
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  • classic literature
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"Call me Ishmael."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

Cover of The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) by Ernest Hemingway

16. The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.79

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) is one of Ernest Hemin… read more

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"Never be daunted"

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"I am always in love."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"You'll lose it, if you talk about it"

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"Oh, darling, I've been so miserable."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

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17. Missitalia

By: Claudia Durastanti

3.73

Format: 354 pages, ebook

Amalia Spada è un’avventuriera lontana dai tumulti che agitano la nazione che sta per nascere; una … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Nessuno torna indietro by Alba de Céspedes

18. Nessuno torna indietro

By: Alba de Céspedes

3.86

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

224.copie, un film, innumerevoli critiche, trenta edizioni straniere, continuamente ristampate. "A … read more

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"A casa, ormai, non si può più tornare. I genitori non dovrebbero mandarci in città. Dopo, anche se torniamo, siamo cattive figlie, cattive mogli. Chi può dimenticare di essere stata padrona di se ste…"

-Alba de Céspedes, Nessuno torna indietro

"Eppure era così; nulla può distruggere, annientare un passato: tu accuratamente lo nascondi, lo occulti, nessuno ha visto, nessuno ha saputo, fuorché te stessa, e tu non parlerai mai. E invece seguit…"

-Alba de Céspedes, Nessuno torna indietro

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19. Como la perra

By: Louise Chennevière

3.47

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

"Es una historia de odio. De niña la vi arder en los ojos de mi madre y el resplandor de esa llama … read more

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20. La vita profonda

By: Martina Faedda

4.38

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

A diciott’anni Olivia comincia una nuova vita a Torino, in una casa divisa in due come la sua famig… read more

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21. Le droghe

By: Laudomia Bonanni

3.86

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Chiariamo subito ogni equivoco: questo non è un romanzo sulle droghe – l’ombra mortifera della dipe… read more

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10 Best novels books like This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Transform Your Habits

Across the River and into the Trees

Ernest Hemingway

3.31

Transform Your Habits

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

3.80

Transform Your Habits

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Save Me the Waltz

Zelda Fitzgerald , Harry T. Moore

4.19

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Romanzo senza umani

Paolo Di Paolo

3.09

Transform Your Habits

Chi dice e chi tace

Chiara Valerio

3.77

Transform Your Habits

I giorni di Vetro

Nicoletta Verna

4.57

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Michael Bible

3.60

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