Sign up for our newsletters to receive our Best of 2024 ezine!

Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to Sweetland

Summary | Excerpt | Reviews | Read-Alikes | Genres & Themes | Author Bio

Sweetland by Michael Crummey

Sweetland

A Novel

by Michael Crummey

BookBrowse Review:

Critics' Consensus (4):

Readers' Rating :
Be the First to Review

First Published:
Jan 19, 2015, 336 pages

Paperback:
Sep 2015, 336 pages

Book Reviewed by:
Norah Piehl
X
- Literary Fiction
- Canada
- Contemporary
- Mid-Life Onwards
- Dealing with Loss
- Magical or Supernatural
Genres & Themes
Publication Information

Rate this book
Write a Review

About This Book

Reviews

Beyond the Book:
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Read-Alikes

Read-Alikes

If you liked Sweetland, try these:

Night of the Animals

by Bill Broun

Published Apr 2017

More about this book
Read Reviews

In this imaginative debut, the tale of Noah's Ark is brilliantly recast as a story of fate and family, set in a near-future London.
Land of Love and Drowning

by Tiphanie Yanique

Published Jul 2015

More about this book
Read Reviews

A major debut from an award-winning writer—an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands.

Read-Alikes are one of the many benefits of membership. To see the complete list of this book's read-alikes, you need to be a member.

How we choose read-alikes

Membership Advantages

Reviews
"Beyond the Book" articles
Free books to read and review (US only)
Find books by time period, setting & theme
Read-alike suggestions by book and author
Book club discussions
and much more!
Just $45 for 12 months or $15 for 3 months.
More about membership!

Top Picks

My Friends
by Hisham Matar

The title of Hisham Matar's My Friends takes on affectionate but mournful tones as its story unfolds...
James
by Percival Everett

The Oscar-nominated film American Fiction (2023) and the Percival Everett novel it was based on, ...
But the Girl
by Jessica Zhan Mei Yu

Jessica Zhan Mei Yu's But the Girl begins with the real-life disappearance of Malaysia Airlines ...
Patriot
by Alexei Navalny

On the 17th of January, 2024, colleagues of Alexei Navalny posted a message to his Instagram account...

BookBrowse Book Club

Book Jacket — In Our Midst
by Nancy Jensen

In Our Midst follows a German immigrant family’s fight for freedom after their internment post–Pearl Harbor.

About Discuss

Book Jacket — The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters

A four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl disappears, leaving a mystery unsolved for fifty years.

About Discuss

BookBrowse Free Newsletters

Who Said...

If every country had to write a book about elephants...

Click Here to find out who said this, as well as discovering other famous literary quotes!

Wordplay

Big Holiday Wordplay 2024

Your guide toexceptional books

BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.