What to Read After Back in the World
Readers who loved Back in the World by Tobias Wolff keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Back in the World 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 Back in the World
Pugilist at Rest
In the garden of the North American martyrs
The Night in Question
Three by Annie Dillard
The World of Apples
Faithless
Resuscitation of a Hanged Man
The Point
Forty Stories
While Mortals Sleep
The Palace Thief
In Pharaoh's army
Old School
Betrayal in the City
Tales of the Jazz Age
Bad Haircut
Selected stories of O. Henry
How It Ended
Dancing After Hours
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories
This Boy's Life
High Lonesome
The Coast of Chicago
Airships