Books like…

Books Like Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott · about this book

Loved Little Women by Louisa May Alcott? If its classics, sisters and coming of age hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Pride and Prejudice, The Other Bennet Sister 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 Little Women: Classics · Sisters · Coming of Age · Heartwarming · Bildungsroman

1. 

   Pride and Prejudice

   Jane Austen

   Large Family · Classics · Sisters · Omniscient Narrator · Character-Driven

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   The Other Bennet Sister

   Janice Hadlow

   Sisters · Heartwarming · Character-Driven · Coming of Age · Mother and Daughter

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   To Kill a Mockingbird

   Harper Lee

   Bildungsroman · Classics · Coming of Age · Nostalgic · Character-Driven

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   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Bildungsroman · Death of a Sibling · Coming of Age · Classics · Nostalgic

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5. 

   Of Human Bondage

   W. Somerset Maugham

   Bildungsroman · Classics · Coming of Age · Character-Driven · Bittersweet

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6. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Classics · Writer Protagonist · Character-Driven

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7. 

   The Diary of a Young Girl

   Anne Frank

   Classics · Coming of Age · Writer Protagonist · Mother and Daughter · Character-Driven

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8. 

   Firefly Lane

   Kristin Hannah

   Nostalgic · Mother and Daughter · Character-Driven · Coming of Age · Bittersweet

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9. 

   The Book Thief

   Markus Zusak

   Death of a Sibling · Coming of Age · Omniscient Narrator · Classics · Heartwarming

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10. 

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Arthur Golden

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Character-Driven · Sisters

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11. 

    This Time Tomorrow

    Emma Straub

    Writer Protagonist · Nostalgic · Character-Driven · Heartwarming · Hopeful

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12. 

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Bronte

    Bildungsroman · Classics · Character-Driven · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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13. 

    Tess of the Road

    Rachel Hartman

    Bildungsroman · Mother and Daughter · Coming of Age · Character-Driven · Sisters

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14. 

    My Friends

    Fredrik Backman

    Heartwarming · Character-Driven · Omniscient Narrator · Ensemble Cast · Hopeful

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15. 

    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Rebecca Wells

    Nostalgic · Heartwarming · Character-Driven · Mother and Daughter · Emotional

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16. 

    The Girl Who Drank the Moon

    Kelly Barnhill

    Heartwarming · Omniscient Narrator · Mother and Daughter · Coming of Age · Bittersweet

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17. 

    The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

    Holly Ringland

    Sisters · Death of a Sibling · Character-Driven · Emotional · Mother and Daughter

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18. 

    The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

    Robert Dugoni

    Coming of Age · Nostalgic · Character-Driven · Heartwarming · Bittersweet

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19. 

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Sue Monk Kidd

    Coming of Age · Sisters · Heartwarming · Emotional · Hopeful

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20. 

    Taran Wanderer

    Lloyd Alexander

    Bildungsroman · Coming of Age · Classics · Character-Driven · Omniscient Narrator

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