Books like…

Books Like The Giving Tree

by Shel Silverstein · about this book

Loved The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein? If its children's, illustrated book and classics hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Little Prince, The Outsiders and The Giver. 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 Giving Tree: Children's · Illustrated Book · Classics · Emotional · Bittersweet

1. 

   The Little Prince

   Antoine de Saint-Exupery

   Children's · Illustrated Book · Bittersweet · Classics · Sparse Prose

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2. 

   The Outsiders

   S.E. Hinton

   Sparse Prose · Classics · Bittersweet · Emotional · Tearjerker

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3. 

   The Giver

   Lois Lowry

   Sparse Prose · Classics · Bittersweet · Emotional · Haunting

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4. 

   The Witches

   Roald Dahl

   Children's · Classics · Illustrated Book · Bittersweet · Male Lead

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5. 

   Of Mice and Men

   John Steinbeck

   Sparse Prose · Classics · Emotional · Bittersweet · Haunting

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6. 

   Peter Pan

   J. M. Barrie

   Children's · Classics · Bittersweet · Nostalgic · Coming of Age

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7. 

   The Notebook

   Nicholas Sparks

   Aging · Bittersweet · Emotional · Nostalgic · Tearjerker

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8. 

   Little Women

   Louisa May Alcott

   Classics · Bittersweet · Emotional · Tearjerker · Nostalgic

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9. 

   And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

   Fredrik Backman

   Aging · Bittersweet · Emotional · Tearjerker · Male Lead

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10. 

    Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Bittersweet · Classics · Emotional · Nostalgic · Coming of Age

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11. 

    The Wild Robot

    Peter Brown

    Children's · Illustrated Book · Bittersweet · Emotional

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12. 

    All the Lonely People

    Mike Gayle

    Aging · Bittersweet · Emotional · Tearjerker · Male Lead

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13. 

    The Boys of Summer

    Roger Kahn

    Aging · Bittersweet · Classics · Emotional · Nostalgic

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14. 

    The News from Dublin: Stories

    Colm Tóibín

    Sparse Prose · Bittersweet · Emotional · Nostalgic · Haunting

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15. 

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Classics · Bittersweet · Emotional · Nostalgic · Haunting

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16. 

    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    Sparse Prose · Bittersweet · Emotional · Haunting · Male Lead

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17. 

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

    Classics · Bittersweet · Emotional · Nostalgic · Coming of Age

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18. 

    Red: A Crayon's Story

    Michael Hall

    Children's · Illustrated Book

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19. 

    The Other Side of the Bridge

    Mary Lawson

    Sparse Prose · Bittersweet · Emotional · Loss of Innocence · Coming of Age

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20. 

    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    Classics · Bittersweet · Emotional · Nostalgic · Coming of Age

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