What to Read After Tales of the City
Readers who loved Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Tales of the City 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 Tales of the City
The Lost Language of Cranes
The Front Runner
The Swimming-Pool Library
Dancer from the Dance
The city and the pillar
Becoming a man
Like people in history
More Tales of the City (Showtime Tie-In Edition)
Further Tales of the City
Babycakes
Significant others
Sure of you
Michael Tolliver Lives
Nightswimmer
Mary Ann in Autumn
Days of Anna Madrigal
Maybe the Moon
A boy's own story
A single man
A home at the end of the world
At swim, two boys
Maurice
The best little boy in the world
The Beautiful Room Is Empty