If you loved
Books like Less
A sparkling, globe-trotting comedy of errors about outrunning heartbreak and accidentally stumbling into grace. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Less.
- bittersweet
- whimsical
- sun-drenched
- gently melancholic
- 01
Call Me by Your Name
André Aciman
A sun-drenched, intoxicating plunge into the agonizing beauty of first love and the haunting power of memory.
- 02
The Story of a Marriage
Andrew Sean Greer
A lyrical, quietly devastating exploration of the profound mysteries hidden within a seemingly ordinary marriage.
- 03
Mitko
Garth Greenwell
A hypnotic, exquisitely written descent into the labyrinth of transactional desire and the inescapable ghosts of the past.
- 04
Find Me
André Aciman
A lush, melancholic meditation on the passage of time and the enduring echoes of past loves across European landscapes.
- 05
Closer
Dennis Cooper
A dark, unflinching exploration of obsessive desire and the destructive search for meaning in the hollows of middle America.
- 06
A single man
Christopher Isherwood
A sharply observed, deeply moving portrait of a single day in the life of a man carrying the invisible weight of profound grief.
- 07
The Swimming-Pool Library
Alan Hollinghurst · 1994
An impeccably composed, darkly erotic elegy for a lost era of aristocratic privilege and gay life.
- 08
Exciting Times
Naoise Dolan
A razor-sharp, deadpan dissection of modern love, class, and the transactional nature of human connection.
- 09
Delilah Green Doesn't Care
Ashley Herring Blake
A sharp, steamy, and surprisingly tender exploration of coming home, shedding armor, and falling for the girl you used to love to hate.
- 10
Parrot and Olivier in America
Peter Carey
A boisterous, transatlantic romp that throws a traumatized aristocrat and a cynical servant into the chaotic crucible of early America.
- 11
The Lord Won't Mind
Gordon Merrick · 1999
A lush, unapologetic vintage soap opera that revels in the glamorous, turbulent throes of forbidden romance.
- 12
Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston
A fiercely witty, swoon-worthy collision of duty and desire wrapped in a warm blanket of political optimism.
