Books like Little Women

If you liked Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    Betty Smith · 1943

    Because shares tags: classics, coming of age, family.

    Francie Nolan grows up poor in 1910s Williamsburg, reading on fire escapes while her family scrapes by, and learns how schooling can lift…

  2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Mark Twain · 1884

    Because shares tags: classics, american literature, coming of age.

    Huck Finn fakes his death, floats the Mississippi with the runaway Jim, and tears up the letter that would betray him. Twain's river…

  3. To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee · 1960

    Because shares tags: classics, american literature, coming of age.

    To Kill a Mockingbird through the eyes of Scout Finch: Maycomb's slow days, Atticus's defense of Tom Robinson, the Boo Radley mystery, and…

  4. Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Zora Neale Hurston · 1937

    Because shares tags: classics, coming of age.

    Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.

  5. The Karamazov Brothers

    Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880

    Because shares tags: classics, family.

    Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.

  6. She's Come Undone

    Wally Lamb · 1992

    Because shares tags: coming of age, family.

    Abused as a girl, divorced and struggling with weight, Dolores Price slowly finds healing after years of trauma.

  7. Running with Scissors

    Augusten Burroughs · 2002

    Because shares tags: family, coming of age.

    A boy sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist grows up in a chaotic house with no rules.

  8. Mansfield Park

    Jane Austen · 1814

    Because shares tags: classics, family.

    Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.

  9. Hello Beautiful

    Ann Napolitano · 2023

    Because shares tags: family, sisters.

    Four sisters in Chicago love, lose, and find each other again across thirty years.

  10. Goodnight Moon

    Margaret Wise Brown · 1947

    Because shares tags: classics, family.

    A small bunny says goodnight to each object in the green room in this 1947 bedtime classic.

  11. Where the Red Fern Grows

    Wilson Rawls · 1961

    Because shares tags: coming of age, family.

    Billy earns two hounds and hunts raccoons in the Ozarks with love and loss.

  12. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

    Jonathan Safran Foer · 2005

    Because shares tags: family, coming of age.

    Nine year old Oskar searches New York for a lock matching his father's key after 9/11.

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