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John Updike
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John Updike

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Read-Alikes for John Updike

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  • Martin Amis

    Martin Amis

    Martin Amis was the author of fourteen novels, two collections of stories and eight works of non-fiction. His novel Time's Arrow was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for which his subsequent novel Yellow Dog was also ... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    Terrorist

    Try:
    House of Meetings
    by Martin Amis

  • John Banville

    John Banville

    John Banville, the author of seventeen novels, has been the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and ... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    My Father's Tears

    Try:
    The Sea
    by John Banville

  • Julian Barnes

    Julian Barnes

    Julian Barnes is the author of fourteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Booker Prize, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short ... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    My Father's Tears

    Try:
    Pulse
    by Julian Barnes

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