Books like Goodbye, Columbus and five short stories

Goodbye, Columbus and five short stories by Philip Roth reads as satirical, ironic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Barney's Version

Mordecai Richler · 1997

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69% genome match

Rabbit Is Rich

John Updike · 1996

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69% genome match

Portnoy's Complaint

Philip Roth

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83% genome match

The Gilded Age

Mark Twain · 1873

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69% genome match

Lucky Jim

Kingsley Amis · 1953

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69% genome match

Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet · 1984

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69% genome match

Curse of the starving class

Sam Shepard · 1976

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69% genome match

Voyage au bout de la nuit

Louis-Ferdinand Celine · 1932

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69% genome match

James

Percival Everett · 2024

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69% genome match

Topdog/Underdog

Suzan-Lori Parks · 2001

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69% genome match

Sweat

Lynn Nottage · 2017

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69% genome match

Seize the Day

Saul Bellow

Both explore class

49% genome match