Books like…

Books Like Sarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan · about this book

Loved Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan? If its series, children's and single father hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with To Sir Phillip, With Love, The Wild Robot and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. 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 Sarah, Plain and Tall: Series · Children's · Single Father · Middle Grade · Historical Fiction

1. 

   To Sir Phillip, With Love

   Julia Quinn

   Single Father · Historical Fiction · Heartwarming · Series · Rural Farm

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   The Wild Robot

   Peter Brown

   Children's · Heartwarming · Middle Grade · Hopeful · Series

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   The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

   Gabrielle Zevin

   Single Father · Heartwarming · Starting Over · Hopeful · Emotional

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   The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

   Lyman Frank Baum

   Children's · Middle Grade · Rural Farm · Heartwarming · Hopeful

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5. 

   The List of Things That Will Not Change

   Rebecca Stead

   Middle Grade · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Emotional · Child Narrator

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6. 

   Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

   Robert C O'Brien

   Middle Grade · Uplifting · Children's · Rural Farm · Hopeful

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7. 

   The Tea Dragon Festival:

   K. O'Neill

   Children's · Heartwarming · Middle Grade · Hopeful · Series

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8. 

   Legends & Lattes

   Travis Baldree

   Heartwarming · Uplifting · Hopeful · Starting Over · Female Lead

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9. 

   Done and Dusted

   Lyla Sage

   Single Father · Starting Over · Rural Farm · Heartwarming · Series

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10. 

    The Teller of Small Fortunes

    Julie Leong

    Heartwarming · Hopeful · Uplifting · Starting Over · Female Lead

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11. 

    The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

    Becky Chambers

    Heartwarming · Starting Over · Hopeful · Series · Emotional

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12. 

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    Roald Dahl

    Children's · Middle Grade · Uplifting · Heartwarming · Series

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13. 

    The Pumpkin Spice Café

    Laurie Gilmore

    Starting Over · Heartwarming · Rural Farm · Hopeful · Series

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14. 

    The Life List

    Lori Nelson Spielman

    Starting Over · Heartwarming · Uplifting · Hopeful · Female Lead

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15. 

    All the Lonely People

    Mike Gayle

    Heartwarming · Uplifting · Hopeful · Starting Over · Emotional

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16. 

    A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles

    Single Father · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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17. 

    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    C. S. Lewis

    Middle Grade · Children's · Uplifting · Hopeful · Series

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18. 

    A Man Called Ove

    Fredrik Backman

    Uplifting · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Starting Over · Emotional

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19. 

    The Reading List

    Sara Nisha Adams

    Heartwarming · Uplifting · Hopeful · Emotional · Belonging

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20. 

    The Enchanted Greenhouse

    Sarah Beth Durst

    Heartwarming · Starting Over · Uplifting · Hopeful · Female Lead

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