Books Like Middlesex

10 books for fans of Middlesex

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   Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

   Harry Potter • Book 4

   by J.K. Rowling

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (4.2M ratings)

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   Demon Copperhead

   by Barbara Kingsolver

   Kingsolver transposes David Copperfield to modern Appalachia, following Demon through foster care, addiction, and systemic poverty. A Pulitzer-winning portrait of America's forgotten communities.

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   Kingsolver transposes David Copperfield to modern Appalachia, following Demon through foster care, addiction, and systemic poverty. A Pulitzer-winning portrait of America's forgotten communities.

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (824.6K ratings)

   560 pages • 2022

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   East of Eden

   by John Steinbeck

   Steinbeck retells Cain and Abel through generations of California families, exploring how the capacity for both good and evil passes through bloodlines in the Salinas Valley.

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   Steinbeck retells Cain and Abel through generations of California families, exploring how the capacity for both good and evil passes through bloodlines in the Salinas Valley.

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (655.0K ratings)

   866 pages • 1952

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   The Godfather

   The Godfather • Book 1

   by Mario Puzo

   Puzo's saga follows the Corleone family through decades of power struggles, betrayals, and violence that defined American organized crime. The novel explores how loyalty and brutality intertwine when family business means life and death.

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   Puzo's saga follows the Corleone family through decades of power struggles, betrayals, and violence that defined American organized crime. The novel explores how loyalty and brutality intertwine when family business means life and death.

   ★ 4.40 Goodreads (468.0K ratings)

   428 pages • 1969

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   Cutting for Stone

   by Abraham Verghese

   ★ 4.34 Goodreads (431.3K ratings)

   560 pages • 2009

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   The House of the Spirits

   Trilogía Involuntaria • Book 3

   by Isabel Allende, Magda Bogin

   Patriarch Esteban Trueba's political ambitions and wild desires shape three generations of his family against the backdrop of Latin American political turmoil. Allende blends magical realism with political history, following women who possess otherworldly gifts and the men who both love and oppress them.

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   Patriarch Esteban Trueba's political ambitions and wild desires shape three generations of his family against the backdrop of Latin American political turmoil. Allende blends magical realism with political history, following women who possess otherworldly gifts and the men who both love and oppress them.

   ★ 4.30 Goodreads (325.3K ratings)

   448 pages • 1982

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   The Storyteller

   by Jodi Picoult

   A grief-stricken baker befriends an elderly man who reveals himself as a former Nazi guard seeking redemption through death. Picoult weaves together multiple generations affected by Holocaust trauma, examining forgiveness, justice, and the weight of inherited guilt.

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   A grief-stricken baker befriends an elderly man who reveals himself as a former Nazi guard seeking redemption through death. Picoult weaves together multiple generations affected by Holocaust trauma, examining forgiveness, justice, and the weight of inherited guilt.

   ★ 4.30 Goodreads (278.1K ratings)

   461 pages • 2013

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   The Great Believers

   by Rebecca Makkai

   Two timelines explore AIDS epidemic aftermath: Yale curating 1920s art while losing friends in 1980s Chicago, and Fiona searching for her estranged daughter in 2015 Paris. Makkai creates devastating beauty from grief and survival.

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   Two timelines explore AIDS epidemic aftermath: Yale curating 1920s art while losing friends in 1980s Chicago, and Fiona searching for her estranged daughter in 2015 Paris. Makkai creates devastating beauty from grief and survival.

   ★ 4.30 Goodreads (175.1K ratings)

   421 pages • 2018

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   Hemingway

   by Nate Cleveland

   ★ 5.00 Goodreads (2 ratings)

   546 pages • 2024

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    That Distant Land: The Collected Stories (Port William)

    Port William

    by Wendell Berry

    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (1.8K ratings)

    448 pages • 2002

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