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Books Like My Ántonia

by Willa Cather · about this book

Loved My Ántonia by Willa Cather? If its classics, literary fiction and historical fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Brooklyn, The Settlers (Emigrants 3) and Rules of Civility. 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 My Ántonia: Classics · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Rural Farm · Immigration

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   Brooklyn

   Colm Toibin

   Immigration · Nostalgic · Slow-Paced · Immigrant Protagonist · Coming of Age

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   The Settlers (Emigrants 3)

   Vilhelm Moberg

   Immigration · Rural Farm · Slow-Paced · Immigrant Protagonist · Character-Driven

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   Rules of Civility

   Amor Towles

   Frame Story · Nostalgic · Slow-Paced · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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4. 

   Giants in the Earth

   O.E. Rolvaag

   Immigration · Rural Farm · Immigrant Protagonist · Classics · Bittersweet

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5. 

   The Other Side of the World

   Stephanie Bishop

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Slow-Paced · Lyrical Prose · Bittersweet

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   The Joy Luck Club

   Amy Tan

   Immigration · Lyrical Prose · Immigrant Protagonist · Frame Story · Literary Fiction

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   The Lowland

   Jhumpa Lahiri

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Slow-Paced · Bittersweet · Literary Fiction

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8. 

   Canada

   Richard Ford

   Immigrant Protagonist · Slow-Paced · Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Rural Farm

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9. 

   Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

   Evelyn Waugh

   Frame Story · Slow-Paced · Classics · Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose

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10. 

    Everything Sad Is Untrue

    Daniel Nayeri

    Immigration · Frame Story · Bittersweet · Immigrant Protagonist · Lyrical Prose

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11. 

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    Betty Smith

    Nostalgic · Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Classics · Bittersweet

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12. 

    Anne of Avonlea

    L.M. Montgomery

    Rural Farm · Slow-Paced · Classics · Nostalgic · Lyrical Prose

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13. 

    A Separate Peace

    John Knowles

    Nostalgic · Bittersweet · Slow-Paced · Classics · Literary Fiction

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14. 

    River of Earth

    James Still

    Rural Farm · Nostalgic · Slow-Paced · Coming of Age · Lyrical Prose

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15. 

    The Chosen

    Chaim Potok

    Immigration · Slow-Paced · Bittersweet · Classics · Literary Fiction

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16. 

    Snow Hunters

    Paul Yoon

    Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Slow-Paced · Bittersweet · Lyrical Prose

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17. 

    Go Set a Watchman

    Harper Lee

    Nostalgic · Slow-Paced · Bittersweet · Coming of Age · Literary Fiction

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18. 

    This Is How You Lose Her

    Junot Diaz

    Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Bittersweet · Literary Fiction · Nostalgic

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19. 

    Stoner

    John Williams

    Rural Farm · Bittersweet · Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced · Classics

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20. 

    A Painted House

    John Grisham

    Rural Farm · Slow-Paced · Bittersweet · Nostalgic · Historical Fiction

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