Books like The Pearl
If you liked The Pearl by John Steinbeck, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Grapes of Wrath
Because also by John Steinbeck; shares tags: classics, family.
The Joads lose their Oklahoma farm and drive to California for work that is not there.
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The Good Earth
Because shares tags: classics, family.
Wang Lung, a poor farmer in 1920s China, rises with his wife O-lan through famine and wealth, holding to land above all else.
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David Copperfield
Because shares tags: classics, family.
Orphan Davy from Blunderstone through Murdstone, Micawber, Heep, Dora and Agnes to novelist.
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Are You My Mother?
Because shares tags: family, classics.
A newborn bird falls from the nest and asks a kitten, a hen, a dog, a cow, a plane and a giant Snort if any will be his mother.
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Tuck Everlasting
Because shares tags: classics, family.
Winnie Foster meets the immortal Tuck family in the woods and must decide whether to drink from their spring.
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Little House on the Prairie
Because shares tags: classics, family.
The Ingalls family leaves Wisconsin for Kansas, builds a log house, and faces wolves, fire, and fever.
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Little House in the Big Woods
Because shares tags: classics, family.
The Ingalls family spends a full year in a Wisconsin log cabin, filling the attic, marking Christmas, and sugaring maples in spring.
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The Karamazov Brothers
Because shares tags: classics, family.
Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.
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Mansfield Park
Because shares tags: classics, family.
Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.
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Like Water for Chocolate
Because shares tags: mexico, family.
Tita expresses forbidden love for Pedro through meals in revolutionary Mexico.
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Goodnight Moon
Because shares tags: classics, family.
A small bunny says goodnight to each object in the green room in this 1947 bedtime classic.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Because shares tags: classics, family.
Francie Nolan grows up poor in 1910s Williamsburg, reading on fire escapes while her family scrapes by, and learns how schooling can lift…
