- Consider reading the three stories that were originally published alongside Breakfast at Tiffany's: House of Flowers; A Diamond Guitar; and A Christmas Memory.
- Consider reading The Catcher in the Rye, which also deals with the adventures of a burgeoning youth in New York City in the late 1950s.
- To understand the depth of Capote's career and projects, read Capote's most renowned work In Cold Blood, which catalyzed a whole new subgenera of nonfiction crime exposés.