Question 1

What books are similar to Cat's Eye?

Accepted Answer

The best books similar to Cat's Eye include: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye is a Booker-shortlisted novel about a painter returning to Toronto who is ambushed by memories of childhood cruelty at the hands of her friend Cordelia. These recommendations extend the experience through Atwood's other standalone fiction, other novels about female friendship and bullying, and other novels about the way childhood shapes adult identity.

Question 2

What should I read after Cat's Eye?

Accepted Answer

After finishing Cat's Eye, readers love: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood — Atwood's other Booker-shortlisted psychological novel — a serving girl convicted of murder in 1843 Canada, a doctor who doubts her guilt; the same interest in female experience and the reliability of memory.. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood — Atwood's Booker Prize winner — two sisters, a pulp novel within a novel, a family secret; shares Cat's Eye's interest in the way women carry the past in silence.. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld — A scholarship girl at a New England boarding school — the most direct contemporary companion to Cat's Eye's account of female social cruelty and the particular misery of being excluded by the group you most want to join.

Question 3

What genre is Cat's Eye?

Accepted Answer

Cat's Eye is primarily fiction. Best books to read after Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

Books Like Cat's Eye

Alias Grace

The Blind Assassin

Prep

My Brilliant Friend

Conversations with Friends

The Girls

Ordinary People

The Virgin Suicides

More Reading Recommendations

Never miss a big release