What to Read After South and West
Readers who loved South and West by Joan Didion keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where South and West 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 South and West
The rules do not apply
Marlena
slouching towards bethlehem
Blue nights
Sex and Rage
The White Album
M Train
Sweetbitter
The Idiot
Play It as It Lays
Too much and not the mood
The Argonauts
Difficult Women
The Mother of all Questions
Slow days, fast company
Answers
Where I Was From
Goodbye, Vitamin
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
One day we'll all be dead and none of this will matter
Homesick For Another World
I'll tell you in person
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
How to Murder Your Life