John Updike's most recommended books

We've asked 13,000+ authors and super readers for their favorite books. Here are their favorite books by John Updike.

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Books like Rabbit, Run

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Books like Gertrude and Claudius

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Books like A Month of Sundays

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Books like Rabbit Is Rich

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Books like The Twelve Terrors of Christmas

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Books like My Father's Tears and Other Stories

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Books like Villages

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Books like Pigeon Feathers

Book lists with John Updike's books

11 authors created a book list with a book by John Updike as one of their picks.

• The best biographies or autobiographies about creative individuals in the arts
• The best books that feel like a romantic comedy from the 1980s—think: Sixteen Candles and Say Anything
• The best character-driven books with colorful, eccentric, and dysfunctional protagonists and antagonists
• The best novels written in the present tense
• The best books to deliver holiday magic with a dark twist
• The best books that explore what money is, from beginning to Bitcoin

Book lists connected to John Updike's books

854 authors created a book list connected to John Updike's books by genre, topic, theme, and mood.

• The best books that will hook you on history
• The best books about the French and Indian War time period
• The best middle-grade novels about little known aspects of American history
• The best books on the Revolutionary War (and why the British lost it)
• The best historical mysteries/thrillers set before World War II
• The best thriller and horror books with “House” in the title

Genres connected to John Updike's books

Topics connected to John Updike's books