See the full page See the recommendations

Edith Wharton · 1905

Genre: Classics Literary
Feels: Melancholic Unflinching Bittersweet

Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. Each card tells you why.

Books similar to The House of Mirth

Coming from The House of Mirth? Start with Fine Balance, The Things We Never Say, The Secret Scripture. 3 more below, each with why it fits.

See the book

Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry · 1995

Its own thing

It tells it straight

Literary Historical fiction Unflinching Bittersweet Tender Contemplative

2 stacks 9 views

See the book

The Things We Never Say

Elizabeth Strout · 2026

Its own thing

Lovely, but it stings

Literary Bittersweet Melancholic Contemplative Tender

2 stacks 3 views

See the book

The Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry · 2008

Its own thing

It leaves something behind

Literary Historical fiction Bittersweet Melancholic Tender Haunting

1 stack 2 views

See the book

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton · 1920

In the same stack

Readers put them together in Books with love and luxury

Classics Historical fiction Romance Bittersweet Melancholic Contemplative Tender

2 stacks 5 views

See the book

Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh · 1946

In the same stack

Grouped with yours in Books with love and luxury

Classics Historical fiction Literary Bittersweet Melancholic Nostalgic Tender

1 stack 7 views

See the book

Atonement

Ian McEwan · 2001

Its own thing

Prose worth underlining

Classics Historical fiction Literary Bittersweet Unflinching Contemplative Haunting

2 stacks 1 save 4 views

What are you in the mood for next?

Tell us and we'll pull out more.

a melancholic read an unflinching read surprise me: another genre Show more like this

Still hunting?

Ask other readers for books like this one

On Drayfus, a stack is a small shelf a reader hand-picked around one theme. Open one with this book and other readers vote in the titles that belong, so your list keeps growing without you.

Open a stack with this book

See the stack with this book