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The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer's 2013 novel tracing six friends from their 1974 meeting at a summer arts camp through decades of ambition, rivalry, and changing fortunes.
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The top alternative to The Interestings in 2026 is A Prayer for Owen Meany with a score of 8.7/10, followed by No Longer Human (8.7) and Villette (8.6).
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving's 1989 novel set partly at a New Hampshire prep school and college, in which an extraordinary boy convinces...
No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai's 1948 semi-autobiographical Japanese novel tracing a young man's alienation, alcoholism, and moral collapse...
Villette
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Sanshiro
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Demian
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A Separate Peace
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The Confusions of Young Törless
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Look Homeward, Angel
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Cat and Mouse
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The People in the Trees
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The Art of Fielding
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This Side of Paradise
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The Rotters' Club
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The Marriage Plot
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The Female Persuasion
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The Virgins
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The Uncoupling
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