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24 alternatives to The Great Gatsby

The exemplary novel of the American Jazz Age.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Great Gatsby launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Occult Gatsby▲19
The Occult Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby Annotated for Esoteric Content: The Fourth Way, Alchemy, Tarot, and Kabbalah Author is my father, Jon Woodson. I'm the web guy who wanted to bring this to a wider audience with a more interactive way to pop-up the notes about esoteric content. Author's blurb from Amazon self-publishing page: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is a manual for spiritual development. It is not a unique text, for many American modernist novels of canonical stature are similarly grounded in the occult. Fitzgerald was a follower of A. R. Orage who not only…
Jul 2026 · occultgatsby.work · its alternatives →
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To Kill A Mockingbird▲71
Pulitzer Prize winner, an American classic
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Don Quixote▲62
A Masterpiece of European Literature
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The House of Morgan▲57
An American danking dynasty and the rise of modern finance
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Dune▲62
The science fiction masterpiece that defined a generation
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Man Without Qualities▲66
One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned▲61
The myth of the objective
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Westing Game▲66
Newbery Medal Winner- Intelligent mystery w/ a lot of humor
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Fahrenheit 451 ▲21
A Book About Books
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Last Question by Isaac Asimov▲76
We are the creator and the creation at the same time.
2016 · goodreads.com · its alternatives →
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The Count of Monte Cristo▲69
"On what slender threads do life and fortune hang"
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern ▲55
The story of the greatest book discovery of all time
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Quidditch Through the Ages▲66
The most checked-out book in the Hogwarts Library
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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This Side of Paradise▲66
F. Scott Fitzgerald's First Novel
2015 · gutenberg.org · its alternatives →
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Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Great War and Modern Memory ▲77
Profound study on how WW1 created our ironic, modern world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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JR.▲55
William Gaddis' other masterpiece.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Ender's Game▲93
The enemy's gate is down
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Then We Came to the End▲55
A satire about work, "the great American pastime."
2015 · its alternatives →
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Total Recall▲66
The greatest immigrant success story of our time
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Rise of the Creative Class▲68
A somewhat controversial but hugely influential book
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Man In The High Castle▲63
The novel by Philip K Dick the Amazon series is based on
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A Tale of Two Cities▲54
A classic that’s a fantastic read.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Swans of 5th Avenue▲60
Truman Capote’s greatest scandal
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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