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Books Like Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns · about this book

Loved Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns? If its historical fiction, coming of age and bildungsroman hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Little Women, The Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Cold Sassy Tree: Historical Fiction · Coming of Age · Bildungsroman · Teen Protagonist · Male Lead

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   Little Women

   Louisa May Alcott

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Nostalgic · Historical Fiction · Classism

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   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Nostalgic · Dry Humor

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   To Kill a Mockingbird

   Harper Lee

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Nostalgic · Classism · Historical Fiction

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   The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

   Mark Twain

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Nostalgic · Historical Fiction

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   Demon Copperhead

   Barbara Kingsolver

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · American South · Small Town

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Dry Humor · First Person Narrator · Historical Fiction

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7. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Male Lead · First Person Narrator

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8. 

   Memoirs of a Geisha

   Arthur Golden

   Bildungsroman · Age Gap Romance · Coming of Age · Classism · Historical Fiction

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9. 

   Ham On Rye

   Charles Bukowski

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Dry Humor · Classism · First Person Narrator

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10. 

    The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

    Robert Dugoni

    Coming of Age · Nostalgic · Heartwarming · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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11. 

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Bronte

    Bildungsroman · Age Gap Romance · Classism · Historical Fiction · Family Secrets

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12. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Small Town · Heartwarming · Male Lead

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13. 

    Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Male Lead · First Person Narrator · Classism

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14. 

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Sue Monk Kidd

    Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Heartwarming · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles

    Nostalgic · Dry Humor · Historical Fiction · Heartwarming · Male Lead

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16. 

    Malas

    Marcela Fuentes

    American South · Coming of Age · Grief and Mourning · Family Secrets · Small Town

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17. 

    Sense and Sensibility

    Jane Austen

    Age Gap Romance · Dry Humor · Historical Fiction · Classism · Charming

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18. 

    The Other Bennet Sister

    Janice Hadlow

    Historical Fiction · Heartwarming · Charming · Coming of Age · Dry Humor

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19. 

    Where the Crawdads Sing

    Delia Owens

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Classism · American South · Small Town

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20. 

    Will Grayson, Will Grayson

    John Green, David Levithan

    Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Heartwarming · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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