For Maugham's most popular novels, consider: Of Human Bondage, Liza of Lambeth, Cakes and Ale, The Moon and Sixpence, and The Razor's Edge.
For writers similar to W. Somerset Maugham, see the works of: John Updike, D.H. Lawrence, Graham Greene, Iris Murdoch, Lawrence Durrell, P.G. Wodehouse, Edith Wharton, and John Galsworthy.