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Books Like Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy · about this book

Loved Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy? If its classics, romance and historical fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Anna Karenina, Jane Eyre and The Countess Conspiracy. 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 Far from the Madding Crowd: Classics · Romance · Historical Fiction · Victorian Era · Rural Farm

1. 

   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Classics · Rural Farm · Slow-Paced · Tragic · Romance

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   Jane Eyre

   Charlotte Bronte

   Victorian Era · Classics · Historical Fiction · Romance · Character-Driven

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   The Countess Conspiracy

   Courtney Milan

   Victorian Era · Friends to Lovers · Historical Fiction · Slow Burn Romance · Romance

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   Gone with the Wind

   Margaret Mitchell

   Rural Farm · Classics · Tragic · Historical Fiction · Love Triangle

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5. 

   Wuthering Heights

   Emily Brontë

   Classics · Rural Farm · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Romance

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   The Seamstress

   Frances de Pontes Peebles

   Tragic · Historical Fiction · Rural Farm · Slow-Paced · Atmospheric

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7. 

   The Other Bennet Sister

   Janice Hadlow

   Historical Fiction · Slow-Paced · Slow Burn Romance · Love Triangle · Romance

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8. 

   The Firebird

   Susanna Kearsley

   Historical Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced · Slow Burn Romance · Romance

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9. 

   The Night Circus

   Erin Morgenstern

   Victorian Era · Historical Fiction · Slow-Paced · Character-Driven · Lyrical Prose

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10. 

    The Mists of Avalon

    Marion Zimmer Bradley

    Tragic · Love Triangle · Classics · Historical Fiction · Slow-Paced

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11. 

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Arthur Golden

    Historical Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Slow Burn Romance · Classics · Character-Driven

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12. 

    The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

    V.E. Schwab

    Historical Fiction · Love Triangle · Slow-Paced · Lyrical Prose · Romance

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13. 

    Broken Country

    Clare Leslie Hall

    Rural Farm · Historical Fiction · Love Triangle · Romance · Atmospheric

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14. 

    Sense and Sensibility

    Jane Austen

    Classics · Historical Fiction · Romance · Slow-Paced · Rural Farm

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15. 

    The Hounding

    Xenobe Purvis

    Historical Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Rural Farm · Slow-Paced · Character-Driven

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16. 

    Bringing Down the Duke

    Evie Dunmore

    Victorian Era · Historical Fiction · Slow Burn Romance · Romance · Character-Driven

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17. 

    Hamnet

    Maggie O'Farrell

    Historical Fiction · Tragic · Slow-Paced · Rural Farm · Lyrical Prose

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18. 

    Spinning Silver

    Naomi Novik

    Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced · Slow Burn Romance · Character-Driven · Atmospheric

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19. 

    The Other Side of the Bridge

    Mary Lawson

    Rural Farm · Love Triangle · Historical Fiction · Slow-Paced · Atmospheric

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20. 

    Interview with the Vampire

    Anne Rice

    Classics · Tragic · Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced · Character-Driven

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