What to Read After The Day of the Locust
Readers who loved The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Day of the Locust 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 Day of the Locust
Under the Volcano
The adventures of Augie March
Appointment in Samarra
The Sheltering Sky
The heart of the matter
Call It Sleep
The Ginger Man
An American Tragedy
Dog soldiers.
A House for Mr. Biswas
UNDER THE NET
Berlin stories
Play It as It Lays
Falconer
U.S.A.
High Wind in Jamaica
The death of the heart.
Loving
Zuleika Dobson
Studs Lonigan
Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust
The sot-weed factor.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Naked and the Dead