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If You Loved Little Women, You'll Love These Novels
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items Little Women has to be my all-time favorite novel - one of the few I love to reread every few years. If you too love Little Women and all its delightful elements - a fiercely independent and unconventional heroine, cozy domestic scenes, a loving family coming together in the face of loss and adversity - then I think you'll also love these titles!
In case you actually haven't read Little Women, treat yourself to this gorgeous copy with cover illustrations by Rifle Paper Co.
Little Women
There are few things more satisfying than returning to a beloved heroine. In Jo's Boys, Alcott offers us a window into Jo's life after marrying Professor Bhaer, having two sons of her own, and opening a school for orphaned boys at Plumfield.
Little Men
Anne of Green Gables (and its 7!!!) sequels are also among some of my most beloved stories. In Anne of Green Gables, we meet Anne Shirley, an imaginative and dramatic young girl who has been newly adopted by an aging brother and sister on Prince Edwa...
Anne of Green Gables
If you enjoy following a protagonist through years of growth and change, you'll love watching Anne Shirley evolve from an endearingly quirky child into a wise, warm, and hospitable wife, mother, and friend through the rest of this widely beloved seri...
Anne of Green Gables, Complete 8-Book Box Set
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion is another series that will surprise and delight with its feisty, witty, and fiercely independent heroine. In this first volume, set in 1883, young Emma returns to her family home in the delightfully quirky Lon...
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1
Since you'll inevitably fall in love with Emma M. Lion, her loyal band of friends, and the quirky denizens of St. Crispians, you might as well purchase a box set of the first seven volumes in this series!
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion 7-Book Set
Emily of New Moon is a lesser known but equally delightful novel by L.M. Montgomery - and the first in a trilogy!
Emily of New Moon
Although this gothic classic has a much darker tone than Little Women, Jane Eyre is another classic you won't want to miss, particularly for its resilient heroine. This edition will be the envy of your bookshelf!
Jane Eyre
The Poisonwood Bible is another, albeit far darker story of four sisters navigating tremendously difficult circumstances. If you love the distinct yet devoted sisters in Little Women, this story will touch and break your heart in turns.
The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel
If you love Little Women you will likely love all of Jane Austen's work, but I'm featuring Sense & Sensibility on this list because it's my personal favorite and also centers on the sisterly relationship between practical and principled Elinor an...
Sense and Sensibility (Puffin in Bloom Deluxe Edition)
More than just another STUNNING volume for your shelf, Pride & Prejudice is a story of sisterhood and self-determination that contends with Regency-era conventions surrounding womanhood, marriage, and class.
Pride and Prejudice (Puffin in Bloom Deluxe Edition)
I can't believe I don't hear more people talking about this book. It's a brilliant and tender story of a resilient young girl coming of age in the slums of Brooklyn at the turn of the century.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [75th Anniversary Ed]
In the Time of the Butterflies in another breathtaking and heartbreaking story of four brave sisters, this time set in the Dominican Republic during the Trujillo dictatorship.
In the Time of the Butterflies
Tan Yunxian, much like Jo March, is a strong young woman with a desire to break from convention and make a positive impact in the world as a doctor. I also love her friendship with Meiling, a midwife in training, who is separated by status yet as dea...
Lady Tan's Circle of Women: A Novel
The Other Bennet Sister is high on my to-read list after recently watching the triumphant Britbox series based on this novel. A fresh look at Jane Austen's classic Pride & Prejudice, this time from the perspective of Mary, the misunderstood middl...
The Other Bennet Sister: A Novel
Another classic coming-of-age story to love, To Kill a Mockingbird is written from the perspective of Scout Finch, a young girl contending with matters of race, class, and prejudice in the Deep South circa 1930.
To Kill a Mockingbird
It's been a long time since I read this, but I remember delighting in this coming-of-age story of Elnora Comstock, who overcomes adversity and develops strength of character along the way.
A Girl of the Limberlost: The Original 1909 Edition
This might be a middle-grade novel, but I have to admit that the ending made me cry! Three orphaned siblings are evacuated from London during WWII and seek a place to belong.
A Place to Hang the Moon