What to Read After The Optimist's Daughter
Readers who loved The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Optimist's Daughter is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Optimist's Daughter
Summons to Memphis
Lamb in His Bosom
The able McLaughlins
Delta Wedding
The Edge of Sadness
The late George Apley
Honey in the Horn
Years of Grace
The Last Summer of Reason
Town
Journey in the Dark
The Store
Guard of Honor
Elbow Room
The Ponder Heart
Wise Blood
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Moviegoer
Light in August
This Bloody Mary Is the Last Thing I Own
The Member of the Wedding
robber bridegroom
Angle of Repose
Go Down, Moses