What to Read After About a Boy
Readers who loved About a Boy by Nick Hornby keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where About a Boy 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 About a Boy
Man and boy
Wonder boys
Microserfs
The Commitments
High Fidelity
How to Be Good
A Long Way Down
Fever Pitch
The Beach
One Day
Bridget Jones
Everything Is Illuminated
The World According to Garp
Funny Girl
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
White Teeth
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Bridget Jones's Diary
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Franny and Zooey
Middlesex