Books like American son by Bradley, Richard

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece examines the glittering yet hollow glamour of the Roaring Twenties as the enigmatic Jay Gatsby pursues love, wealth, and identity across the social divide.

A weary father and his young son journey across a bleak, post‑apocalyptic America, battling cannibals, starvation, and a harsh winter in a desperate quest for safety and a glimpse of remaining civilization.

The Bell Jar is the sole novel by Sylvia Plath, a psychologically intense and autobiographical look at a young woman’s decline into mental illness.

In early 1980s Los Angeles, a privileged youth returns home for Christmas, confronting a generation steeped in excess, drugs, and nihilism as he navigates love, friendship, and moral decay.

Philip Roth’s Pulitzer‑winning novel follows Jewish American entrepreneur Seymour “Swede” Levov as his idyllic life unravels amid the social and political upheavals of the 1960s.

Bigger Thomas, a 20-year-old black youth in poverty on Chicago's South Side, becomes embroiled in a brutal murder and must face the consequences of his violent actions in Richard Wright's novel 'Native Son' (1940).

A deeply moving portrait of George Falconer, a middle‑aged English professor, who navigates grief and loneliness after the death of his lover Jim, finding unexpected joys in everyday life.

An exposé on the Bush family’s ascent, examining how their wealth, status, and public image crafted a private shield.

Molly Ivins delivers a sharp, Texas‑inspired look at George W. Bush—his record, alliances, and motives—combining wit with a critical assessment of a future president.

"Drawing upon scores of interviews with people who have never spoken out before, troves of private documents, archives in Ireland and America, and private conversations with Jackie, Klein explores the underlying pattern that governs the Kennedy Curse." "The reader is treated to penetrating portraits of the Irish immigrant Patrick Kennedy; Rose Kennedy's father, "Honey Fitz"; the dynasty's founding father, Joe Kennedy, and his ill-fated daughter Kathleen; President Kennedy; accused rapist William Kennedy Smith; and the star-crossed lovers, JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Each of the seven profiles demonstrates the basic premise of this book: The Kennedy Curse is the result of the destructive collision between the Kennedys' fantasy of omnipotence - an unremitting desire to get away with things that others cannot - and the cold, hard realities of life."--Jacket.

At thirteen, Eli McCullough is taken captive by the Comanche, rises to the chief’s adopted son, and later struggles alone as frontier tensions and disease strip his people—an epic of survival and identity.

A revealing look at the close, complex bond between Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her son John F. Kennedy Jr., exploring how their relationship shaped each other amid family politics, personal struggles, and public scrutiny.

In 1950s America, Frank and April Wheeler build a suburban dream, only to confront the crushing reality that their hopes and marriage are unsustainable, exposing the quiet torment of suburban life and the cost of chasing greatness.

A portrait of the late son of President Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, told by his closest friend, describes the shared loss that bonded their childhoods, John Jr.'s marriage to Carolyn Bessette, and the aftermath of the plane crash that ended their lives.