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Books like The way we live now
A sprawling, razor-sharp social satire where the currency is gossip, the elite are morally bankrupt, and the house of cards is destined to fall. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The way we live now.
- opulent
- tense
- gossipy
- morally compromised
- 01
The Prime Minister
Anthony Trollope
A sprawling, deeply human portrait of political ambition and marital friction set against the velvet-draped backdrop of Victorian high society.
- 02
The Warden
Anthony Trollope
A gentle, wryly observed stroll through the moral anxieties and teacup-tempests of a Victorian cathedral town.
- 03
Money
Martin Amis · 1984
A manic, filthy, and hilariously grotesque joyride through the neon-lit excesses of the 1980s.
- 04
Middlemarch
George Eliot · 1999
A sprawling, deeply empathetic tapestry of human flaws, dashed ideals, and the quiet beauty of ordinary lives.
- 05
When the Sleeper Awakes
H. G. Wells
A dizzying plunge into a mechanized, hyper-capitalist future where technological marvels mask a chillingly oppressive society.
- 06
Barry Lyndon
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1853
A classic tale of a clever rogue's restless wandering through eighteenth-century Europe, chasing gentility only to disastrously squander it all.
- 07
The way of all flesh
Samuel Butler
A subversive, sharply ironic dismantling of the Victorian family ideal and religious piety.
- 08
The Constant Gardener
John le Carré
A quiet, devastating descent into the dark heart of global capitalism, driven by the ghost of a fierce love.
- 09
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Chesterton, G K
A delightfully absurd and fiercely philosophical romp through a future London where local pride sparks a glorious, theatrical rebellion.
- 10
A Man in Full
Tom Wolfe · 1998
A sprawling, high-octane satire that skewers the fragile egos, racial tensions, and financial house of cards of the New South.
- 11
Vile Bodies
Evelyn Waugh
A dizzying, champagne-soaked descent into the glamorous emptiness of a doomed generation.
- 12
Now or Never
Anne Weale
A classic battle of wills where impoverished pride clashes with arrogant wealth in a glamorous, high-stakes romantic duel.
