Books like…

Books Like Persuasion

by Jane Austen · about this book

Loved Persuasion by Jane Austen? If its classics, romance and regency era hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Other Bennet Sister, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter and Little Women. 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 Persuasion: Classics · Romance · Regency Era · Female Lead · Second Chance Romance

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   The Other Bennet Sister

   Janice Hadlow

   Late Bloomer · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Hopeful · Omniscient Narrator

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   Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

   Brandon Sanderson

   Omniscient Narrator · Self-Discovery · Hopeful · Bittersweet · Character-Driven

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   Little Women

   Louisa May Alcott

   Classics · Omniscient Narrator · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Hopeful

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4. 

   The Notebook

   Nicholas Sparks

   Rekindled Romance · Second Chance Romance · Romance · Wealthy Families · Bittersweet

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   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Second Chance Romance · Classism · Classics · Bittersweet · Character-Driven

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   Jane Eyre

   Charlotte Bronte

   Classics · Classism · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Romance

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   Broken Country

   Clare Leslie Hall

   Rekindled Romance · Second Chance Romance · Classism · Bittersweet · Emotional

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8. 

   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Classics · Omniscient Narrator · Character-Driven · Classism · Emotional

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9. 

   Of Human Bondage

   W. Somerset Maugham

   Classics · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Omniscient Narrator

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10. 

    A Lady's Guide to Scandal

    Sophie Irwin

    Second Chance Romance · Self-Discovery · Romance · Hopeful · Slow Burn Romance

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11. 

    The Bookbinder

    Pip Williams

    Classism · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Hopeful

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12. 

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Arthur Golden

    Classism · Bittersweet · Character-Driven · Emotional · Female Lead

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13. 

    The Second Life of Mirielle West

    Amanda Skenandore

    Self-Discovery · Hopeful · Character-Driven · Emotional · Bittersweet

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14. 

    A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles

    Omniscient Narrator · Hopeful · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Emotional

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15. 

    The Four Winds

    Kristin Hannah

    Classism · Omniscient Narrator · Bittersweet · Character-Driven · Hopeful

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16. 

    Romancing Mister Bridgerton

    Julia Quinn

    Late Bloomer · Wealthy Families · Romance · Character-Driven · Slow Burn Romance

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17. 

    Becoming Ted

    Matt Cain

    Late Bloomer · Self-Discovery · Hopeful · Character-Driven · Emotional

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18. 

    The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

    Holly Ringland

    Self-Discovery · Bittersweet · Character-Driven · Emotional · Hopeful

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19. 

    Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell

    Classics · Omniscient Narrator · Wealthy Families · Emotional · Female Lead

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20. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Emotional · Hopeful

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