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Books Like The Awakening

by Kate Chopin · about this book

Loved The Awakening by Kate Chopin? If its classics, feminism and female lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Anna Karenina, The Great Gatsby and The Miniaturist. 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 The Awakening: Classics · Feminism · Female Lead · Literary Fiction · Marriage in Trouble

1. 

   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Suicide Content · Classics · Tragic

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   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Infidelity · Tragic · Classics · Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction

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3. 

   The Miniaturist

   Jessie Burton

   Secret Relationship · Tragic · Artist Protagonist · Feminism · Literary Fiction

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4. 

   The Seamstress

   Frances de Pontes Peebles

   Tragic · Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Feminism · Character-Driven

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5. 

   The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

   Holly Ringland

   Self-Discovery · Suicide Content · Lyrical Prose · Character-Driven · Bittersweet

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6. 

   Jane Eyre

   Charlotte Bronte

   Classics · Feminism · Self-Discovery · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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7. 

   The Wedding People

   Alison Espach

   Suicide Content · Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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8. 

   1984

   George Orwell

   Classics · Freedom vs Control · Tragic · Secret Relationship · Literary Fiction

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9. 

   The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

   V.E. Schwab

   Artist Protagonist · Lyrical Prose · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced · Literary Fiction

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10. 

    The Bookbinder

    Pip Williams

    Feminism · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet

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11. 

    The Witch's Heart

    Genevieve Gornichec

    Tragic · Bittersweet · Character-Driven · Feminism · Marriage in Trouble

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12. 

    Of Human Bondage

    W. Somerset Maugham

    Classics · Self-Discovery · Artist Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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13. 

    Hamnet

    Maggie O'Farrell

    Tragic · Literary Fiction · Marriage in Trouble · Lyrical Prose · Character-Driven

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14. 

    Girl, Interrupted

    Susanna Kaysen

    Suicide Content · Identity Formation · Freedom vs Control · Character-Driven · Feminism

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15. 

    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    Identity Formation · Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Rebellion Against Authority

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16. 

    The Dispossessed

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Freedom vs Control · Classics · Rebellion Against Authority · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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17. 

    This Is How You Lose the Time War

    Amal El-Mohtar

    Novella · Secret Relationship · Lyrical Prose · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet

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18. 

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

    American South · Classics · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Bittersweet

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19. 

    The Unmaking of June Farrow

    Adrienne Young

    American South · Lyrical Prose · Bittersweet · Self-Discovery · Slow-Paced

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20. 

    The Other Bennet Sister

    Janice Hadlow

    Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced · Feminism · Female Lead

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